Gaijin Hunter [外人はハンター] is a term used to label Japanese people who are obsessed with foreigners. An inverted version of the terms weeaboo where Japanese people like absolutely everything about foreign culture and foreigners.
It doesn’t matter if you are ugly or handsome, boring or cool, the Japanese Gaijin Hunters will chase you and love you. She will want to hang out with you, take pictures, show you off like a trophy, and much more.
These hunters can be men or women, they may be interested in a relationship or just friendships. There are several types of Gaijin Hunters, but they all have the goal of getting close to foreigners, something that can be nice but can also become annoying.
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What is a Gaijin Hunter?
What exactly makes a person a Gaijin Hunter? Don’t confuse ordinary people with these innate hunters. A Gaijin Hunter is obsessed and thinks only about foreigners, most of the time ignoring their own culture.
Gaijin Hunters also have goals. Some just want to practice their English, these are called English Vampires. These vampires approach people on the street with the aim of speaking and practicing their English. They are passionate about the language and dedicate themselves fully to it.
These foreign hunters also seek them with the aim of having sexual relations and then discarding them. Others just want to take advantage of gifts and food, or show them off to their friends.
Some have more ambitious dreams like marrying a foreigner and leaving Japan because they don’t like their own country at all. Others want to have foreign children. It doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman, these hunters have ambitions.
It’s normal to have interests when relating to a foreigner. The difference between a hunter and an ordinary person lies in the attitude and way of acting. You will know how to differentiate when you meet one. Most of the time, it’s quite explicit in the person.
A Gaijin Hunter will do crazy things to capture you. To this day, I remember two Japanese girls on the train smiling at me and spreading their legs showing their panties. They might just be perverted girls, but I don’t fall for those traps. Instead of hunters, they could just be scammers who call the police to cause a commotion.
How to avoid Gaijin Hunters in Japan?
First of all, if you are in Tokyo, stay away from Roppongi. This place is full of Gaijin Hunters, especially in nightclubs. Some places in Shinjuku should be avoided as well.
Gaijin Hunters usually frequent places that are visited by Westerners. Avoid restaurants, bars, and places that offer discounts for foreigners or are made especially for English speakers and foreigners.
Avoid speaking English or another language, use only Japanese in Japan or stay silent. If you are speaking another foreign language, you will end up encountering a Gaijin Hunter who is always waiting to attack the prey.
If you are using English, then you won’t have much of a social life outside of the gaijin crowd and gaijin hunters. If a Japanese insists on speaking English with you, they are probably trying to practice their English and are a famous English Vampire!
If you think about meeting Japanese women on dating apps, know that this is the place with the most Gaijin Hunters. If you start to date a Japanese woman, try to find out her past to see if she is not obsessed with foreigners.
Not that this is a bad thing, but girls obsessed with foreigners date you mainly for that reason and not because they love you. The danger of dating a Gaijin Hunter is that you are replaceable. I myself have encountered several friends caught up in relationships with Japanese women who are possible foreign hunters.
If the Japanese woman says that haafu (mixed children) are beautiful, she is probably a Gaijin Hunter and just wants to have a child with you. If you are of Japanese descent, don’t worry, most hunters prefer native foreigners.
Lies about Gaijin Hunters
A large part of the Gaijin Hunter is a myth perpetuated by white men who have a fetish for Japanese women and say that they love them. You know that moment when you think a girl likes you, but in reality, she is just in the friend zone? That’s right!
When talking about Gaijin Hunters, people have the impression that there are thousands of girls obsessed with foreigners. These people are not uncommon, but they just have different fetishes like many people.
Sometimes these girls prefer a European, a Black person, or maybe someone who speaks English. They are just people with different tastes like us Brazilians, who get excited when they find what they like.
Not to mention that many Japanese like to associate with foreigners because they haven’t had good experiences with their own people. Just like many foreigners who like Japanese women tend to be rejected by their own race.
Despite talking so much about these hunters, you can live for decades in Japan and never encounter these people.
Should I be afraid of hunters?
I don’t think so, in fact, it’s not good to label people with this term. Many Brazilians go to Japan with the same goal, to hunt Japanese. Whether for a relationship or just to practice the language and immerse in the culture.
Even in Brazil, we have the famous Japanese hunters who can’t see an Asian without getting desperate trying to converse in the native language or make friends. I myself am one of those hunters.
Just as we talk to Japanese in order to practice our language, there is no need to be afraid or to victimize yourself with Gaijin Hunters, doing so is somewhat hypocritical. Many complain about the obsession of these hunters, but they are the same.
It’s true that Japanese take things seriously or exaggerate as we’ve seen in this article. Just don’t have an exaggerated fear as well… Although I personally believe that many readers will actually seek out these gaijin hunters when they are in Japan.
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