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AKB48’s Indonesian spin-off group JKT48 forced to downsize due to pandemic

• Master Blaster
  Jan 16, 2021
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JKT48 + COVID-19 = -26

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• SE Asia
• (AKB48 • coronavirus • COVID-19 • graduation • idol singers • Idols • Jakarta • JKT48 • music)

Sega leaves arcade management like retiring idol singer, confuses, upsets Japanese Internet users

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 2, 2021

But in some fans’ eyes, this was the only way to go.

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• Japan
• (Arcades • funny • idol singers • Idols • Sega • video games • weird)

Idol otaku arrested for bomb threat after his idol T-shirt gets burned

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2020

He did the one thing you shouldn’t do if you don’t want your idol merch to go up in smoke.

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• Japan
• (bomb • burnable trash • COK • crazy • crime • idol • idol singers • otaku • t-shirts • threat • trash • weird)

Tokyo talent “scout” picks wrong woman to try to recruit, and not just because she’s a politician

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2020

Showing her photos of events he claims to have managed backfires spectacularly.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • idol singers • Idols • politicians • scouts • weird • Yuki Hashimoto)

Anime girl holograms to start working as hotel staff at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel”【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2020

The Idolmaster cast will be waiting to serve travelers.

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• Japan
• (anime • Asakusa • COK • cool • Henn na Hotel • hotels • idol singers • Idolmaster • Idols • Tokyo • travel • video games • weird)

After 10 years of secrecy, anime song duo ClariS finally remove their masks and show their faces

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2020

Reveal comes 10 years to the day after group’s debut.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime songs • anison • ClariS • idol singers • Idols • J-Pop • music)

Dancing mini idol robots with customizable parts available for sale in Japan【Video】

• Shannon
  Aug 12, 2020

Ever wanted a dancing and programmable idol robot? Now you can have one.

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• Japan
• (cool • dancing • figures • idol singers • Idols • MOFI17-Cute • robot • robots • Speecys • video)

Exec from idol singer group SKE48’s management company arrested on child prostitution charges

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2020

“I just let the girls into my car.”

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• Japan
• (arrest • COK • crime • idol singers • Idols • SKE48)

Man arrested for spreading false Twitter rumors about five Japanese idol singers for revenge

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2020

”I wanted to damage their public images” he says of misguided quest for justice for another member of the group.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • Drugs • idol singers • Idols • NGT48)

AKB48 member tests positive for coronavirus

• SoraNews24
  Jul 20, 2020

Japanese idol now receiving treatment in hospital.

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • Akihabara • coronavirus • COVID-19 • idol singers • Idols • Japanese idols • Kayoko Takita • Makiho Tatsuya • news • PCR test)

Japanese idol singer responds to fan who gushes over how much he loves her thighs

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 9, 2020

”I want you to consider whether or not what you write is appropriate.”

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• Japan
• (COK • idol fans • idol singers • Idols • music • SKE48)

Japanese idol group limits length of fan letters after receiving crazy-long “fan report”

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2020

10,000 characters, written by hand, is a few thousand too many, talent agency says.

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• Japan
• (crazy • idol fans • idol singers • Idols • letter • video • weird)

Overseas otaku make huge donation of masks to real-life Japanese Love Live! town

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2020

Love Livers also turn down any compensation for their generosity.

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• China, Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • donation • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • masks • moving • otaku • touching)

Idol-turned-ramen restaurant owner has great plan to make sure her staff is paid during pandemic

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2020

Former AKB48 idol channels her faith that ramen fans will be back at her restaurant in the future into making sure workers get paid in the present.

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • clever • coronavirus • food • idol singers • Idols • Mayuka Umezawa • moving • ramen • ramen restaurants • restaurants • SNJO • touching)

Isolation driving Japanese idol to dismantle and itemize fruits and other foods

• Master Blaster
  Apr 10, 2020

All play and no work makes You a dull girl.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • counting • COVID-19 • fruit • funny • idol singers • Idols • seeds • self-isolation • weird • You Kikkawa)

How would Love Live! look as an early-‘80s post-apocalyptic anime? Awesome, video reboot shows

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2020

Fist of the school idol festival?

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Fist of the North Star • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • video)

Asahi combines beer, cherry blossoms, and Nogizaka46 idols in touching new commercial 【Video】

• Eli Pang
  Mar 9, 2020

Now we’re tempted to cheer “Maiyan!” at all the parties.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Asahi • Asahi Super Dry • commercial • idol • idol singers • J-Pop • Nogizaka46)

Now you can own the eyes of “once in a millennium” idol Kanna Hashimoto

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2020

Taking idol worship to a whole other level.  

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• Japan
• (beauty • Contact lenses • idol singers • Idols • Instagram • Japanese idols • Kanna Hashimoto • Rhoto • weird)

“Single women only” say rules for anime voice actress auditions for new Love Live! series

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2020

No married women allowed, but 15-year-olds are A-OK.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • controversy • idol singers • Idols • love live • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)

Idol group will fine fans who come to event without masks, but many don’t buy coronavirus excuse

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2020

There’s a hole in the logic of the plan that’s supposedly meant to block germs.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • idol singers • Idols • masks • sockness)

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