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Junko Furuta Charlie Kirk Retaliation Memes refers to a series of ragebait memes that make fun of Junko Furuta, a Japanese teen who was infamously tortured and murdered in the 1980s, largely as a response to people who post memes making fun of Charlie Kirk's death with the Kirkification meme trend. The memes are meant to enrage people who make Kirk memes and expose their hypocrisy over being unable to laugh at Furuta's death.

The trend began as early as November 5th, 2025, and became increasingly popularized on sites like X / Twitter and TikTok over the following weeks, resulting in numerous memes and discussions online. Some argued that Furuta's death is not equal to Kirk's due to her age and the manner in which she was tortured to death, while others claimed that the memes expose hypocrisy in people who see no issue with Kirkification, mostly painted as being liberals.

Origin

Junko Furuta's Murder

Junko Furuta was a 17-year-old Japanese high school student born in 1971 and declared dead in January 1989. In November 1988, Furuta was kicked off her bicycle by a teenager, Minato, at the behest of another teen, Miyano. These boys had become involved with the Yakuza. Miyano approached the downed Furuta, pretending to witness the attack and help her. He then led her to a warehouse and threatened to kill her if she didn't do what he said.

Furuta was held captive for around 40 days in various locations by the Yakuza, during which she was repeatedly raped and tortured, largely by four teens in the Yakuza. They killed her after the torture became so severe that she was unable to move, placing her body in a concrete-filled drum.^[1]

It is thought by some that Furuta was targeted after Miyano had previously asked Furuta out and was rejected. This detail, however, has been refuted as misinformation and is unconfirmed, with Japanese court documents reportedly claiming that Furuta did not know her killers beforehand.^[2][3]

Junko Furuta Memes

It is unclear who exactly started the trend of posting memes poking fun at Junko Furuta and her murder in late 2025.

On November 5th, 2025, X^[4] user @slopscarfer posted a Kirkified image of Junko Furuta as a response to a Kirkified meme, garnering over 1,700 likes in roughly two weeks. This is the earliest known version of the meme.

Spread

The memes referencing Junko Furuta and Charlie Kirk continued to spread over the following weeks, largely on X / Twitter and TikTok.

On November 9th, 2025, X^[5] user @vafitna_ posted a "dark humor mfs" as a response to a now-deleted, unknown post that points out perceived hypocrisy in "dark humor enjoyers'" ability to laugh at Kirk memes and not Furuta memes, garnering over 23,000 likes in a week.

On November 11th, X^[6] user @OlmoVonLarper posted a 1.3 seconds edit of Furuta referencing her abuse by using the grape Emoji (algospeak for "rape"), garnering over 11,000 likes in six days.

As the memes spread, TikTokers began leaving memes mocking Furuta as comments under TikTok videos, including videos sharing Kirkified memes.^[7]

On November 14th, 2025, TikToker^[8] @crazycrybaby0 posted a video compiling numerous examples of these comments, captioned, "What the hell is wrong with you people?" garnering over 3.1 million views in three days.

That same day, X^[9] user @lynneluvvs reposted a penis shadow edit of Furuta, writing, "can we just put these types of people in jail already. this is genuinely so disgusting and horrid," garnering over 212,000 likes in three days.

Later on November 14th, X^[10] user @BeatGh0st posted a comic about a dark woke person reveling in the Kirk memes and getting outraged at the Furuta memes, garnering over 12,000 likes in three days.

On November 15th, 2025, TikToker^[11] @talkden69 posted a video telling the story of Furuta, writing in the description, "If ur one of those people making jokes about this situation ur disgusting," garnering over 730,000 views in two days. In the video, he shares the unproven claim that one of the men who killed her previously asked her on a date.

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