'""Is it a sure thing at Christmas?"" Osang-uk–Haruka Toyoda, lovestagram suspicions flare up again The national fencing representative Osang-uk and Japan-Korea mixed-heritage model Haruka Toyoda are once again at the center of dating rumors. This time, SNS posts published around Christmas prompted the uproar.
Osang-uk recently posted on his SNS, Have a warm Christmas, along with a photo taken at a cafe. He was sitting on a brown sofa drinking a warm beverage, and the cozy year-end atmosphere drew attention.
Then on the 28th, Haruka Toyoda posted several photos with the phrase "Jeju Christmas." The cafe interior and brown sofa shown in the released photos looked very similar to Osang-uk's photo, and online speculation that "isn't it the same place?" quickly spread.
What especially fanned the suspicions were the details. Among the photos Haruka Toyoda released was a paper bearing Osang-uk's autograph, and images including a shadowed cut evoking a couple's atmosphere and a man's hand wearing a ring added fuel to the dating rumors. Some fans reacted, saying "too many coincidences" and "weren't they showing off too much?"
The two were already embroiled in dating rumors last September. At the time, they liked and commented on each other's SNS posts, and it emerged that Osang-uk's family and Haruka Toyoda followed each other, drawing attention. However, neither side issued a separate statement regarding the dating rumors then.
Afterward, Osang-uk drew a line by saying on a broadcast that "I currently do not have a girlfriend," but the overlap of locations, props and timing spotted again around this Christmas period reignited the controversy. Netizens responded, "Isn't it almost a sure thing at Christmas?", "How much did they want to show off?",
Meanwhile, Osang-uk is the athlete who became the first Korean fencer to win two Olympic golds, taking team sabre gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and sweeping the individual and team events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He has since expanded his public recognition by appearing on entertainment programs. Haruka Toyoda is a Japan-Korea mixed-heritage model four years younger than Osang-uk.
With the parties still keeping silent, attention is focused on whether this will again be dismissed as "a coincidence" or whether an official statement will be released.
[Photo] 'SNS'
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