There’s a popular belief in Japan that a person’s blood type determines what kind of personality and temperament they will have in a way similar to our Western star signs idea. Here’s a quick run down of the four blood types with information about each one, taken from Wikipedia;
| Japanese Blood Type Personality Chart | |
| Type A | |
|---|---|
| Best Traits: | Earnest, creative, sensible, calm. |
| Worst Traits: | Fastidious, overly earnest. |
| Type B | |
| Best Traits: | Wild, a doer, cheerful. |
| Worst Traits: | Selfish, irresponsible, arrogant. |
| Type AB | |
| Best Traits: | Cool, controlled, rational. |
| Worst Traits: | Critical, indecisive, unforgiving. |
| Type O | |
| Best Traits: | Agreeable, sociable, an optimist. |
| Worst Traits: | Vain, careless, ruthless, cruel. |
Interesting. Blood type A is apparently the most common in Japan, with 40% of the populace having it, as do I. According to this table, I’m earnest, creative and sensible, but I’m also overly earnest. So whilst it’s a good thing to be earnest, make sure you’re not earnest! Oh no! Anyway, I have to admit I find these traits a little dull, aside from Type O who are apparently manically evil. (Vain, careless, ruthless AND cruel?!) So I’ve rewritten the blood types with a more interesting spin. Consult the chart and find out what the future holds in store for you!
Type A
Best Traits: Dedicated, survives zombie attacks well, excellent balance whilst standing on one foot, rarely chooses bad food at restaurants.
Worst Traits: Flammable, terrible for the environment, often forgets to update blog for weeks, terrible at ice-skating, hands wave around uncontrollably just before and on Halloween.
Type B
Best Traits: Excellent at bass guitar, always remembers where they left their keys, can hide nuts in cheeks over winter to preserve food.
Worst Traits: Easily confused by bright coloured lights, will stab friends in the back if the chance of obtaining syrup is present, known to cause fireworks to go off whilst in their packaging.
Type AB
Best Traits: Can survive solely on pineapple for just over three months, immediately knows all dance moves to Grease upon birth.
Worst Traits: Won’t stop listening to Grease, body shrinks to just under 3% of it’s normal size whilst on trains, often born with eleven feet.
Type O
Best Traits: Can help Type AB people grow back whilst on trains, can juggle for hours.
Worst Traits: Has no comprehension of how loudly they are talking in a cinema, doesn’t close the fridge properly after use.
See? Much more interesting! But I want to take the idea further. So,
You would watch that and you know it. Every week they’d get into a mess of some description and every week we would learn something. Except Type O, he’s too mean to get into trouble.
As closure I’d like to say that I am not trying to get at Type O people here, in fact quite the opposite. By making a mockery of these terrible blood beliefs, I hope that one day people of all types of blood can come and play hopscotch or chase cats or whatever people these days do, in perfect harmony. That is my dream. Well, that and to write silly updates about news reports on this blog. I think I’ll stick to that.
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Mike,
I appreciate the above article, “Blood Types In Japan.” In fact, 40 years ago, I agree with you 100% until I discovered that the Japanese, Koreans…etc. are really ahead of the Western world in understanding Blood Types and their relation to personality, temperaments…etc. Although, they don’t have scientific support for their theory, but there’s merit to it. I have discovered scientific support for their Blood Typing Theory. I would be happy to email you the draft copy of my book for you to review. In fact, I’m posting the whole manscript on my bebo.com/Bobafamasagabook website for anyone to read. The conclusion of contents of my research are not found in any published literature because it very revolutionary. It takes an open mind individual to see what’s presented.
Yes, your Blood Type is who you are. Aside from other claims, it will tell you how you use your mind. These are the conclusion of my research -
1. If you take my survey, I can tell your Blood from your Survey Result (Sound scary? Challenge me! I can email you the survey aand take it at your leisure)
2. If you tell me your Blood Type, I can tell you how you use your mind and which area of your life you are having challenges, and many more. I dare anyone, scientist, psychologist…etc. to prove my wrong. I have discovered what I called the “Human Mind Periodic Table” which is what I use to translate any result from both 1 and 2 above.
Again, I pose a challenge to all your readers and ANYONE to find out themself what I stated in and 1 and 2 above. The best proof is to prove it to yourself.
Thanks a million to ALL,
Bob Afamasaga,
Author and Researcher
Yeah, I was surprised at how many times I was asked what my blood type was when I got here. I had no idea and had to go to the hospital to get checked.
Well Type O is ‘negative’ LOLZ
If only I knew what blood trait I am, then I could finally figure out my personality traits once and for all
Alpha: Eh? So you don’t get O positive? I never knew that :o
If you give blood they tell you and you get a cool free card!!
You can have type O positive, myself being a case in point. O+ makes up 30-something percent of the population, I believe, while O- makes up about 6 percent. (This is quite possibly only for the US, though.)
There we go then! You learn something everyday! :)
You missed my joke =(
I wish I could give blood, but apparently my viens are too small for the needle or something strange like that (I don’t know, ask my GP)
Alpha: I will! A full investigation begins!
i don’t even know what bloodtype i am -_-
Actually it’s a whole bunch of hooey.
How can ones blood type dictate your personality? How can such an arbitrary category indicate how an individual would act in or respond to a given situation?
It can’t.
I am a type A. I have been known to act both sensibly and wacky, both rationally and optimistically.
It’s easy to attribute BROAD social attributes to a blood type, star sign, Chinese year animal etc and then people will say “Oh, I did that because I am a (type)” and don’t stop to think about ALL of the MANY times they acted against their type.
Vain, careless, ruthless, cruel….
I want to cry :D <— I’m O..
I’m not an optimist so much though.
I don’t believe in blood types anyway!!
>Alpha
I noticed your joke and laughed ;D
Alpha: Ohhhh, I just got it. Touche.
wow, thanks for your comment on my post on the same topic made almost a year later.
I now know that I am type O :P
Jamaipanese: Good stuff, and it only took you 13 months to find that out! :)
whats the name who posted the above article? badly needed for our research tnx..
al: Sorry, I have no idea