>>5329492No, since there is even a pretty common fetishism for tanned women. The statue figures especially gets a tanned version recolors time to time.
>>5329500East Asians, Mongoloids, whatevers, can get pretty dark skinned when tanned, because we have a decent amount of melanin in the skin.
Tanned skin have certain beauty status, and some men and women maintain a nice tanned look (sometimes taking it too far..) with their regular visits to tanning booth.
This singer gets made fun of pretty often to the point he scores a coffee commercial.
The lack of it in Japanese action figures is more to do with there not being that many profitable characters with darker skin. Character trait associated with that design choice are usually big muscular men, swimsuit girls or something summer themed, Ganguro/Kogal schoolgirls, or something like dark elf for fantasy. Those tend to be secondary characters, and not main characters that tends to get action figures. I think that's the main reason.
