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Japan’s most beautiful idol singer faces, with AKB48 barely cracking the top 10【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2018
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One idol group dominates the poll by taking all five top slots.

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• (AKB48 • beautiful women • idol • idol singers • Nogizaka46 • survey)

Bomb threats against Love Live! concert lead to arrest of 17-year-old boy in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2018

Social media posts about “limitless explosions” draw police response.

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• Japan
• (anime • crime • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Love Livers)

Otaku dating service says some of its female members specifically refuse to date Love Live! fans

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2018

Love Livers’ romantic prospects are limited, but there’s also a silver lining to being a fan of the hit idol anime.

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• (anime • dating services • idol singers • Idols • love live • otaku • relationships • romance • Tora Con • Tora no Ana)

Anime featuring yakuza thugs getting gender reassignment surgeries to become idols begins in July

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2018

New trailers give a glimpse of the insanity.

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• (anime • Back Street Girls • idol singers • Idols • manga • video • weird • yakuza)

Japanese idol singer announces hatred of otaku faces, further solidifies masochistic fanbase

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2018

Being sweet and coy didn’t work when discussing a photo ban, so Eren tried the brutally direct approach instead.

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• (funny • idol singers • Idols • music • otaku)

Man pretending to be idol singer producer arrested on charge of kidnapping 14-year-old Tokyo girl

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2018

Told junior high student who wanted to run away he’d pick her up, and also “Bring your school uniform.”

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• (crime • idol singers • Idols • kidnapping)

Cheki meshi: The deliciously delusional way Japanese idol fans eat with their favorite singers

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 17, 2018

Japanese idol singers usually have a no-romance clause in their contracts, so fans hoping for a dinner date have to get creative.

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• (crazy • food • funny • idol singers • Idols • weird)

Japanese idol group disbands after debut concert, citing members’ excessive individuality

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 11, 2018

But there’s a comical silver lining that has heartbroken fans drying their eyes.

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • crazy • funny • idol singers • Idols • music • video • weird)

Japanese idol singer holds memorial concert for 55-year-old fan who died alone and had no funeral

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2018

A final farewell after a decade of devoted support.

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• Japan
• (idol singers • Idols • moving • music • touching • video)

Lesbian idols’ confession of love prompts veteran to say “Idol romance restrictions are shit”

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2018

Harsh words from a strong supporter of letting love bloom between idols and anyone they want.

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• Japan
• (idol singers • Idols • LGBT • music • video)

How to enjoy Japanese idol music if you hate its sweetness: Pretend they’re not singing about YOU

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2018

There’s black comedy gold waiting in the titles of AKB48 idol hits, and our one tiny trick reveals it.

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • funny • idol singers • Idols • Japanese language • Japanese linguistic • learning japanese • music • Seiji Nakazawa)

Japanese idol group bans all gifts from fans to teen singers to help protect their values

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 2, 2018

After fans continued to ignore requests regarding what types of presents are appropriate, group institutes blanket ban.

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• (idol fans • idol singers • Idols • music • video)

Idols stand by cryptocurrency after major theft leaves them without paychecks

• Anime News Network
  Feb 1, 2018

The Virtual Currency Girls hit their first major snag in their dream of a cryptocurrency utopia.

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• (Anime News Network • Bitcoin • Coincheck • crime • cryptocurrency • idol singers • Idols • Virtual Currency Girls)

Japanese idol singer reveals that she’s pregnant with her manager’s baby

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2018

18-year-old’s two-year relationship has angry fans calling the development a “betrayal.”

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• (idol singers • Idols • pregnancy • scandal)

Four Japanese women chosen for world’s 100 most beautiful faces, four men make handsome list

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2017

Satomi Ishihara included in group of eight Japanese idols, actors, and entertainers chosen as among the most attractive in the world.

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• (beautiful women • Handsome men • idol singers • Idols • Satomi Ishihara • video)

State of the otaku union 2017: Idols booming, boys’ love flat, erotic games drooping

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 8, 2017

Tokyo research company releases its annual report on what’s up and what’s down in Japan’s otaku economy.

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• Japan
• (boys love • idol singers • Idols • otaku • vocaloids)

Japanese idol singer/anime voice actress is native English speaker, misses Girl Scout Cookies

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2017

Lack of Taco Tuesday in Japan is also a sore point for California-born performer.

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• Japan
• (22/7 • anime • idol singers • Idols • Sally Amaki • video • voice actors • voice actresses • Yasushi Akimoto)

Female body types men like vs. female body types women like, according to Japanese Twitter

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2017

Two popular idol singers held up as example of differing preferences between sexes.

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• (beautiful women • girl on the left pr girl on the right • idol singers • Idols • Nogizaka46 • society)

Japanese idol event stockpiles free deodorant for fans to use before shaking singers’ hands

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2017

Recent request for better idol singer fan hygiene prompts preparation of nearly 50,000 body wipe sheets.

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• Japan
• (deodorant • gross • health • hygiene • idol singers • Idols • Kaori Matsumura • SKE48 • society)

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