Freelance announcer Sumi Rena (鷲見玲奈) revealed on X a shocking unrealised loss following the Nikkei 225's plunge. The disclosed statement showed -¥192,200, while a separate display showed -¥579,559.
The Nikkei 225 continued to decline in the Tokyo stock market on the 15th, at one point falling more than ¥3,300 from the closing level. Affected by the plunge, Sumi Rena (鷲見玲奈) disclosed an unrealised loss in a post on her X account.
In the post, Sumi attached a trading statement showing a loss of -¥192,200 and explained that a statement updated later displayed a loss of -¥579,559. She also included an encouraging comment: “Even amid all this ... I’ll try again.”
Some users reacted to the post, including one who wrote, “I’d pass out over -¥192,200 ...” Sumi replied, “It’s already far more than ¥190,000.” The Nikkei 225's plunge and the resulting expansion of individual investors' unrealised losses have become a topic of discussion.