Last week, we received a shocker, Nadech Kugimiya is not Thai-Japanese as previous thought but is actually Thai-Austrian. That’s like two different continents–Europe and Asia.
We got to know a little bit more about Nadech’s background, it’s rather complicated, he was raised by his older aunt and his Thai-Japanese uncle, he has never met his father and he didn’t know about his true history until high school when a friend teased him on why Nadech did not look Thai-Japanese.
He has known for a while and you would probably think people might accuse Nadech of deceiving the public, but the reception by the Thai public and Nadech’s fans have been positive, even supportive. I wouldn’t consider it a big deal because he was raised by a Japanese foster father who he adores. At heart because of his love and respect for his foster father, he considers himself Thai-Japanese.
“Though I’m not Thai-Japanese, my fans have not been anti. They have even been supportive of my family. Everyone knew already. My manager ‘A’ Supachai Sriwichit has never forbid me to talk about it too.”
Nadech is a hot commodity at the moment, he is rumored to be a brand ambassador for 20 productions. He’s doing a lot of ‘events’, doing a lot of commercials. He did a Mazda commercial and the most recent one is a commercial for 12Plus for their astringent powder product. The commercial is rather corny, “Nadech’s lines in the commercial: “everyone says I’m hot…”
At the end, he says: “I’m not hot, I’m cool instead.”
Nice hair, NOT.
I’m COOL! Sure you are. I’m just playing, you’re pretty cool.
Hey Nong nadech u the best ever love your movies so mush play with yaya ลม บ๊ะ
actually, if you look kinda.. closely.. well, not so close, maybe at one glance. he really do look like japanese. i mean, the unique look he got, we can consider him a mix of japnse/korean with thai.
hehe. but overall, i dont think its a big deal. it was a personal choice he make from the love and respect for his foster/aunty&uncle. i would do that too i guess. and its a family matter that weren’t really important for the fans to know. i mean, some private stuff that should be kept within the family. so yeah. i love you the way you are nadech! blood and backgroound doesn’t create who you are that we love today. its your personality that we love.
@Paolinita no, there’s no problem on his being Thai-Austrian, the fans were shocked because they’ve always thought he’s Thai-Japanese. They probably thought he deceived them. Anyway, his fans understand the situation. They don’t mind about it. I’ve always thought he looks more like a Eurasian. I saw his photos when he’s a little kid. He’s got light brown hair and his skin was pinky white but in some angles he did look like a Japanese kid. He’s got unique look.
I’m from Europe and I don’t understan this. Could anybody tell me why Thai-Austrian may be the problem? Why fans may be in shock? Is it so important from which country the parents are?
Meemee, I was taught, if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it at all. Nothing good comes out of it. Yes, by definition, a child out of wedlock is a bastard, but what do you get out of saying that? Satisfaction? Does it make you feel good to say that? Did the child chose to be that way? Is it his fault that he was brought into the world this way?
lol he’s cute….but hair on a guy’s chest and under their belly button gross me out haha
the picture of him in the green screan…… he looks like a asian version of Jimmy Neutron (the cartoon)
plus, i will always say this about nadech, he is the most thai a thai boy can get. which actor now a days do you see would rather wear a sarong and dance to morlum the moment they get the chance to? he loves his e-san roots which shows that he’s a true thai person at heart. seeing this makes me think sometimes that he’s full thai. i love that!
nadech will always be nadech!! love him no matter what is background is. in fact even if this was another celebrity in this type of situation it wouldn’t be bothersome. as long as they know what they want and strive to prove their best in what they do then more power to them. they deserve all the respect they earn, nadech is a hard worker, smart kid, this is who everyone should look at, that’s how you get through in life.
I don’t care he’s fatherless or not. He’s the most special actor I’ve ever met. His look, his personality, his acting are totally different from other Thai actors. His complicated background even made him more special. He will go far and his foster parents will be proud of him.
wow, such hurtful name calling. im glad nadech has many fans who support him especially from those heartless people. now that hes popular there’s bound to be people who want to bring him down.
Okay — a thought came to my mind — i was thinking — what if for some strange reason the ppl who called a fatherless child a ‘bastard’ happen to not be able to conceived or have children in this life time but want a child so badly. However, they did all they could and yet, no such luck — but ends up adopting a child [a child who they called 'bastard'] so — how do they feel to have a child who they called a ‘bastard’ be part of their life if he/she is so badly of a bastard? — hm — something to keep in mind for 20-40 years old ppl who are shallow on these issues –
I would like to commend everyone for their civil respond to such an ignorant comments on here. Agree w/every1 about Barry, He a human being. He is truly Thai-Japanese. I am Asian-American (FULL LAOS) but the fact is I live in America and respect the country i live in. Being a Father/Mother has nothing to do with bloodline but w/how they take care and treat the child. The sperm and egg are just the donor unless they have the responsibility to back it up.
Those are some generalized comments made. I don’t understand why people can’t look at the good of Nadech. He honors and loves his parents so much. He does everything to honor them. Those type of comments are plain hurtful. Nadech has only known for a few years himself. It’s just that the media barely caught wind of it. It’s his family business and matter. Let’s not call people names. I mean, really? What’s important is Nadech is a sweet person and has a lot going for him. Let us support him and be kind to one another. There is enough bad in the world already to go bashing people.