My family sometimes teases me about this periodically, but they really don't mind much. they have nothing against it. I always know that i'm into alot of japanese stuff in general, not just jpop.
let me just say this first, it's important in my story. not only am i a big japanophile fan, but most of the east asian entertainment industry(music, movies, films and series) as well, just like hong kong, china, taiwan, korea, and last but not least japan.
i actually grew up watching many chinese films and series with my family. aside from that i started picking up on the japanese entertainment, it begins with anime. ever since i can remember, i been loving, almost obsessing(...almost) over japanese stuff. it started with the anime that they showed on tv here. i saw that it was different from the regular american cartoons, from the art style, character design, storylines and especially the music, that how i started with my jpop interests, same with the video games.
anyway, when watching both the chinese films and series and the japanese anime. i mostly listen to the theme songs at first. after realizing how much i like those, i begins to search to see who sings the song and what other song do they have. it eventually lead me to H!P, starting from my interests in themesongs and its artists to general artist to H!P and that's how i became a fan.
While now i am mostly a J-fan rite now, i still watches chinese films with family and my family is a major chinese fan. and my family kinds of picks on me since i'm almost the only one in the family that is interested in jpop.
almost everyone in my family makes fun of me being a fan of H!P, but they really just teasing and don't really care much. sometimes i annoy them with facts and news about H!P. i always tease my mother and sister of being obsessed with chinese stars, guess this is just payback.
the funniest one is my dad. he saw some of the girls photos and pvs and he says their cute. and always tell me to go to japan and marry one of them. sometimes pointing to the girls and saying "she probably make a good daughter-in-law..." and such.
Since i'm a huge j-fan, my family always tell me to go to japan and find a prety japanese girls. and that what i mainly love is the girls and nothing else. Although they are cute, i told them that i'm just a j-fan in general, from the entertainment industry to the technology and the beautiful culture of japan. Everyone knows that Japan is the motherland of anime and manga, with super high-tech goods with the wonderful car culture and the beautiful history and culture. the girls are just one of my many j-interests.
although these are all true in my opinions, i sometimes think that it is just my excuse i use on my family, sometimes i'm in denial. kind of embarassing to tell them that i like just the girls, even when i know it's not true. but nowadays i don't care much anymore, guess i'm more confident of myself and don't what others think of me.
guess that's it for now...sorry if i'm babbling on and on and on....and on.
anyway thanks for reading. btw my favorite H!P girls is yossi, eririn, mikitty, risa, ..........