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Japan's idol industry has been used as a model for other pop idol industries, such as K-pop. Sub-categories of idols include gravure idols, junior idols, net idols, idol voice actors, virtual idols, AV idols, alternative idols, underground idols, Akiba-kei idols, local idols, bandols, and Japanese-South Korean idols.
Akiba-kei is a Japanese slang term meaning "Akihabara style". It dates back to the early 80s and refers to a subculture of otaku that spends a significant amount of time in and around the Akihabara area of Tokyo and is known for their strong interest in "fantasy worlds...anime, manga, maids, idols, and games". [1]
Visual kei emerged in the 1980s Japanese underground music scene, [8] pioneered by bands such as X Japan, Dead End, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, and Color. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Music journalist Taiyo Sawada noted the musical diversity of the scene's early acts; some had strong metal influence, some were influenced by 1980s goth and new wave , while ...
This is a List of Japanese musical groups that debuted in the 2010s. ... Idol Renaissance; Iginari Tohoku San; ... Sard Underground; Tebasaki Sensation; Yoasobi; ZOC;
After a pause for the group's second Japanese single album Cunning Woman (ズルい女) – a remake of the 1995 song by Sharam Q – and a three-stop tour in Japan at the beginning of October for the OnlyOneOf 2nd Japan Live 2022, [51] [60] the Underground Idol project continued: on October 27, Rie released "Because", [61] followed by Mill on ...
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]
Pages in category "Japanese idols" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 449 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This is a list of gravure idols (グラビアアイドル, gurabia aidoru), who are glamour models in Japan that are generally more provocative than regular idols, though not to the point of posing nude.