tarento

plural tarentos

1. JapanA celebrity who regularly appears on mass media in Japan, especially as a panelist on variety shows.

   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.

   2013 March 24, Philip Brasor, “Abortion controlled by the state”, in The Japan Times, Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2019

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   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.

   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, New York, N.Y.: Republic Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022

   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.

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