About

Brazilian Sadako refers to a series of fan art, animations and memes that imagine Sadako, the ghost from The Ring, as a Brazilian woman. The artworks depict Sadako as a young tanned Brazilian woman with dark circles around her eyes and long black hair, often wearing denim shorts with the thong sticking out and a yellow crop top with the flag of Brazil. Following the Brazilian Miku trend of Fall 2024, Twitter artist Lughost posted the earliest known Brazilian Sadako fan art in late October.

History

The Brazilian Miku art trend began in June 2024, with internet artists reimagining popular Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku as a tanned Brazilian girl. Along with that trend, some online artists were also inspired to draw other fictional characters with Brazilian traits and imagery (examples below).

On October 19th, 2024, Twitter artist Lughost posted their take on this meme^[1], redrawing The Ring character Yamamura Sadako and making her a tan woman dressed in denim shorts and a sports jersey. The post gathered over 153,000 likes and 16,800 retweets in 20 days.

Spread

On the same day, Twitter user @K0rnaQ posted fanart of Brazilian Sadako escaping a television set^[4], gathering over 60,000 likes in three weeks.

Other internet users latched onto the trend, with Twitter user @elixserrsfw posting an image of her^[2] dressed up as Brazilian Sadako on October 21st, 2024, gathering over 78,000 likes in three weeks.

On October 22nd, Twitter user @Waly_XOX posted a fanart^[3] showing Brazilian Sadako doing her signature crawl out of the television set, this time striking a relaxed pose and holding a beverage. The post gathered over 42,000 likes in three weeks.

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