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5 unusual facts about Japanese idol


Aki Kawamura

Aki Kawamura (川村亜紀 Kawamura Aki, born October 15, 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese bikini model and television "idol".

Japanese idol

Thanks to the advent of Vocaloid 2 and its famous character Hatsune Miku, the "Virtual Idol" is enjoying great popularity, gaining a solid fan base.

Some experimented with being voice actors, and so voice actors themselves became somewhat like idols, becoming increasingly popular.

Rio Natsume

In 2005, Natsume was featured in a video game called "Gal of the Sparrow 2", which also features other popular J-idols such as Chikako Sakuragi, Saori Yamamoto, Yuka Watanabe, Akari, Kaede Shimizu, Hitomi Okada and Hatsune Matsushima.

The Checkers

Although it was a band which produced their own songs, they were frequently regarded as just male aidoru by Japanese rock fans because of their early marketing promotion.


Beauty

Bishōnen refers to males with distinctly feminine features, physical characteristics establishing the standard of beauty in Japan and typically exhibited in their pop culture idols.

Suikoden Tierkreis

The game features the opening and ending theme songs "Tears in the Sky" and "Tierkreis" respectively, each performed by Japanese pop idol Satomi Takasugi.

The Ninja Dragon

It also features famous female Japanese wrestlers Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki, and also Japanese idol Etsuko Shinkoda.


see also

Hitomi Miyake

She is represented by Biscuit Entertainment, and is a second generation member of the Japanese idol group Idoling!!!.

Lenne Hardt

She is also the official announcer for Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z.

Nakamoto

Suzuka Nakamoto (born 1997), Japanese idol singer, member of groups Karen Girl's, Sakura Gakuin, and Babymetal

Samantha Thavasa

In 2013, Momsen appeared in a television commercial for Samantha Vega handbags along with one of the Japanese idol Tomomi Itano of AKB48.