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honestly i hope they don't get any hate, as a chinese person, i get mistaken for korean all the time by chinese people, and i myself have trouble differentiating chinese from korean. I think japanese people have a more distinct look from the other two nationalities
You should make an episode with other nationalities as well. So that they know it's not just Japanese,Korean and Chinese that's hard to tell a difference if you're not aware of it 😂 this is fun.
There are a lot of South East Asia Celebrities that is well known in the world actually, and besides, the point of this video is to try differentiate asian from one another. And the countries that I suggested have almost similar traits, if you're not familiar with them, you'll have a hard time differentiating them. And I want to see them trying this as a challenge 😂 if your concern is about the celebrities, don't you worry, SEA has a ton of renown celebrities in the world, you just don't know them yet 😁
This is same even for western countries... Cannot tell apart if someone is German, french, Netherlands or Poland until tell speak their language, same goes for people of African countries, unless they have a typical look of that nationality and aren't wearing cultural fashion it's hard to tell
Sana, Yuqi, T.O.P, Chaewon I'm a kpop fan so I knew them instantly, Chaewon especially because I was a Wiz*One. For Ken Watanabe he didn't look groomed enough to be Korea and I remember a tiktok that talked about how in china the beauty standard for men is to be clean shaved. I also remember seeing lots of Japanese actors with beards. For the Japanese girls, they wear really natural make up styles and the Chinese have a sharp intense sort of look. I got almost everything right except 2 where I second-guessed myself but I was right the first time.
Same, their overall style and aura sets all three nationalities apart, it gets easier to tell them apart if you just pay attention to the minor details like hair, makeup and facial structures.
Eyes, nose and facial structure tell you a lot about differing nationalities. I have become fascinated with the East Asian culture (K-pop, cdrama and kdrama, Japanese and Chinese idols). I was able to distinguish all but one. This was an interesting exercise for the participants and watching them come up with their reasoning was hilarious.
Yeah and the makeup & hairstyle (for men) too. The chinese seem to like having really dark and strong eyebrows, whereas the koreans like it more natural.
@@camilogael483 So, Ken Watanabe is one of the most famous actors in Japan, he participated of huge movies as Memories Of a Gueisha, Letters From Iwo Jima, Inception, Batman Begins, The Last Samurai, Transformers and others. He's not known by young people, because he have 62 years old. Being half japanese, I always loved his work and I'm very proud of a japanese actor doing so many big movies in Hollywood
I got it all right but i hesitated a bit at some and my mind is having a vote either one of the two 😂 (I think being Asian helped me pick lol and knowledge)
It's really difficult to differentiate between Japanese and Korean imo. Especially when many of them have the "idol look", which makes them look less distinct. Chinese were pretty easy. Face structure is quite different imo. But maybe I am just assuming (as a non-asian person)
@@ohmygodlawl That was actually the easiest for me. His face looks the most different (especially his nose), that's why I assumed he was Chinese. China has so many people from a wide variety of different places that I will always assume a wide range of features. Japanese and Korean look a little more homogenous to me. But to be clear, I can't differentiate them easily at all. And many of my Asian friends can't either. Which makes sense, because I couldn't differentiate a German from an American or Serbian.
@@nicolbolas8758 No I would still be able to tell I'm fairly sure. Each country has some distinct features. I'm especially good at telling East Asian countries apartm
I recognized Linyi as soon as his picture popped out, I watch Chinese television series almost everyday so I’m pretty familiar with Chinese actors and actresses
Well I can tell them apart by their names but not by their faces. But one important factors that differentiates them is their clothing sense and style. Koreans are very fashion people and have a great clothing sense compared to other two. If we don't talk about celebrities then we can recognise average Korean by their clothing sense compared to others.
i think japan also has some of the best fashion, the difference is that in korea everyone wears basically the same three styles so it's very easy to recognize, but in japan there's more variety and feels a little more original (no offense)
@@skypink4404 while I agree that they are influenced by western trends (like everywhere else in the world tbh), I think the way they mix and layer is quite different from western fashion. There's a reason why the phrase "fresh off the boat" exists judging from their appearance. If you look at how americans/westerners dress and how koreans dress side by side, there's a difference. A 'great sense of fashion' is objective I guess, so I can't really say much about your opinion on that
I don’t know him but Lin Yi’s left picture screamed Chinese actor too me. Everything from the hair, the angle, even the desaturation. I’m getting good at noticing these things haha
I think for Westerners it would be hard for them to tell Asians apart especially if they don't watch Kpop or Anime but i can tell the difference even before watching Kpop (I'm Asian)
Korea, Japan and China have some differences in makeup, styling and lighting which help me differentiate. As a Chinese heritage person, I can't really define exactly how I tell irl via facial features, its just some combinations of features that make me think "Oh this person is probably __." Koreans prefer whiter lighting and paler skin makeup. Also if the lip colour is vibrant and cute, I would think Korean (could be japanese also bc some subcultures like those colours). Monolids are quite common for koreans so that's a hint as well. The makeup for Koreans also tends to be more peachy coral (I'm generalizing a lot but it's like the go to palette for actresses). Korean hair has wispy (curtain) bangs, also if they're an idol, they might have very light hair colours. They really like to highight the aegyosal which is the eyebags. They don't really contour unless its for a more masculine look so if the nose bridge is lower/flatter and very straight with the nose tip being not large, I think korean. The eye makeup focuses on making eyes large so the common look does not have heavy lashes or fox eye. If the man has a more masculine look, his hair is swept/greased back but there's still a part, I forgot what this hairstyle is called (the 3 quarters look??) Japanese have a bit of a more natural look, having chocolate brown hair and a nice caramel tan makes me think Japan. Side swoop was popular in japan, idk about now, but 5:24, she has a side swoop in the first photo and her hair is messy natural brown waves. Also the makeup was a bit more muted mauve/rose (generalizing a lot). Also japanese people really liked the look of crooked teeth (idk about now) so if the teeth aren't straight, that might be a hint as I think a lot of celebs in china get teeth straightened. If the nose is wide and flat like a button nose, I think Chinese. Chinese people can have monolids or double eyelids. The swept middle part and bangs with a bit of undercut in black for men in china is a popular celeb hairstyle. Also I notice that they like drawing evenly thick, sharp tailed brows for men in China. They use contour to make the face look sharper. Makeup can focus on larger eyes, angular eyes or both. Men may have more darker brown eyebags. The ears also might stick out more (bc Chinese people might have larger ears or they appear larger bc of the hairstyle). Also in some photo lighting, the skin looks more golden yellow.
Side swooped bangs aren't that popular in Japan at the moment, Korean makeup and hair is trending here rn so it might be pretty hard to tell Japanese and Korean celebrities apart. But for female celebrities I think Japanese celebrities tend to look cute and Korean celebrities beautiful.
Nope, Chinese people can also have the tallest noses out of them - with really prominent nose bridges and even dorsal bumps, especially those from the northwest. There is really no singular Chinese look.
Try to do these foreign kpop idols pls!! NCT: Ten - Thailand Yuta - Japan Shotaro - Japan Lucas - Hong Kong Yangyang- Taiwan Hendery - Macao Winwin- China Kun - China Chenle - China Xiaojun - China Renjun - China TREASURE: Haruto Watanabe Yoshinori Hamada Asahi Mashiho Everyone here from Japan😄 GOT7: Jackson Wang - China Bambam - Thailand Lisa Blackpink - Thailand GIDLE: Minnie - Thailand Shuhua- Taiwan Twice: Mina - Japan Momo - Japan Tzuyu - Taiwan (honestly she looks Japanese and her name sounds Japanese haha) Japanese: Haruna - Billlie Tsuki- Billlie Giselle - Aespa Hikaru - Kep1er Mashiro - Kep1er Rei- IVE Sakura - LE SSEFARIM Yuto - Pentagon Chinese: Lay - Ex EXO member Ningning - Aespa VIVI - LOONA Cheng Xiao - WJSN Meiqi- WJSN Xuanyi - WJSN HanDong - Dreamcatcher Jacob - VAV Jia- miss A (ex group) Wen Junhui - Seventeen THE8 / Xu Minghao - Seventeen Victoria - f(x) XiaoTing - Kep1er Yan An- PENTAGON Yiren - Everglow Yuqi- GIDLE Z-TAO - Ex EXO member Lai Kuan Lin - Taiwan (Wanna One) Elkie - Hong Kong (CLC) Kai - TXT, half German half Korean Vernon - Seventeen half American and Korean if I remember right? Doesn’t look fully korean
This is BS as an Asian in Asia (who isn't from the fancy Northeast) it was mad difficult to tell most apart as the idol types were probably chosen or groomed to have regional appeal. There were few to 0 clear ethnic markers.
As someone from Korea, I can assure u it’s not BS and is actually easy to tell who is who by race. Imagine me that’s not from Southeast Asia saying all Southeast Asians look the same lmao
except for ken watanabe, mr. bacera deliberately chose asians with somewhat ambiguous features that makes it hard to tell them apart or confusing at least to those who think they know the person belongs to a kpop group but are actually foreigners.
@@SKoreanKimchi i agree. i didn't know who chaewon is but i figured she has the typical korean beauty that i'm accustomed to seeing (like if yeojin and haseul had a baby) and i voted as such.
The only thing is if you only choose Kpop idols they all are trying to fit the Kpop beauty standard so they may have been pick or changed to fit that. It’s hard to tell. Compared if you picked celebrities from each country you could probably tell
I only got 2 wrong so im pretty proud lmao I got the Lin Yi one right cause he had the larger nose, thin face, and that haircut that they give chinese CEOs in dramas lol
the way you could do a whole video with just the NCT members because they have so many foreign members (more than half of 23!)😂 maybe do one on guessing NCT’s nationalities?
2:50 Koreans don't always do the finger heart. They do other kinds of hearts too... So most of the western people thinking that all Koreans do finger heart is not right...
the easiest way to tell them apart is by style, there is a clear difference in hair, makeup and clothing between the countries, especially between japan and the other two
As an Overseas Chinese , l only got 1 correct - That's Lin Yi , The Chinese actor Actually ; majority people from Thailand 🇹🇭 also look similar with Chinese/Korean because even though they have Thai Nationality but their Ancestries are practically from China
One time when I was in Vietnam me and my stepdad played this game where we had to guess the nationality of people on the street. Since that time I always guess it right and I also watch a lot of content of asian people from different countries. I guessed them all right
I'm Asian Dutch and to my surprise, my DNA results show that I have traces of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Philippines, Vietnamese, and Indonesian heritage.
Wow!!! I am really surprised at myself. I got everyone’s nationality right. I think it helped that I knew some of these celebrities, but I think I could just guess them correctly due to their unique features. The only one I was divided was the last one, but I guessed Korean due to the distinct eye area. 🥰
The best way of how to tell them apart is multiple exposure to not just faces but also make-up, hairstyles, outfit, sketal structure, emotional expression, skin care. I got 9 correct answers.
Honestly the most distinguishable things between these groups is usually the clothes, makeup, and hair trends- so giving them kpop idols of several ethnicites makes it so much harder 😭
I knew most of these people so I got most of them correct. For me to tell apart Korean, Japanese and Chinese people I look at their face and if I can't tell then I look at their hairstyle and clothing. But then again I am Asian and have seen and been around all types of Asians in my life so I might have an advantage.
I'm European and I was able to guess all of them correctly (except one, I think). I only follow some kpop artists but this wasn't so difficult for me. I've worked with many Japanese and Chinese people, so I think that also helped me a lot.
All correct ^^ I wasn't confident on all of them because some I could see that they live in Korea from hair and makeup trends and clothing but looking at their faces I went with my intuition and it worked out. ^^
I'm actually good at distinguishing asian facial features. I kinda had this realisation. Asian as in the whole continent. Not just eastern asian. West asia is a lil' harder to guess tho.
Idk I can just tell now, I’ve watched a few Cdramas and lots of kdramas and I’m a kpop fan. After a few years it’s really easy lol, ofc there are some that are hard but I recognized everyone but 3 on here and of the 3 I didn’t know I got all right lol.
I got most of them right, but I watch a lot of Asian shows/MVS/movies etc so yeah 🤷🏾♀️ even Asian people have a hard time telling them apart so don’t feel bad 👍🏾
I got em all right even the ppl I didn’t know I can just tell Chinese ppl by face structure they have unique ones and compared to Japan and Korea the ppl have bold faces, the Koreans I can just automatically tell by eyes and Japanese ppl by clothes and how the pictures looked but if I didn’t know sana I would have guessed Chinese
I’m 97% Chinese and 3% Korean according to my DNA test, but I still got 2 wrong. I got all Chinese right despite the fact I only knew Yuqi. The last girl just debuted with Sakura in a new kpop gg and I thought that was Sakura lol… I didnt know much about Iz*one, so I let my immature kpop knowledge cloud my judgement lol
Korean: Square Face,Very Smoll Eyes,Light Skin. Chinese: Roud Face,Medium Eyes,Thy r have light and Brown Sometime chinese people Look Like Southeast Asian People. Japanese: Oval Face,Big Eyes (For East Asian),Light Skin.
Actually, China has two cardinal directions which South and North by mean you said “sometimes Chinese looks like Southeast Asia” could probably from the Southern, if you see some Chinese has the Korean looks, that is from the North.
@@livliv2384 northern chinese don't look like korean, they have different face feature, korean have stronger cheekbone, and tend to have monolid, they have different vibe, northern chinese look more bold, korean look more gentle. Even northest, northwest, shandong people looks different, but more subtle.The chinese looks like SEA are minority ethnicity group, there exist thai people in China, southern Chinese have bigger eyes, wider face, larger nose than northern chinese, they look more sweet and easygoing.
I think this was purposely difficult because as a chinese person I’m aware of the beauty standards of each but the pictures kind of poked into each other’s expectations
Its the makeup and the style for me. Korean style is more of a clean, fresh look while Japanese style seem to be aiming towards a young, cutesy, vibrant look. But the most noticeable one is the Chinese style. They tend to go for a mature look over a fresh and clean look.
playing along 1. SANAAA 2. korean 3. korean 4. omg its yuqi from gidle (chinese) 5. korean (aww got it wrong) 6. korean (another wrong one) 7. japanese 8. korean 9. CHAEWON IS THAT U
This is same even for western countries... Cannot tell apart if someone is German, french, Netherlands or Poland until tell speak their language, same goes for people of African countries, unless they have a typical look and cultural fashion it's hard to tell So those who believe in stereotype all Asians look same it's not just Asians who look similar. Because Asians aren't just in east Asia. A Afghani man looks nothing like a Chinese man, a Japanese doesn't look anything like a srilankan ..
TBH if I don't literally know every single one of them I would have no clue what nationality there are. Chinese Korean Japanese and Northern Vietnamese in that matter look the same they aren't even similar. You can't tell the difference
I don't know if I get it right because of me or because of pure luck but I got Satomi Ishihara right because the pose she did in the firts picture is so japanese idol for me! The one that she has her hand in her face I mean I don't know but it screams japanese to me
To be fair, i already knew like 80% of them, but the one that i couldnt recognize was her @4:40 I dont think ive ever seen her anywhere and i thought she couldve been Korean. I would love to try something like this, but with people that i dont know already. They seen so "obvious" when you already know where theyre from.😂🤭
