{{Short description|Japanese comedian, YouTuber, and professional wrestler (born 1993)}} {{Fanpov|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = | native_name = フワちゃん | native_name_lang = ja | image = Fuwa-chan (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Fuwa-chan in July 2024 | birth_name = Haruka Fuwa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|26}} | birth_place = Hachiōji, Japan | occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|YouTuber|professional wrestler}} | years_active = 2018–present | module = {{Infobox youtuber | child = yes | youtube_handle = FUWACHAN_TV | youtube_display_name = フワちゃんtv /Fuwachan Tv | youtube_years_active = | youtube_genre = {{hlist|Comedy|sport|travel}} | youtube_subscribers = 1.06 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 1.27 billion<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = November 7, 2025 }} }}
{{nihongo|'''Haruka Fuwa'''|不破 遥香|Fuwa Haruka|born November 26, 1993}}, better known as {{nihongo|'''Fuwa-chan'''|フワちゃん|Fuwa-chan|}}, is a Japanese comedian, YouTuber, and professional wrestler. She is known for her blunt way of speaking and signature "devil horns" hairstyle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/345848|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:フワちゃん｢若者から超支持される｣魅力の正体|trans-title=Fuwa-chan's true stance of being 'super-supported by young people'|title=Fuwa-chan 'wakamono kara chō shiji-sareru' miryoku no shōtai|date=April 26, 2020|newspaper=東洋経済オンライン|publisher=Toyo Keizai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213064105/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/345848|archive-date=February 13, 2022|access-date=February 13, 2022|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> She is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/239959|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:【スターダム】フワちゃんのプロレスデビューはテレビ企画だった|date=September 25, 2022|website=Tokyo Sports|access-date=October 22, 2022}}</ref>
==Early life== Haruka Fuwa was born in Hachiōji on November 26, 1993. Her mother was a homemaker and her father was self-employed in the import and export industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://az-knowledge.com/fuwa-chan/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:【実はすごい】フワちゃんの経歴まとめ！英語ペラペラ？大学や家族も |trans-title=[Actually amazing] Fuwa-chan's career summary! English fluent? University and family |title=[Jitsuwa sugoi] Fuwa-chan no keireki matome! Eigo perapera? Daigaku ya kazoku mo |website= |date=27 October 2019 |publisher=A kara Z made shirabete mimashita! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051709/https://az-knowledge.com/fuwa-chan/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The family later moved to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles, where she lived from second to fourth grade in elementary school before returning to Japan at the age of 10. Throughout her childhood, she enjoyed devising new games and pranks. Her classmate, future voice actress Ayane Sakura, remarked that she was "like a typhoon". In March 2017, she graduated from Toyo University with a BA in Chinese philosophy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://logtube.jp/youtuber/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AF%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93tv-fuwachan-tv |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:フワちゃんのプロフィール! |trans-title=Fuwa-chan no purofīru! |title=Fuwa-chan's profile! |work=LogTube｜国内最大級のyoutuber(ユーチューバー)ニュースメディア |date=July 16, 2021 |publisher=LogTube |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051703/https://logtube.jp/youtuber/%e3%83%95%e3%83%af%e3%81%a1%e3%82%83%e3%82%93tv-fuwachan-tv |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> During her second year of university, she enrolled in the 18th class of the Watanabe Comedy School in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resumedia.jp/29065.html |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:フワちゃんの高校や大学の学歴・出身情報！英語ペラペラだけど障害？ |trans-title=Fuwa-chan's high school and university educational background and roots! English fluent, but handicapped? |title=Fuwa-chan no kōkō ya daigaku no gakureki shusshin jōhō! Eigo peraperadakedo shōgai? |date=January 25, 2021 |publisher=Resumedia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051658/https://resumedia.jp/29065.html |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
==Career== ===Comedy=== Following her university graduation, Fuwa-chan pursued career as a comedian and formed a comic duo with a high school classmate, though this partnership ended in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eraption.com/fuwachan/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:フワちゃんの本名・年齢プロフィール経歴！大学卒で英語ペラペラ？ |trans-title=Fuwa-chan's real name, age, profile, and career! English fluent after graduating from university? |title=Fuwa-chan no honmyō nenrei purofīru keireki! Daigakusotsu de eigo perapera? |publisher=Nomada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213053217/https://eraption.com/fuwachan/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> After that, she formed a partnership with another classmate, creating a comic duo named SF Century Space Child. After graduating from the Watanabe Comedy School in 2014, she joined the Watanabe Entertainment Company, but left in 2017 following a heated argument with an agency executive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brutus.jp/hyakudoku_fuwachan/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:タレント・フワちゃんが語る、わたしの百読本「自分は自分のままで、じゅうぶん素敵」 |trans-title=Talent Fuwa-chan comments on a recently read book by stating, "I'm just myself, it's good enough." |title=Tarento Fuwa-chan ga kataru, watashi no hyaku dokuhon 'jibun wa jibun no mama de, jūbun suteki' |last=Kobayashi |first=Yuriko |date=December 14, 2021 |website=Brutus |publisher=Magazine House |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051709/https://brutus.jp/hyakudoku_fuwachan/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In September 2017, Fuwa-chan launched her own YouTube channel Fuwa-chan's Woo-woo alongside TV Asahi director Takuro Samukawa. In April 2018, she launched another channel called Fuwa-chan TV,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://okmusic.jp/news/335450 |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:指原莉乃もファンだと語るYouTuber芸人フワちゃんに迫る |trans-title=YouTuber entertainer Fuwa-chan says that she is also a fan of Rino Sashihara |title=Sashihara Rino mo fanda to kataru YouTuber geinin Fuwa-chan ni semaru |date=April 30, 2019 |publisher=Japan Music Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051658/https://okmusic.jp/news/335450 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> which reached 1 million subscribers in April 2023.
In July 2020, Fuwa-chan met with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and broadcast messages to the public in Japanese and English about ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tokyodouga.jp/0n7gpj-0qci.html |title=Message from Fuwa-chan |date=August 13, 2020 |publisher=Tokyo Metropolitan Government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051658/https://tokyodouga.jp/0n7gpj-0qci.html |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tokyodouga.jp/aibofloj0r8.html |title=Governor Koike Yuriko and Fuwa-chan discuss the "new normal" |date=August 20, 2020 |publisher=Tokyo Metropolitan Government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051700/https://tokyodouga.jp/aibofloj0r8.html |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> That same month, she received the Japan Council for Better Radio and Television's Galaxy Award for Notable Talent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20200820-1236742/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:フワちゃん、ギャラクシー賞月間賞で異例の個人受賞「特筆すべき才能」 |trans-title=Fuwa-chan wins the exceptional individual award at the Galaxy Awards for her 'Notable Talent' |title=Fuwa-chan, gyarakushī-shō gekkan-shō de irei no kojin jushō 'tokuhitsu subeki sainō' |date=August 20, 2020 |publisher=Mynavi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051702/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20200820-1236742/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2169876/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:フワちゃん、7月度ギャラクシー賞 『徹子の部屋』『水ダウSP』での活躍「テレビとネットを見極めた、特筆すべき才能」 |trans-title=Fuwa-chan's success in the July Galaxy Awards 'Tetsuko's Room' and 'Mizu-dau SP' considered "A remarkable talent for identifying TV and the Internet" |title=Fuwa-chan, 7-gatsudo gyarakushī-shō "Tetsuko no Heya" "Mizu-dau SP" de no katsuyaku 'terebi to netto o mikiwameta, tokuhitsu subeki sainō' |date=August 20, 2020 |publisher=Oricon News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051701/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2169876/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In August, she participated in events such as the "R-1 Gran Prix" and in the "Final Battle of the W Competition" for the best female entertainer, an event jointly operated by Yoshimoto Kogyo and Nippon Television. As a result, her media presence increased sharply.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/367743 |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:フワちゃん､ヒットの背景にある｢見事な戦略｣ |trans-title=The 'superb strategy' behind Fuwa-chan's success |title=Fuwa-chan, hitto no haikei ni aru 'migotona senryaku' |author=Shūkan josei puraimu henshū-bu |date=August 10, 2020 |publisher=Toyo Keizai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213064105/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/367743 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> She also became general MC of the TV Tokyo show ''Shichōsha-sama ni kawaretai!'' ("I want to be kept by my viewers!").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/23/national/media-national/social-media-influencers-2021/ |title=The social media creators in Japan to keep an eye on in 2021 |last=St. Michel |first=Patrick |date=23 January 2021 |website= |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051701/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/23/national/media-national/social-media-influencers-2021/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> As a testament to her popularity, Jiyu Kokuminsha recognized "Fuwa-chan" as one of the most popular Japanese buzzwords in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/01/national/sanmitsu-japan-buzzword/ |title=Viral hit: 'Sanmitsu' — the 'Three Cs' — declared Japan's buzzword of 2020 |last=Osumi |first=Magdalena |date=December 1, 2020 |publisher=The Japan Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051658/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/01/national/sanmitsu-japan-buzzword/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2329338 |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:2020年新語・流行語大賞決定 トップテンを発表＜受賞語一覧＞ |trans-title=2020 New Words / Top Ten Buzzwords Announced <List of Winners> |title=2020-nen shingo ryūkōgotaishō kettei toppu ten o happyō <jushō-go ichiran> |date=December 1, 2020 |publisher=Netnative |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051703/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2329338 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The noted sociologist Shōichi Ōta summarized Fuwa-chan's status by stating, "Fuwa-chan is like a mirror that reflects contemporary [Japanese] TV and society. We should keep an eye on her."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.houkon.jp/articles/galac202010_gekkansyo/ |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:【ギャラクシー賞テレビ部門7月度月間賞】－「GALAC」2020年10月号 |trans-title=October 2020 MonthlyGalaxy TV Award |title=[Gyarakushī-shō terebi bumon 7 tsuki-do gekkan-shō] - 'GALAC' 2020-nen 10 tsuki-gō |date=December 1, 2020 |publisher=Hōsō Hihyō ondan-kai. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051703/https://www.houkon.jp/articles/galac202010_gekkansyo/ |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
Fuwa-chan competed on the sports entertainment reality show ''Sasuke'' on 28 December 2021, but was eliminated in the first stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXNLvlps1-Z/?img_index=1 |title=怖いもの知らずの元気印Ms.SASUKEがやってきたぁ |author= |date=8 December 2021 |publisher= |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref>
===Professional wrestling===
=== Early (2022) === Fuwa-chan was trained to be a professional wrestler by Hazuki and made her professional wrestling debut for World Wonder Ring Stardom at the 2022 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League on October 23, teaming with Hazuki in a losing effort against Saya Kamitani and Hina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/stardom-goddess-stardom-tag-league-day-1-results-102322-kairi-mayu-iwatani-and-more|title=STARDOM Goddess of Stardom Tag League Day 1 Results (10/23/22): KAIRI, Mayu Iwatani, And More|work=fightful.com|first=Scott|last=Edwards|date=October 23, 2022|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref>
=== Return on Stardom (2025-now) === After a long period of inactivity, Fuwa-chan returned to Stardom at the 2025 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League on November 7 to announce that she would re-debut at that year's Dream Queendom event.
== Yasuko controversy == On August 4, 2024, Fuwa-chan made a post mocking comedian {{Interlanguage link|Yasuko (comedian)|lt=Yasuko|ja|やす子}} on her Twitter account and telling Yasuko to "kill yourself since you're not great" in response to a post Yasuko had made.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=「おまえは偉くないので、死んでくださーい」フワちゃん、やす子への「誤爆」で？謝罪 くすぶる「裏垢でいつも言ってる」説 |url=https://www.j-cast.com/2024/08/05490149.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806023508/https://www.j-cast.com/2024/08/05490149.html |archive-date=2024-08-06 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=J-CAST News |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shimizu |first=Youhei |date=2024-08-05 |title=フワちゃんの不適切投稿に批判殺到、やす子「とっても悲しい」…弁護士は「不法行為」にあたる可能性指摘 |url=https://www.bengo4.com/c_18/n_17819/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806023744/https://www.bengo4.com/c_18/n_17819/ |archive-date=2024-08-06 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Bengoshi Dot Com News |language=ja}}</ref> The post was promptly deleted and Fuwa-chan apologized, which Yasuko accepted, but Fuwa-chan still received significant backlash online and elsewhere.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=フワちゃん やす子に直接謝罪も一件落着とはいかず…TV関係者「スポンサーも事態を重く…出演難しい」 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/08/07/kiji/20240807s00041000117000c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811083750/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/08/07/kiji/20240807s00041000117000c.html |archive-date=2024-08-11 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Sponichi Annex |publisher=Sports Nippon |language=ja}}</ref> Google Pixel commercials featuring her were taken down and comments were turned off on her YouTube videos.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shinohara |first=Shuji |date=2024-08-06 |title=Googleが「死んでくださーい」暴言のフワちゃんのCMを非公開に。本人が消しゴムマジックされる事態 |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/c340d2cc3ebd43d16fefbcc46be3ae853f77aa00 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806082902/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/c340d2cc3ebd43d16fefbcc46be3ae853f77aa00 |archive-date=2024-08-06 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Yahoo! News |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=【フワちゃん】 ＹｏｕＴｕｂｅチャンネル コメント欄を閉鎖 「不適切な投稿」で騒動 |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1348077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809012634/https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1348077?display=1 |archive-date=2024-08-09 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=TBS NEWS DIG |language=ja}}</ref> On August 11, she announced that she would go on hiatus as a result of the controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-11 |title=フワちゃん活動休止を発表「自分のことを 見つめ直す時間に」不適切投稿を直接謝罪も収束せず |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202408110000012.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811162801/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202408110000012.html |archive-date=2024-08-11 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Nikkan Sports |language=ja}}</ref>
== SASUKE ==
She joined SASUKE 39 at 28 December 2021. She was given #48. She failed Stage 1 at Fish Bone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2021/12/30/articles/20211230s00041000272000c.html |title=フワちゃん “ミスターSASUKE”に「超意気込んでたのに…」 |author= |date=30 December 2021 |publisher= |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
She joined SASUKE 40 at 27 December 2022. She was given #3948. She failed Stage 1 at Fish Bone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thetv.jp/program/0001025261/1/ |title=【2022年12月27日】SASUKE2022〜NINJA WARRIOR〜の出演者・キャスト |author= |date=27 December 2022 |publisher= |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscat}} * {{Professional wrestling profiles}}
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