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Former AKB48 idol singer gets proposed to on first date, says yes, is now married

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2019
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Graduating from Japan’s biggest idol group means liberation from its no-romance clause, and this former member has now found the love of her life.

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• (AKB48 • idol singers • Idols • Mariko Shinoda • marriage • romance • Wedding)

Japanese idol singers offer bottles of their used bathwater to fans at eye-popping price

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2019

Group recommends pouring some into your own tub to make it feel like you’re taking a bath together with the idols.

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• Japan
• (baths • crazy • gross • idol singers • Idols • weird)

Idol singer who was attacked at home removes affiliation with idol group from Twitter profile

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2019

As NGT48 announces new concerts, Maho Yamaguchi and three others seem to be distancing themselves from the unit.

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• (crime • idol singers • Idols • Maho Yamaguchi • NGT48 • scandal)

“There are many mentally unwell girls in AKB48” claims ex-member of Japan’s top idol singer group

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2019

Five-year veteran talks about indirect “cries for help.”

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• (AKB48 • COK • idol singer • Idols • mental health • Miki Nishino)

AKB48’s new idol outfits are so stylish everyone’s talking about the company that makes them

• Dale Roll
  Jan 16, 2019

And you can browse all of their outfits in detail on the Instagram page of the company that made them. 

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• (AKB48 • BNK48 • cute • fashion • idol singers • Idols)

Idol manager resigns after attack on singer, company claims no group members broke law

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2019

Management company explains slow response, maintains no members of NGT48 illegally supplied attackers with victim’s home address.

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• (AKB48 • crime • idol singers • Idols • Maho Yamaguchi • NGT48 • scandal • stalkers)

Japanese idol singer who was attacked at home makes on-stage apology for “causing commotion”

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2019

”You didn’t do anything wrong!” shout fans as management confirms attackers were helped by information provided by another idol.

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• (apology • crime • Idols • idols singers • Maho Yamaguchi • NGT48)

Bring your 2-D waifu to life with world’s first life-sized “emotional” robotic figurine 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2019

You’ll never be lonely with Kosaka by your side.

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• Japan
• (anime • figurines • Idols • otaku • robots • technology • waifu)

“It doesn’t feel like I’m alive” – Idol breaks silence after two male fans attack her at home

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2019

After men are released and management fails to address problem to her satisfaction, she says “I don’t want anyone else to have to go through this.”

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• (AKB48 • crime • idol singers • Idols • Maho Yamaguchi • NGT48 • scandal)

Japanese idol asks fans to marry her, provided they can pay her 400,000 yen (US$3,550) a month

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2019

Said she wanted dying relative to see her as a bride, but there’s another twist.

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• (crazy • idol singers • Idols • marriage • weird)

Big Angel: “Fat” J-Pop idol group who fell from heaven after eating too much 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 25, 2018

A five-piece girl group like the Spice Girls, only larger and with nicknames like “Fried Chicken” and “Ham and Sausages”.

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• (Asian Boss • beautiful women • Idols • J-Pop • Japanese idols • plus size • plus-sized • videos • YouTube)

A Japanese idol got married so his management asked Twitter to decide if he should be fired

• Dale Roll
  Dec 14, 2018

It’s a rough life for Japanese idols, a fact which was recently made crystal clear for Amatou Danshi member Kazuma Muroi.

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• (Amatou Danshi • boy bands • idol dating ban • idol singers • Idols • male idols • music)

Japanese idol’s manager fires back at impatient fans who keep pestering her to stream live video

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2018

Kanna Hashimoto is called the “once in a millennium” idol, but her manager is one in a million too.

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• (funny • idol manager • idol singers • Idols • Instagram • Kanna Hashimoto)

Fake idol neural network company explains its goals: “Humans and AIs creating together”

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 9, 2018

They aren’t just creating armies of fictional smiling girls for the fun of it!
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• (AI • artificial intelligence • awesome • DataGrid • deep learning • idol singers • Idols • technology • video • virtual idols)

Idol draws such massive crowds at Tokyo college that police can’t guarantee safety【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2018

When once-in-a-millennium idol Kanna Hashimoto is stopping by, crowd control in a must.

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• (beautiful women • coleges • crazy • Idols • Kanna Hashimoto • schools • universities • video)

Idol anime voice actress explains why she doesn’t like being called an “idol”

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2018

”I don’t have any idea what other people’s image of perfection is.”

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• (anime • Idolmaster • Idols • voice actors • voice actresses)

Kyoto temple goes modern with Techno Memorial combining music and lights with Buddhist Festival

• Dale Roll
  Nov 21, 2018

And you probably thought Buddhism was a boring religion, didn’t you?

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • culture • drones • idol singers • Idols • Kyoto • Pure Land Buddhism • religion • religion in Japan • techno music • temples)

Talent agency frustrated at idol fans’ aggressiveness, tells them to stop on official website

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 1, 2018

Instinctively chasing down idols may be acceptable in fans’ eyes, but not so in everyone else’s.

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• Japan
• (fans • idol groups • Idols • Johnny's • talent • warning)

How to rob an idol singer otaku: Look up the birthday of his favorite idol

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2018

Momoiro Clover Z supporter gets robbed by fellow fan for having an easy-to-crack ATM card code.

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• (ATM • COK • crime • Idols • Momoiro Clover Z • otaku • PIN)

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