Our video titles and pages are in Japanese. This list matches common looner terms with the Japanese words we use, so you can find the styles you like. Japanese reading in brackets.
🎈 The basics
| Looner | ルーナー / 風船フェチ (fūsen fechi). Someone who loves balloons: blowing them up, sitting on them, hugging them or popping them. |
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| Inflatables | 空ビ (kūbi), short for “air vinyl”. Beach balls, pool rings, pool floats and other vinyl toys you fill with air. Fans of them are 空ビフェチ. |
| Popper | ポッパー. Loves the moment a balloon pops. |
| Non-popper | ノンポッパー. Prefers balloons that stay whole: the stretch, the bounce, the squeak. |
| Semi-popper | セミポッパー. Enjoys both, depending on the scene. |
💥 Ways to pop and play
| B2P (blow to pop) | ふくらまし割り (fukuramashi-wari). Blowing up a balloon by mouth or pump until it pops. See videos |
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| S2P (sit to pop) | 座り割り (suwari-wari) or お尻割り (oshiri-wari). Sitting on a balloon or beach ball until it bursts. See videos |
| Balloons under clothes | 衣服内風船割り (ifukunai fūsen-wari). Blowing up balloons inside a top or dress until the clothes are stretched tight, then popping them. Our signature style. See videos |
| Pump to pop | ポンプ割り (ponpu-wari). Inflating with a hand or electric pump until it pops. |
| Hand pop / squeeze pop | 手割り (te-wari). Popping a balloon by squeezing it with the hands. |
| Nail pop | 爪割り (tsume-wari). Popping with fingernails. With a toothpick: 爪楊枝割り. |
| Stomp pop | 踏み割り (fumi-wari). Stepping on a balloon to pop it. |
| Bouncing | バウンド. Sitting on a balloon, ball or float and bouncing. |
| Deflating | 空気抜き (kūki-nuki). Letting the air out of a balloon or inflatable. |
| No pop | 風船割り：なし. Shown in the data table of videos where nothing is popped. |
🎀 Balloons and inflatables
| 16″ balloon | 16インチ風船. A large latex balloon that inflates to about 40 cm across. Often used in B2P videos. |
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| Payaso | パヤソ. A balloon maker from Mexico and a classic brand among looners. Its 16-inch balloons are a favorite for B2P. |
| Giant balloon | 巨大風船 (kyodai fūsen). Large balloons you can sit or lie on. See videos |
| Foil / mylar balloon | マイラーバルーン. Shiny balloons made of metallized film, such as foil hearts. See videos |
| Heart balloon | ハート形風船. Heart-shaped balloons. |
| Illustrated balloon | イラスト風船. Balloons printed with an illustration. The picture stretches as the balloon grows. |
| Confetti balloon | コンフェッティバルーン. A clear balloon with confetti inside. |
| Beach ball | ビーチボール. See videos |
| Pool ring / pool float | 浮き輪・フロート (ukiwa / furōto). See videos |
| Orca float | シャチフロート. A large inflatable killer whale you can ride. |
👗 Words in video titles
| 【name さん】 | The model’s name. さん (san) is a polite title, like “Ms.” |
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| 水着 | Swimsuit (mizugi). 競泳水着 is a competition swimsuit. |
| ワンピース | A one-piece dress. |
| 収録時間 | Running time, in the data table on each video page. |
| 本編 | The full video, sold on BOOTH. |