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NBA player Dwyane Wade's wife shared how their daughter is inseparable with BTS Jimin's BT21 character "Chimmy" doll on Instagram.

Posted by parkhaneul101323,442 pts Saturday, February 6, 2021

Park Jimin, the lead vocalist and the main dancer in BTS continue to charm celebrities around the world with his BT21 character, Chimmy as it was seen in Gabrielle Union-Wade's Instagram story recently.

The American actress who is also NBA player Dwayne Wade's wife was seen to share a photo of their daughter with Chimmy doll in their car. She quoted in her post "now Chimmy has to go everywhere". Netizens were seen to react warmly especially when Chimmy is known for its impact among locals, celebrities as well as influential acts around the world.

Prior to the couple and their beautiful daughter, Jimin's Chimmy has charmed many celebrities and influential acts around the world such as Park Inbee (South Korea professional golfer), Carlos Segundo (Mexican voice actor), Gérard Collard (French Bookseller), LeoJ (South Korean YouTuber), Ha Sungwoon (South Korean singer and one of Jimin's bestfriend), No Min Woo (South Korean singer and actor), Arci Muñoz (Filipino actress), Djibril Cissé, (Former French national soccer player), Kim Dongyun (Woollim Entertainment's trainee), Ateez's Wooyoung, Aubrey Miller, Halsey, Jimmy Fallon, Luke Holland and many more. They were seen with Chimmy merchandises through their SNS and international television show. 

Aside from celebrities and influential acts, Chimmy is also known for its strong impact among locals. As famous as Jimin, Chimmy was seen to be featured in several big accounts such as meme accounts on Twitter and Instagram. Chimmy videos were seen to sparked local interest toward both Jimin and Chimmy. Aside from that, Chimmy was also spotted being featured in a local Webtoon and a television show in South Korea. Previously one of Chimmy doll was spotted on a local bus in South Korea

However in term of love, Jimin's fans takes it all because every single time BT21 released new sets of merchandises, Chimmy merchandises will sold out immediate and they were reported to lead in the sales. One of Chimmy merchandises which is "Chimmy Baby Doll" previously sold out even after 6 times being re-stock. 

In December, fans were seen to expressed their love toward Jimin as they were seen to decorate their snow man with Chimmy merchandises. On his birthday last October, countless of fans shared their "Chimmy-cake" to celebrate his birthday. 

Finally, several Chimmy story videos uploaded by BT21 on YouTube were seen to have a huge impact too. After the released of Chimmy's back story, keyword Chimmy was seen to trended worldwide. The 1 year old video now has 14M views on YouTube. Next, upon the released of Chimmy busking video, BT21 challenge fans around the world to get the video to 2M views in a week and fans achieved that less than a week. 

Being one of the most popular idol from South Korea, BTS Jimin show to the world that his popularity is not only limited to singing or dancing but also in the world of fashion, art and anything related to him will surely become a hot topic around the world. 

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    Tearaminty
    Tearaminty455 pts Saturday, February 6, 2021 0
    Saturday, February 6, 2021

    Like father, like Chimmy. I'm happy he's so popular, but I'm really sad, because everything Chimmy merch always sold out faster. I have to fight like a concert ticket for having Chimmy. Noooo .... 😭

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    yesdrama
    yesdrama2,881 pts Saturday, February 6, 2021 0
    Saturday, February 6, 2021

    King Jimin ♥

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