Nogizaka46’s Asuka Saito is also another skilled user of the poison tongue. One might not think it with her doe-eyed look and small doll-like face, but Saito has an expectedly feisty side. As the resident poison-tongued member of the group, she’s known for the brutal lines she delivers on variety television. “Don’t ask idols to help with your personal troubles!” “I bet you guys have no one to spend Christmas Eve with.” “I’ll punch you if you don’t watch till the end!” While these all sound fairly cruel, the blow seems to be softened when they come out of such a cute idol. If anything some fans even enjoy being torn apart by their sadistic idol, going to handshake events just to get a scolding from her. The gap between Saito’s sweet idol appearance and her sharp tongue seems to have a mysterious attractiveness to it. In a Snickers commercial aired in 2017, Saito is seen playing games with a group of otaku before laying it on them: “You guys probably have never had a girlfriend.”