Japanese Tyranno Dance
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About
Japanese Tyranno Dance is a dance created by Japanese TikToker @gift.roppongi in which he hunches his back and rigidly moves his hips left to right with his hands in front of his waist. The TikToker began doing the dance in March 2024 and continued to do it over the following months, becoming increasingly viral later that year. In January 2025 the dance was popularized with western TikTok audiences, inspiring memes using a video of the TikToker doing the dance and inspiring other TikTokers to do the dance themselves.
Origin
On February 18th, 2024, TikToker[1] @gift.roppongi posted a video in which he dances in front of a storefront with a tiger statues in the window, garnering over 35 million views in 11 months. This is the earliest known video of the TikToker doing the Tyranno dance.
@gift.roppongi #gift #ギフト #六本木 #bar ♬ オリジナル楽曲 – ギフト六本木
Spread
The TikToker continued to post videos doing the dance throughout 2024, garnering significant traction. On December 2nd, 2024, the TikToker[2] posted a video in which he does the dance in an empty restaurant, also dancing with a few other men, garnering over 5.8 million views in a month.
@gift.roppongi 色んなダディダディやってみた #gift #六本木 #bar #日本一のbar #西山ダディダディ ♬ オリジナル楽曲 – ギフト六本木
In January 2025, videos of the TikToker doing the Tyranno dance started going viral with English-speaking TikTokers. For example, on January 7th, 2025, TikToker[3] @orbismala posted a video of @gift.roppongi doing the dance under the caption, "How it feels to gamble everyday and still not be addicted," garnering over 900,000 views in three days.
@orbismala last of a dying breed . #orbismala #japanesesuit #suit #dance #japanesedance #japanesetyrannodance #tyrannodance ♬ ballin by benihxnx – beni
On January 9th, TikToker[4] @theotherrenzo posted a meme using a video of the dance, garnering over 800,000 views in a day.
@theotherrenzo ts all over my type bru 😂😭😭 #tyrannodance #fyp #relateable #relatable #viral #blowup ♬ Goodbyeeee – Wocₖy ₈₀₈ ?!?
Various Examples
@conreamusic ts harder than it looks 💀 #tyrannodance #trend #2man #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral ♬ ballin by benihxnx – beni
@gift.roppongi #gift #六本木 #bar #ティラノダンス #tyranno ♬ オリジナル楽曲 – ギフト六本木
@shaungotjokes 😂😂😂 why they was hitting dat shi tho highkey #fypシ #foryourpages #tyrannodance #meme ♬ オリジナル楽曲 – ikemenmen – めんめん
@onateri10 #fyp #dance #blowthisup #2025 #nishiyama #tyranno ♬ Hoodrat (Who This?) (DJ Ess Mix) – BabyTron & DJ Ess
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