Ken Lee / @kenshirorealstar

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About

Ken Lee is a TikTok personality known for making videos on his account @kenshirorealstar on which he showcases his reflexes by grabbing lighters and other small objects off a table in front of him very quickly. Ken Lee is seemingly middle-aged, Italian and bald, often seen wearing glasses. In his social media bios, he says that he is a "superhero" as a hobby. The name "Ken Lee," as well as the username @kenshirorealstar, are likely inspired by the character Kenshiro from the manga Fist of the North Star. The creator was popularized online in 2024, inspiring an avid fanbase to try and replicate his fast reflexes.

History

Ken Lee, aka @kenshirorealstar, began posting TikTok^[1] videos showing off his supposedly fast reflexes and speed in early September 2022. On September 16th, 2022, @kenshirorealstar saw his first video go viral, with him punching a coat rack at a speed fast enough to make his hands blurry. The video gathered over 1.3 million views and 55,000 likes in two years.

Online Presence

On October 30th, 2023, Ken Lee made an appearance on an Italian reality show called "Tú Sí Que Vales" or "You Are Worth It." A video of his appearance was posted to the show's YouTube^[6] channel, where it gathered over 39,000 views in a year.

On March 18th, 2024, @kenshirorealstar posted a video^[2] showing how fast he can grab a lighter off a table, gathering over 51 million plays and 2.8 million likes in seven months. On May 17th, he posted another such video,^[3] gathering over 51 million plays and 2.2 million likes in five months.

On September 18th, 2024, @kenshirorealstar^[4] posted a video that gathered over 100 million plays and 6 million likes in a week. The post is the creator's most successful video to date.

Following

As of early October 2024, Ken Lee has over 2.6 million followers on TikTok and over 304,000 followers on Instagram.^[5]

Online Reactions

On July 22nd, 2024 TikToker^[7] @bosskiddo_1 posted a video trying to imitate Ken Lee's fast-grabbing reflexes, gathering over 900,000 plays and 92,000 likes in two months. TikToker^[8] @21spacee posted a fan edit of Ken Lee on July 27th, 2024, gathering over 7 million views and 162,000 likes in two months.

On October 3rd, X^[9] user @psilocindigo reposted a video of Ken Lee, writing, "me creating problems for myself just so I get a dopamine rush when I solve them," and gathering over 100,000 likes in four days.