Popular Fifth-Gen Idol Directly Claps Back At Dating Rumors With An aespa Member

Fans applauded his honesty.

Recently, RIIZE’s Shotaro held a Weverse live broadcast online and interacted with fans.

Regarding recent dating rumors between him and aespa’s Giselle, he personally addressed the matter during the live after receiving spam comments about them.

[Eng Subs] Shotaro answered the spammed comments about his recent rumor and denied it immediately on his recent live#Shotaro #쇼타로 pic.twitter.com/RlGc8tH89J

— riize.city (@riize_city) January 28, 2026

There have been a lot of the same strange comments since earlier, saying things like, ‘Did you date Giselle?’ We don’t have that kind of relationship at all. She’s a senior at the same company and a close friend. It’s really not that kind of relationship at all, so please don’t misunderstand.

— Shotaro

Fans praised Shotaro for being able to speak out and defend himself against rumors.

the most attractive thing about this man is his determination to always speak up for himself and put rumors and people who spread them in their place and i genuinely love that abt him https://t.co/Ob4NKqPGC2

— sinem (@myysungchan) January 28, 2026

i love when he directly speaks up/addresses something like when he responded to that weird ass weverse comment with a question mark, i hate that he has to Even do this tho https://t.co/mnj9JV54Ic

— kie ❦ (@loveformarch) January 28, 2026

and this is exactly why male and female idols don’t show that they’re friends bc weirdo freak fans are so in their bums about it and turn everything into them dating. he’s so sexy for clarifying it straight up although he shouldn’t even have to in the first place https://t.co/6lXzFnvcIR

— jeanz4rina🎀 (@wishiwaswichu) January 28, 2026