oshikatsu

The act of stans supporting their favorite idol or character. A form of otaku activity (ota-katsu), seen commonly among high school girls and young women. They can be distinguished from standard otaku as their nerdiness is centered on a single individual.

The word is used for someone being extremely dedicated to supporting their favorite - the object of their affection is their "oshi" (while "katsu" is short for katsudou - activities).

Most commonly shown through having tons of merchandise of a single idol or character, or through typical idol fan behavior. Jirai kei girls frequently practice oshi-katsu.

Examples

A jirai kei girl with an itabag

Fans cheering on an idol

An otaku room based on one's oshi

Showing off merchandise

See also

• cheering
• hachimaki
• itabag
• merchandise
• penlight (glowstick)
• uchiwa
• wotagei

The following tags are aliased to this tag: oshi-katsu (learn more).