Step into the world of WOTA


Remember being in love/infatuated/preoccupied/obsessed with someone/something so much you dreamt about it night and day. You ate, slept and breathed it. It was constantly on your mind, you had to learn everything about it and atempt to be the number one fan or number one collector. You considered yourself the resident expert on the subject. Well the Japanese have a word for this type of person: OTAKU.

What is Otaku?

"In modern Japanese slang, the term otaku refers to an overtly obsessive fan of any one particular theme, topic, or hobby. Common uses are anime otaku (one who sometimes enjoys many days of excessive anime watching with no rest) and manga otaku (a fan of Japanese graphic novels), pasokon otaku (personal computer geeks), gēmu otaku (playing video games), and wota (before referred as "idol otaku") that are extreme fans of idols, heavily promoted singing girls. There are also tetsudō otaku or denshamania (metrophiles) or gunji otaku (military geeks)."-wikipedia

Now anyone that knows me to a closer degree knows that I am obsessed with Morning Musume and the whole Hello! Project realm. Now what I want to talk about is Wotas. More Specifically Mowotas.

What is Wota?

"Wota (ヲタ; oh-tah) is a kind of otaku, but while regular otaku seek out anime figurines and high-tech gizmos, a wota is devoted to female idols — the pop group Morning Musume is particularly notorious for having concentrated amounts of obsessed wota, especially in the case of Miki Fujimoto.
To distinguish themselves from otaku, wota chopped off the "-ku" at the end of the word and change the o to wo."-wikipedia

What is Mowota?

"Miki Fujimoto possesses an extensive fan base, which includes a group of people generally deemed "Mowota", an abbreviation of Morning Musume Otaku, who literally worship her. This group, called "Tokai Woters", generally performs a fixed choreography at concerts and, on certain occasions TV. This choreography, carried to the sound of Miki's Romantic Ukare Mode, involves a series of moves accompanied by their chanting "Mikitty!" four times, which is then followed by "Miki-sama! Miki-sama, please punish me!". It is also said that they send her a lot of mail, and Fujimoto often says she enjoys getting "Miki-sama mail"."-wikipedia


While these examples may be a little too extreme for me, I do applaud their loyalty and devotion. :)

Examples of Mowotas getting down to the Mowota anthem: Miki Fujimoto's Romantic Ukare Mode


























Lyrics

Urya Oi!, Urya Oi!
Urya Oi!, Urya Oi!
Yayo-o, Yayo-o
Mata ora ota ka, Mata ora ota ka
aa ora ota sa, aa ora ota sa
oraira ne!

Fu, Fu Say! Fujimoto Mikitty
Mikitty, Oi!
Miki-sama, Miki-sama
Oshioki Kibonnu

Say!, ROMA-N-SU

Urya Oi! Urya Oi!
Yayo-o, Yayo-o
Dai no otona ga, Dai no otona ga
ha-n, ha-n
baka ppo-i

Fu, Fu Say! Fujimoto Mikitty
Mikitty, Oi!
Miki-sama, Miki-sama
Oshioki Kibonnu

Say!, ROMA-N-SU
Say! Hai, Hai, Hai
Say! RO-MA-N-SU

Urya Oi!, Orya Oi!
Yayo-o Yayo-o
Dai no otona ga

Some other songs with different variations

Jiriri Kiteru dance



daite yo please go on











For more info, videos and animated gifs of the different wota dances!...check this out wota.tv Its translated from spanish, but you get the idea.


Next time I'll touch on the H!P idol world myself and explain why it has me and many other Mowotas under its spell.

Urya Oi!, Urya Oi!