Shim Hyungtak's wife, Saya Hirai has recently attracted a lot of attention for her resemblance to Jungkook. Even Jungkook heard this story and expressed his reaction when he saw a girl who looked like him.
Meanwhile, Shim Hyungtak's wife also quickly shared her feelings when she had a face that was considered similar to a K-pop superstar. She even wrote a long letter to express her heart and even apologized to Jungkook and his fans for this.
When seeing Saya Hirai's letter, many people were surprised and thought that she didn't need to apologize when their faces were similar. Here are netizens' comments on the situation:
On April 10, actor Touch Your Heart Shim Hyung Tak and his fiancée appeared together on the show Romantics Of Chosun. In the show, the actor introduced his wife, Hirai Saya, 18 years younger than him and from jäṗäń.
Notably, as soon as she appeared on the show, the name Hirai Saya suddenly became viral all over the internet because her appearance was very similar to Jungkook. In the images recorded from the program, it can be seen that Shim Hyung Tak's fiancée has a lovely and cute appearance.
In particular, Hirai Saya's big round eyes and small face make many people think of Jungkook when he first debuted. Not only that, there are many expressions of Hirai and Jungkook at the moment that are also very similar, making many people feel excited. Some even think that she might as well be a Jpop idol but in reality, she is just an official in jäṗäń.
Next, on June 3, after α¢¢ι∂єитally learning that netizens were paying a lot of attention to her because of her resemblance to Jungkook, Saya expressed her feelings on social media about the situation. She mentioned being surprised that so many people commented on her resemblance to him.
In addition, in her post, Hirai Saya wittily uploaded a photo imitating the same pose as Jungkook in his recent livestream. She even borrowed her husband's glαsses to look the most like Jungkook. It is really interesting!
Along with that, Hirai also expressed her and her husband's great admiration for BTS and especially Jungkook. She wrote: "I am very surprised, grateful, and happy about what happened previously. To be honest, I don't know much about ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾an idols but among them, I really like BTS and from BTS, I like Jungkook the most. Shim (Hyung Tak) also doesn't know too much about idols but he likes BTS too, and he's a fan of Jungkook. So it feels like a dream for som̾e̾t̾h ̾ing like this to happen.
It feels like a dream that the person who I am said to look like acknowledged that I look like him. Thank you.
To be honest, I was never told that I looked like Jungkook so I was so surprised. Also, I feel sorry for BTS and Jungkook fans. I am just really thankful that Jungkook was kind about what happened. I will continue to cheer for Jungkook and BTS."
But what fans noticed more is that Hirai has a very polite and respectful attitude when expressing that she feels sorry to Jungkook and his fans for this. After reading Saya Hirai's letter with devotion, many people have αssumed that the similarity is due to netizens' comments so she doesn't need to apologize and she is not at fault for owning such a pretty visual:
- Why are you sorry~?? you don't need to be
- They look like siblings and they're both cute!
- No need to apologize
- I'm ARMY but you don't need to be sorry! We're actually happy that you look like Jungkook!
- The way she talks is so lovely too
- Even fans are saying you look like him! Don't be sorry!
- She's so crazy cute
- She's so nice
- She really looks like him. And she's so cute!
- Well, she probably knew how crazy k-nets are, so can't really blame her for apologizing
- We also need to remember her culture- the jäṗäńese tend to apologize A LOT, even for smaller things, as it's seen as a form of politeness to truly reflect, even on the smallest of perceived (or even imperceptible) infractions towards another. All that aside, I like BTS and have for a long time, but this fandom can get INCREDIBLY TOXIC sometimes and will turn on people for the littlest things. So it doesn't ṩḧöċḳ me that anyone would err on the side of caution to avoid their wrath, because some of them just take it too far.
- I wish she had a YT channel bc her personality is so likable. She didn’t need to apologize.
- I don't understand why she even apologized.
- Shim Hyun Tak's wife is sweet. You need not apologize for looking like Jungkook. It's not like you made yourself look like him. You were blessed to have been born with that face.
Earlier, during a livestream on Weverse, Jungkook admitted his similarity in appearance to Hirai Saya and had a lovely reaction to this comment.
