a simple list of desired physical and personality traits.

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An article in a Japanese woman's magazine recently caused a stir online

after it revealed the characteristics of the perfect man.

Today, we're going to go through that list and uncover the secrets to success together.

And to help us understand why Japanese girls find some of these weird and wacky traits appealing,

we're going to be interrogating a real-life Japanese girl,

my good friend Chiaki, who you may have seen a few years back in our previous groundbreaking expose

on how to date Japanese girls.

I'll be keeping a score out of 26 as we go through and so should you and perhaps we can find this 'perfect hypothetical man'.

Who knows? He could be could be, uh...

He could be sitting right here ;)

... Or maybe it's you.

Anyway. Pen and paper at the ready - let's go.

Chiaki! Good to see you again.

Hi! Nice to see you again.

Well, our once in every four year meet up.

But today I've got a list of 26 traits that

Japanese women allegedly like in a guy.

Uh, we're going to go through each one and hopefully you can tell us a bit about why that trait is on the list,

and while we're doing that, we're gonna keep a score and see how many of those traits that I actually have.

So you take that, you keep score.

Obviously the number is going to be pretty high because...

--Oh. You think so?

... obviously.

Uh, so,

just don't run out of any ink.

So, trait number one: 'the ideal man is good at cooking a rice omelet'.

That's very specific, isn't it?

--Yeah, it is.

Um, now I can cook an omelet very well, but I can't cook rice.

Okay...

I seem to always mess it up and it turned into like a risotto.

It goes all watery and horrible. --Ohh, right.

So... off to a great start.

Why do you think of all the dishes- Why do you think it's- it's rice omelet?

I think that's because all children like it.

--Right.

And we try "omuraisu" when we are tired.

So if a guy cooked it - I think that's a really cute.

--Right. There you go then. Rice omelet.

Well, you can't cook it, so I'm gonna...

tick 'no'...

Brilliant. Off to a great start.

Fail.

'The ideal guy is always smiling'.

Yes!

Would you want to date someone who's always smiling?

If you smile unnecessarily every single minute, that's awkward.

--Exactly. Say you fall down the stairs.

--Yeah.

into a bucket of knives

--Yeah.

and I'm smiling.

Yeah.

I wouldn't be a very good boyfriend, would I? Yeah?

That- That seems like a stupid point.

Yeah.

Stupid.

Glad I'm not always smiling. Yeah, I don't think...

Yeah, that's a fail...

'The ideal guy currently works part-time at a cafe'.

Right. Why is that there? I don't understand that.

--I kind of understand.

I think girls love cafes in Japan - like all Japanese girls love to go to a cafe

and if guys are working there, that's cute.

Right...

Like... And if you're handsome working at a cafe...

--Okay, like... Wow.

Right...

I mean, let's just...

This is...

I mean, I suppose if if you work part-time at cafe, there's a good chance you're gonna be smiling a lot

because you need to get the tips in,

and there's a good chance you're gonna be able to cook a ni- a rice omelet.

--So

they seem like a very specific type of person

Yeah.

--And so far of the three

I haven't got a single one of those traits. Brilliant.

--No, you haven't gotten any yet.

--'The ideal guy wants to get married someday'.

Um...

No.

I don't...

I don't wanna do that either.

Oh, you don't want to get married in the future? --No...

I'll be too busy working part-time at a cafe to have such luxuries

as marriage... and love.

I did date a Japanese girl once

and after dating for a month the word 'marriage' started coming up an awful lot in conversation.

After one month?

After one month.

Yeah, so after 25 or...

if you reach 30,

like, everyone expects that you have to get married.

I heard there's like this expression, isn't there?

There's an expression that you're a 'Christmas cake'.

--Christmas cake! Yes.

--'Christmas kēki'-

After 25 years old,

after the 25th of December

Christmas cakes go on discount and nobody wants a Christmas cake anymore or something.

It's quite...

It's quite sinister.

It's a bit sad, yeah.

There's a sense of pressure to get married.

Yeah, there's a lot of pressure.

--Or to be on the path to marriage by 25 years old.

Yes.

That's why if you think about marriage when you have a relationship, girls will be 'Yes!'

Girls will be 'yes'.

That'll be another good t-shirt - 'girls will be yes'.

'The ideal guy likes eating meat and meaty dishes.'

Yes, finally!

Oh!

That-- yes. Tick. Put that down. Yes.

Why do you think that is? What's- what's- what's appealing about eating meat?

I mean, I get it.

--That's because eating meat is manly.

Is it?

Eating little by little vegetables...

like...

*manly eating noises*

with the meat, I would be like: wow, manly!

Manly.

--Um,

'The ideal guy often rolls up the sleeves of his long-sleeved shirts'. Hah!

*kaching* Look at that.

--Yeah.

Get in. Stumped!

Ohh?

Rolled up, innit.

Kind of...

-- And I didn't-

I didn't read that and then do it - my sleeves were rolled up.

You can go back look at the start the video.

Why is that though? That's really weird.

--But I understand like...

it looks cool?

It does look cool.

Like a little bit stylish if you roll it up. --Little bit stylish, yes.

If that shirt is white, it was better, but...

--'The ideal guy loves Cola.'

I don't- I don't-

First of all, I don't like Cola.

I always feel a sense of guilt whenever I drink it,

because I feel my teeth eroding - I feel like I'm just getting fat.

Why is that on the list? That's really specific.

It's because that comes from foreign.

It's like, it's not Japanese product - like Calpis.

--Right.

If a guy has Calpis,

okay, that's a Japanese product.

But if he has coke:

'Oh!'

That's from America, or that's from England. --Oh...

--Really?

Yeah.

--So you're telling me,

if I'm walking down the street in Japan with a can of coke,

I'm increasing my chances of...

You know, having a girl talk to me.

Uhh, I think so.

--It's like because it is called in English, that's cool.

--Right.

It's out th- You're definitely being funded by coke...

It's starting to feel like Stranger Things - its product placement for coke.

'The ideal guy has a lot of friends'.

Boom, I've got 1.3 million, almost.

1.3 million friends.

Yes! That's- yes! --Definitely.

Are you my friend?

You are my friend.

--Awesome.

'The ideal guy is kind and gentle'! Tick.

--Yes.

No.

What do you mean 'no'?

Fail...

'The ideal guy is a member of an athletic club as opposed to an art club'.

Can we include any clubs that I've done in my entire life?

--Or does it have to be now?

... Now.

Oh. Nope.

That's a no.

I cycled across Japan?

That might count if you carried on. Did you finish?

I finished the cycle. I don't cycle now, though.

Oh...

Fail.

'The ideal guy is thin and muscular'.

--Uhh........

Fail...

Harsh. That's harsh

'The ideal guy will give you accessories for your birthday present'.

No, I despise accessories.

I usually take girls out for like a dinner or travel or something.

I like to focus on experiences rather than material things

--Yeah.

So if you can give a girl

accessories and a nice dinner,

that'll be perfect.

--Yeah but, I can't afford both.

You can't have a nice accessory and dinner. It has to be one or the other.

--What would you rather have?

I want... something.

Accessory.

--So material items are more of a thing.

Yeah, I can keep it,

and I will think 'oh, this is from my boyfriend'.

--Yeah.

Every time I look at it. 'Oh. This is from my boyfriend'.

Yeah, but think of a nice meal at McDonald's.

How, you know, if you go to McDonald's, that memory will last a lifetime.

--A nice meal, you know?

Whereas a bit of- an accessory, that'll be gone in two years.

Lost or something, innit?

Uh, 'the ideal guy has a short hairstyle'.

Yes!

--It's a bit long...

But is this... short enough?

Mm, I think...

This bit is a bit long.

Right.

--Yeah...

--Why is a short hairstyle good?

That looks like... like...

a boy...

'It looks like a boy'. Brilliant.

--So I don't look like a boy.

I do notice, though, most of my Japanese friends do have short hair.

It does seem to be like, the fashion in Japan - not to have facial hair and to have kind of short hair.

I think Japanese girls like 'sawayaka boys'.

Refreshing - invigorating.

So like, the breeze suits him.

So if you have short hair,

*breeze noises*

Yes.

--Yes...

So I'm not refreshing...

Umm, close.

That's that one out the window as well.

Um, 'the ideal guy has black hair'.

Nope, can't do that. That doesn't look right on me.

But we like light brown color as well.

--Alright...

... But do I get that one?

Uhh, this is... No.

Right. Brilliant.

--'The ideal guy asks, "Are you okay?" when you're feeling bad'.

My girlfriend was once upset on Valentine's Day,

uhh, when I bought her some post-it notes as a gift.

Now, you could debate whether or not it was appropriate to buy her post-it notes on Valentine's Day.

But, I did ask her if she was okay.

... while she was visibly agitated, so...

I think that's a tick.

Oh is it?

Is it? Yeah.

Tick.

Tick!

... Alright...