FINE BOY: Meet the handsome gorilla Shabani, who is driving women wild and crazy in Japan (Photos)

This set of photos was posted to Twitter with the caption: 'I want to go to the zoo #Shabani'

Twitter caption: 'The meeting of going to see the handsome gorilla Shabani... it was a fun holiday'

Meet Shabani, the handsome gorilla who is so good-looking women from all over Japan are flocking to swoon in his presence.

The hairy heartthrob lives in Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya - and is definitely the 'strong but silent' type.

Weighing in at 180kg, women from the furthest reaches country can't wait to see the muscular swinger in the flesh.

Zoo officials said there had been a notable increase in young female visitors thanks to Shabani, Chunichi reported.

Shabani's rise to fame has been fuelled largely by Twitter, where fans post pictures of him claiming he is 'too handsome'.

The 18-year-old silverback with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at the Japanese zoo

His adoring Twitter following often refers to him as an 'ikemen', which means a 'good-looking man'.

Taronga Zoo senior zookeeper Allan Schmidt said Shabani was moved to Australia from The Netherlands as a two-month-old in December 1996 with his family.

When asked if he was surprised by Shabani's popularity he said: 'No because the Japanese are crazy... The Japanese love their fads.'

He added: 'I would say most people would consider him fairly dashing.'


According to reports, there is a constant crowd of female fans outside his enclosure, desperate for a glimpse of the giant ape.

The 18-year-old silverback wows fans with brooding good looks and rippling muscles.

Mr Schmidt said this is not the first time 18-year-old Shabani has enjoyed viral internet fame.

After moving to Nagoya, he was pictured in 2007 walking along a tightrope in the zoo enclosure.

'He's used to the limelight,' Mr Schmidt told Daily Mail Australia.

Mr Schmidt said Shabani was born in The Netherlands and moved to Australia as a baby, where he grew up with 'a very stable father and mother'.

'It's not surprising he's very successful,' he said.

Mr Schmidt said Shabani was moved to Japan to mate with three female gorillas, where he has had two healthy male offspring.
Shabani has lived at the Japanese zoo since 2007, but has only recently become so popular, Rocket News 24 reported.

Pictures of the gorilla posted online capture him in moments where he appears to be flexing his muscles, taring broodingly into the distance or playing with the younger gorillas.

Comments posted online describe him as 'hot' and 'too handsome'.

Flex: Shabani tenses his muscles - and the crowds go wild

'I went to Higashiyama Zoo. This hot Shabani ikemen was certainly handsome,' one woman wrote.
Another posted photos with the caption: 'Shabani who is in Higashiyama Zoo is famous as the too handsome gorilla!'
Meanwhile another visitor posted a picture at the zoo with friends with the caption: 'The meeting of going to see the handsome gorilla Shabani... it was a fun holiday.'

Young women all over Japan are using the phrase イケメン (Ikemen) when talking about the ape.

It is a word usually reserved for speaking about handsome young men, but in this gorilla's case they make an exception.