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Japanese female idols, entertainers marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies, while maintaining a parasocial ...
AKB48 (pronounced A.K.B. Forty-Eight) is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. [2]
The following is a list of the 20 all-time best-selling Japanese idols in Japan as of 2011, according to the Japanese music television program Music Station. [ 1 ] Rank
Ai Shinozaki (篠崎 愛, Shinozaki Ai, born February 26, 1992) is a Japanese gravure model, actress, and former idol singer member of AeLL., a musical idol group.. When she started modelling in 2006 at age 14, Shinozaki caused widespread press and web comments about her having an unusually curvy figure for a Japanese teenager. [1]
Japanese-Korean idols (日韓アイドル, Nikkan aidoru): While Japan and South Korea agencies have created collaborative idol groups in the past, with Route 0 in 2002, [55] during the third Korean wave in the mid-to-late 2010s, the term saw usage again to refer to collaborative idol groups promoting primarily in Japan, but with music, styling ...
Momoiro Clover Z (ももいろクローバーZ, Momoiro Kurōbā Zetto) is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or Momoclo (ももクロ, Momokuro).. The four members of MCZ are known for energetic performances, incorporating elements of ballet, gymnastics, and action movies.
AKB48 is a Japanese idol girl group formed on December 8, 2005. As of 2024, the group consists of 45 members, including 29 official members and 16 trainees. [1] [2]The member lineup often changes as members graduate from the group and are replaced by members promoted from trainee status.
Mai Shiraishi (白石 麻衣, Shiraishi Mai, born 20 August 1992 in Gunma) is a Japanese actress, model, YouTuber, and a former first generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazines LARME and Ray .