A Girl in Bikini Is Not Wenwen Han in the Karate Kid
Wenwen Han and Jaden Smith played as a young girl Meiying and a young boy Dre Parker in the Karate Kid film released in 2010. More than 10 years later, both become adults. Recently, a collaged photo comparing how they looked 13 years ago, and how they look now was widely circulated on social media. One of the photos in the collage is a girl wearing a bikini suit. The social media users have claimed she is Wenwen Han now. However, running a Google Reverse Image Search proves the claim is false.
SOCIAL MEDIA CLAIM
A collage of photos of Wenwen and Jaden Smith, a child actress and actor in the Karate Kid 13 years ago, and a girl wearing a bikini suit was uploaded on social media last month.
The collage of the photos compares how the Karate Kid casts looked more than 10 years ago and how they look now.
It is assumed that the girl in the blue suit is Wenwen Han now. Wenwen Han played a young girl Meiying in the film produced in 2009 and premiered in 2010.
The claim has been widely shared on social media, and many users reacted to and commented on it, believing this is how the Chinese actress developed more than 10 years later.
Below is the capture of the claim circulated on Facebook on the last day of 2023, saying “Wenwen Han & Jaden Smith the Karate Kid (2010-2023).”
The Karate Kid is a martial arts movie starring Wenwen Han, and Jaden Smith as children along with the world movie star Jackie Chan. When the film was premiered, Wenwen Han was just a 14-year-old girl, and Jaden Smith was just 12 years old.
As of 2024, Smith is 25 years old and an American rapper and keeps on being an actor. Meanwhile, Wenwen Han, 28, is a violinist, dancer, and actress.
However, it is widely assumed that the girl in the blue bikini is Wenwen Han who has a completely different look from her teenage.
Below is the capture of the same claim which was circulated by another Facebook page a few weeks ago.
Below is the capture from another Facebook post which had been shared many times and got a lot of reactions and comments.
The same claim was also circulated on X – former social media platform Twitter. Then, many X users shared and commented on the twite.
FACT CHECK
Fact Crescendo Cambodia began debunking the claim by running a reverse image search which led us to find out the facts below.
y running Google Reverse Image Search, we found the man in the collaged photo is the American rapper and actor Jaden Smith.
he photo shows Jaden Smithy wearing big necklaces and jean jacket at an international events in Los Angeles in December 2017, according to Alamy – one of the world’s online suppliers of stock images, videos, and other visual materials.
By running a Google Reverse Image Search, we also found the photo of the girl wearing the blue bikini suit. It clearly shows the girl is not Wenwen Han now.
Actually, she is Nonami Takizawa, 38, a former Japanese gravure idol and talent, according to Eyval published many photos of hers in February 2020.
Born in 1995, Wenwen Han is confused with Han Wenwen, a Chinese actress who was born in 1981 married Taiwanese singer Ken Chu. Thus, the married actress prefers to be called Vivien Han, according to a Byliner’s article published last year.
The American online magazine’s report said Wenwen Ha of The Karate Kid prefers to live a life in low profile and has not been active on social media.
According to the same report, she has just appeared in a few televised drama series for more than 10 years. Full article here (Archived)
Because of this reason, we could not get the most current photos of Wenwen Han. Below is the photo she posted in her personal Twitter account 10 years ago.
Below is the photo of Han Wenwen and her husband Ken Chu attending a press conference of a TV show in August, 2016 in Beijing.
Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia found out the claim mentioned above is false. The girl wearing the blue bikini suit is not Wenwen Han – the Chinese actress starred in the Karate Kid in 2010. In fact, she is Nonami Takizawa who is the former Japanese gravure idol and talent.
