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Pot-bellied Japanese security guards reach TikTok stardom

Daikyo Security Chief Executive Daisuke Sakurai holds a helmet at the Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) General Manager Tomohiko Kojima works at his desk at the Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) Daikyo Security Co. Chief Executive Daisuke Sakurai, left, and General Manager Tomohiko Kojima talk with each other about their business plans at the Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) General Manager Tomohiko Kojima takes a TikTok video with CEO Daisuke Sakurai, as seen in the screen of the cell phone, at the Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) Daikyo Security Chief Executive Daisuke Sakurai, left, and General Manager Tomohiko Kojima take a Tik Tok video together as seen on the screen in the device (right) at the Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) Daikyo Security Chief Executive Daisuke Sakurai, right, and General Manager Tomohiko Kojima hold the awards they have won recently for their Tik Tok videos in the hallway of their Tokyo headquarters office of Daikyo Security Co. in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. They’re your run-of-the-mill Japanese “salarymen,” but the chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes, and honored with awards as a trend-setter on the video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)