‘Playing Ghosn’ challenge has people squeezing into music cases, Yamaha issues warning

On Tuesday, Yamaha posted a tweet warning people about the dangers of participating in this challenge.

“We won’t mention the reason, but there have been many tweets about climbing inside large musical instrument cases. A warning after any unfortunate accident would be too late, so we ask everyone not to try it,” the Japanese company said in a post on its Twitter handle.

An important safety message from Yamaha Wind Instruments Japan
“We won’t mention the reason, but there have been many tweets about climbing inside large musical instrument cases. A warning after any unfortunate accident would be too late, so we ask everyone not to try it,” https://t.co/sj14mbIMKT

— Yamaha Music Australia (@yamahamusicau) January 14, 2020

The ‘playing Ghosn’ craze has swept Japan over the last few days and social media sites have been flooded with photos and videos of people trying fit inside music instrument cases or large cases. From guitar cases to piano transport boxes, people are listing various cases that can used.

The former auto executive, who is now a fugitive, has declined to reveal how he slipped past Japanese airport security, or confirm media reports that accomplices smuggled him through a private jet lounge in Kansai Airport in western Japan hidden in large speaker box that was too large to fit through the facility’s X-ray scanner.

今流行りのゴーンごっこ。

これで見事に日本の検査をすり抜けたんだな。#ゴーンごっこ pic.twitter.com/ZZf0RdP9bj

— ふじぴろ (@fujihiro67) January 13, 2020

#楽器ケース#ghosnisgone pic.twitter.com/CvqLgJBh2e

— 鹿田一斗 (@kazuto_shikada) January 11, 2020

あれ？
ここベッドじゃないの？ pic.twitter.com/YLGkpSrsI0

— 胸キュン　赤ちゃんフォト (@angelsmilebaby) January 13, 2020

まあ、やっとかないとねぇ……。ということで、話題のコントラバスのケースにとりあえず入っておきました。
ゴーンさんもオススメ!? コントラバスのケースはほぼ寝袋だった https://t.co/DU9CddMHe7 pic.twitter.com/xI5pzBnuds

— 北村ヂン＠こみトレ35_5号館テ19b (@punxjk) January 9, 2020

ダイニングチェアを買ったのだけど、、
梱包されてきた段ボール箱で
カルロスゴーンごっこ。。#カルロスゴーン #段ボール　#ダイニングチェア　#牧野美千子　#結構楽しい pic.twitter.com/noZTR30rN0

— 牧野美千子 (@MICO2617) January 9, 2020

それにしてもゴーンさん
空気穴があったとしてもよく楽器ケースの中でレバノンまで行けたな。わたし発狂する。 pic.twitter.com/2WxBD3gCHB

— いきちゃん(´⊙ω⊙`) (@8950lkzw2) January 8, 2020

ちび生徒ちゃんも楽器ケースに入って、ゴーンごっこしてた#楽器ケース #ゴーンごっこ #ゴーン pic.twitter.com/VvcgrVPe13

— SANAE HARP@3/12六本木バードランド (@HarpSanae) January 7, 2020

#カルロスゴーンチャレンジ#ミューコミプラスhttps://t.co/r81fnFVdjEhttps://t.co/MoiWllbBrH#ZOC #西井万理那 @namahamu0822 pic.twitter.com/OliMhQzNxW

— よっぴー/吉田尚記 (@yoshidahisanori) January 6, 2020

Ghosn, who is accused of concealing earnings, transferring investment losses to Nissan and misappropriating company funds, escaped from Japan in December and fled to Lebanon. The former CEO had been detained since November 2018 in Japan on charges of financial misconduct. Japanese authorities have vowed to pursue him and have issued an international wanted notice for him and wife Carole.

In a press conference in Lebanon on January 8, Ghosn said he was “innocent of all the charges.”

[with inputs from Reuters]