tarento

See also: Tarento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese タレント (tarento, “television star”), from English talent. Doublet of talent.

Noun

tarento (plural tarentos or tarento)

1. (Japan) A celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.
   • 2013 March 24, Philip Brasor, “Abortion controlled by the state”, in The Japan Times‎^[1], Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-01-07:

     It was the first baby for the 37-year-old pro golfer, the daughter of former Seibu Lions manager Osamu Higashio and the much younger wife of fellow tarento Junichi Ishida.

   • 2016 January 19, Ryu Spaeth, “The sickness of Japan, in one groveling apology by the oldest boy band in the world.”, in The New Republic‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Republic Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-22:

     Every time I go to Japan, I'm amazed that the same pop stars and tarentos (the Japanese rendition of television "talents") who were around when I was a kid are still there.

   • 2018 February 17, “Troubled tale of Japanese snowboarding prodigy turned prostitute Melo Imai”, in The New Zealand Herald‎^[3], Auckland: NZME, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-25:

     Imai and her brother's snowboarding careers were all but over within a year or two of Turin. They became tarentos, a Japanese word for a Kardashian-type celebrity who is famous for being famous, and both pursued acting.

Further reading

• tarento on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

tarento

1. Rōmaji transcription of タレント