Miyawaki Sakura's birthday billboard from group IZone is controversial.
On the 1st, an article titled 'Sakura Miyawaki's birthday billboard caught at Samsung Station' was posted on an online community.
Attached to the post was a photo of her birthday billboard that Chinese fans put up at Samseong Station for her Sakura, her birthday on the 19th.
The billboard reads, “Sakura Miyawaki.
There are phrases such as 'Happy birthday Sakura' and 'Wait for the day when the cherry blossoms bloom again miss you so much'.
The image used on the billboard was a problem.
The background behind Sakura's photo reminded me of the Rising Sun Flag.
The Rising Sun Flag is a military flag used by Japan during World War II and symbolizes Japanese militarism.
Netizens who saw the billboard were outraged.
He fiercely criticized Wook's diary image on her birthday billboard and that the signboard was caught in the subway station today, which is Section 3.1.
Sakura's Chinese fans, who were exposed to the controversy, explained through SNS, "The design concept is a cartoon space, so we used cartoon spin-off elements. We immediately contacted the advertiser and changed it."
Sakura debuted in Japan in November 2011 as a member of the girl group HKT48, and in 2018 she gained great popularity in Korea as a member of IZone.
After IZone disbanded, she returned to Japan, but returned to Korea in August of last year when her contract with her local agency expired.
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kim Ji-hye)