Freedom in Hair Color—The Choice of Alysa Liu
Good morning, everyone! 🌞 This is Hikaru, the number magician (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ
The Winter Olympics, the Milano Cortina Games, also concluded safely the other day.
I found an interesting article about Alysa Liu, who won gold medals in women's singles and team figure skating for Team USA. 😊
What I want to focus on here is Alysa Liu's hair color. 👀
Doesn't it look like something?
Yes, it's the pattern on the tail of Rascal from the anime “Rascal the Raccoon”, which I'm sure you've all seen at least once. 😮
My first reaction when I saw that photo of Alysa Liu was, "It looks just like it!!!" 🤣 Alysa Liu, I'm sorry about that. 🙏
This topic was picked up on social media and by some media outlets during the games, but it gained even more attention after her gold medal win and her interactions with Japanese athletes were widely reported.
Alysa Liu retired at 19 in 2022, but decided to return to competition two years later in 2024 at the age of 21. The condition for her return was reportedly that she would have final decision-making power over her training schedule, diet, costumes, and music.
Stepping away from a strictly managed training system and choosing a path where she makes her own decisions—thinking about it that way, perhaps this hair color is also a form of self-expression. 😊
Could a Japanese athlete have done the same? Honestly, I don't think it would be easy.
It is a fact that there are still a certain number of people who think that makeup and fashion are unnecessary for athletes. If they don't get results, they might be told, "If you have time for that, you should be practicing." 💦
This topic seems like it could go on forever, so I'll stop here for today. 😊
By the way, this hair color is being called “rascal colors” or “rascal hair”.
It certainly sounds cuter with "Rascal" attached to it, doesn't it? 💗
But if it were called “Raccoon colors”, wouldn't it be a little less cute? 😅
What do you all think?
(Hikaru) #WhatAreYouTalkingAbout #Rascal #MilanoCortinaGames #TeamUSA #AlysaLiu