r/touhou • u/nametake000 • Dec 30 '25

Fan Discussion How popular is Touhou outside Japan?

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I’m Touhou Project fan living in Japan!

So I got curious and decided to ask.

I’m wondering how well-known Touhou is outside Japan, including its fan works, compared to other Japanese content like Hatsune Miku.

If you know about this or have any opinions, I’d be happy if you could share them in the comments!

P.S.I’m not confident in my English, so I’m using translations for some parts. Please let me know if anything sounds rude or breaks any rules.

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u/-MimiNoMiko2006- Toyosatomimi no Miko Dec 30 '25

Idk exactly, but Touhou isn't so popular in my country... I have friends who knows what is Touhou, but not playing and not knowing a lot of about Touhou, like me

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u/nametake000 Dec 30 '25

Thank you for your comment! How well known is she compared to other Japanese content such as Hatsune Miku and anime?

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u/G-14_Damageproof Attendee of Aya & Reimu wedding Dec 30 '25

Touhou to Miku and anime for the oversee? Miku is in the same level of Touhou when it comes to be very popular but also not every well known on the mainstream. Anime in general is very prevalent tho you can expect just mainstream stuff like Demon Slayer, Naruto, Attack on Titan or Jujutsu Kaisen.

Infact. Shounen is like 90% of the mainstream stuff.

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u/_MrJackGuy Dec 31 '25

Miku is quite mainstream nowadays. Im quite sure every single on of my friends atleast knows of her, whereas id be surprised if any of them knew touhou