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Eat your heart out, King Kong!

Meet Shabani, the hunky gorilla who has been making female zoo-goers swoon in Japan.

The photogenic and chiseled resident of the Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya has been dubbed “Ikemen” — or “good-looking man.”

Shabani, 18, was born in the Netherlands and raised in an Australian zoo before being moved in 2007 to Japan, where smitten women have been going ape over him.

“I have seen quite an early photo of him and he’s not the handsome man that he is today,” Madeleine Smitham, a spokeswoman at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, told the Telegraph.

“He certainly didn’t have quite the same following here that he has in Japan,” she added.

Shabani has also made a big hit in the Twittersphere, where gals have gone gaga for the well-groomed gorilla.

“Seriously. Look at this guy. Look at him. I say get him modeling for Tom Ford and call it a day,” tweeted @Brooke, p.r. exec Brooke Hammerling.

“As far as gorilla’s go, #Shabani has definitely got swagger,” posted @beclesouef.

Even the guys can’t resist the awesome Aussie.

“He’s a very distinguished and sophisticated gorilla. The Gregory Peck of gorillas, if you will,” @gingerkiller chimed in.

For the record, the heartbreaker is unavailable — he has two wives, Ai and Nene, and is a devoted dad to Kiyomasi and Annie, CNN reported.

“He seems to have noticed his new popularity, but he’s kept it very cool,” zoo spokesman Takayushi Ishikawa told the network.

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