About

Japanese Salarywoman Saori Araki, also known as Japanese Girl In Suit or Japanese Office Lady, refers to a viral image of a Japanese model named Saori Araki in which she is seen with a bob cut, dressed in a grey suit while holding a laptop with her cheeks puffed up in a smile. The image of Saori Araki dressed as a Japanese salarywoman, holding a laptop while puffing up her cheeks to smile, went viral in July 2025 as it was used in memes and commentary. Many internet users quote-tweeted the image to share Which Way Western Man style memes that compared her to Western celebrities like Sydney Sweeney, who went viral for her American Eagle Great Jeans Ads around the same time. Araki is a former member of the J-pop band Tokyo Girls Bravo and currently works as a model and actress in Japan.

Origin

On July 24th, 2025, Japanese model and former J-pop idol Saori Araki posted a photo of herself dressed in a grey suit and holding a laptop to her X / Twitter^[1] account @kawausosuki0513. The photo shows her smiling with her cheeks puffed up and her hair cut to her shoulders. The image was captioned, "Good Morning ☀️," in Japanese and gathered over 40 million views and 100,000 likes in four days. The image was originally taken during a visit to the Japanese design and manufacturing group Takeda.^[2]

Saori Araki also posted a slideshow of her "Japanese salarywoman" outfit to her Instagram^[9] @kawausosuki0513 on July 26th, 2025, gathering over 20,000 likes in two days.

Spread

Several Twitter / X users reacted to the image of Saori Araki in late July 2025 as it went viral online over the following days.

For example, on July 25th, X^[3] user @badchestpain quote-tweeted the image of Araki, joking about getting into a car accident because of her. The post read, "Just wrapped my car around a telephone pole," gathering over 50,000 likes in a day.

Instagram^[4] user @moist654 reposted the tweet that same day, gathering over 10,000 likes in three days.

On July 26th, X^[5] user @Andr3jH posted an image of Saori Araki dressed as a Japanese salarywoman to show her holding Dr. Ally Louks' "Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose" PhD Study, receiving over 218,000 views and 7,100 likes in two days.

On July 27th, 2025, X^[6] user @eigenrobot posted an image of actress Sydney Sweeney alongside Araki, writing, "Which Way Western Man," referencing the meme. The post gathered over 50,000 likes in a day.

Also on July 27th, "Japanese salarywoman" Saori Araki^[7] posted another image of her dressed in a suit, this time showing her throwing up a peace sign.

The post was quoted by X^[8] user @kpoping6 that same day, who tweeted a Bush Learning meme alongside a caption that read, "A second photo has hit the timeline." The meme received over 45,000 likes in a day.

SAO's YouTube Channel

On July 28th, 2025, Saori Araki made a post on X^[10] announcing that "by day," she works "as an office lady," and that she is "also active as a model and actress" on the side. She also announced that she will be releasing a YouTube video. The post gathered over 250,000 likes in two days.

Araki posted a YouTube^[11] Short on July 29th, gathering over 150,000 views on a video titled, "I'm SAO. This is a video of me being very nervous!🥹 "

SAO's Debut Single 'OHAYO'

On August 28th, 2025, Saori Araki released her debut single "OHAYO" under her artist name "SAO" on YouTube.^[12] The music featured her in an office setting, dressed in the same grey suit as her viral photo. The video gathered over 40,000 views in a day.

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