The story of Mochi

Okay, I’ll admit, I was getting pretty lost when people on Soompi kept referring to Henry as “mochi“. I figured it was a nickname but couldn’t understand why because I just call him dumpling boy LMAO.

But for you curious people who are also too scared to ask exactly why Henry is called “mochi“, here is why

{credit: SJ-M Bar @ Baidu; translation: candychu @ wordpress}

One time SuJu had finished filming and were in the carpark. Kangin had just gotten in the car, leaving the door open, while the other members were all seated already. Suddenly Henry appeared from the carpark exit and ran over to SuJu’s car, stopping in front of the open door and bowing at 90deg, he shouted out “안녕하세요!” (ahnyounghaeseyo).

A korean fan saw this, and because of this incident, she changed her mind about Henry. She said his Korean was terrible and so often when Korean fans yelled at him he had no idea what they were saying and was replying with “Thank you”. So the Korean fans gave him a nickname “dumpling” because of his white skin and fleshy cheeks - not Korean rice cake but in Japanese - “mochi“.

If you hear Korean fans saying “mochi“, then they’re talking about Henry.

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Isn’t that the cutest thing ever??? I LOLed SO hard when I read about Henry “thanking” the fans who were yelling at him. Seriously, he is soo adorable <33

And omg NOW I RMBR WHERE I’VE SEEN THE WORD MOCHI! It was in some HK ad with this massive white and round thing and it said “mochi” OMG!!! Lol.

Anyways, mochi, dumpling, little H, whatever, this guy is just too cute for words. I found an airport pic of him carrying his violin and I just “awwwwwwww-ed” at the screen ^^

Here it is…credit as tagged

 

 

Lmao @ Hae <3