Japanese women busy to visit the 'gorilla handsome'

Shabani popularity increased rapidly in Japan in recent months.

Since last March, the weather in Japan flocked to Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya to visit the gorillas named Shabani, dubbed 'the handsome'.

This phenomenon started when some visitors photographing Shabani and pass it on to social media networks, in March.

Unexpectedly, portrait Shabani circulated widely in Japan and accompanied by comments on how dashing and handsome he is. Since that time the popularity of Shabani increased. Her face was appearing in various print and electronic media of Japan.

Higashiyama Zoo spokesman, Takayuki Ishikawa, agrees visitors who want to see Shabani has doubled in recent months. Most of them are young women.

"Maybe because the more people who actually pay attention to him so that they realize how attractive gorilla," said Ishikawa told the BBC correspondent in Japan, Yuko Kato.

A chirp sent a fan reads: "Gorilla named Shabani in Nagoya Zoo very 'ikemen'. I could not stop laughing. I'd love to meet him."

The word to describe Shabani also varied, as ikemen and ikumen.

Ikemen is a figure of speech in Japanese, which literally means handsome men. While ikumen a meaningful word father who takes care of her children.

Said it came after witnessing public attention Shabani child born from her partner, Nene.

Nene older 24 years older than Shabani and childbirth at the age of 40 years, quite old for a gorilla to give birth, according to the zoo.

Words to describe Shabani often intended for Hollywood movie stars, like George Clooney.

Based on Japanese media reports, the women who witnessed Shabani hurl words like Shibui and nihiru or dark and thinkers are often devoted to the famous movie stars such as George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, and Ken Watanabe.

Accompanying these words row of photos featuring Shibani like he was thinking hard.

Shabani was born in the Netherlands 18 years ago. He moved to the garden Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya in 2007 as a gift. When juxtaposed with the human context, Shabani like men aged 30 years. (bbcindonesia)