AKB48’s Newest Member Totally Fake [A Beautiful Frankenstein]
A very good looking Frankenstein, though. Meet Aimi Eguchi. She’s the newest member in the Japanese Idol Group AKB48… well, she’s actually kind of like the newest “members.” She’s not a clone, well,...
View ArticleAKB48 Sings Its Way Into China’s Heart
One of the hottest things in Japan right now is the idol group AKB48. This army of teenage singers, besides experimenting with creepy, Frankenstein vocaloids, has taken the world by storm, topping...
View ArticleMake Babies, Get Internet With AKB48
Credit to Czarina Doyle for making the Photoshop even better! Idol group extraordinaire AKB48 caused a bit of a stir earlier this year when the group added a new, completely computer-generated member;...
View ArticleIdolatry; Or Why AKB48 Has Taken Over Japan
If you’ve been following Tofugu the last year, we’ve run a fair amount of posts about AKB48, Japan’s hottest music group. They’re a group of dozens of young, Japanese girls who have had hits on the...
View ArticleHave Fun Learning Japanese With AKBINGO!
I love AKBINGO! It’s one of my all time favorite Japanese variety shows, right on up there with Gaki no Tsukai. (P.S. if you haven’t already heard of Gaki no Tsukai, do yourself a huge favor and check...
View ArticleComing Clean: My Relationship With AKB48 Member Minami Minegishi
Open Letter – Miichan, it’s been a whole month now, and I just can’t keep my mouth shut any longer. I know that this Tofugu-AKB48 rivalry is like that of the Montagues and the Capulets, or the...
View ArticleWorking Women, Dying Trees, AKB48 Scandal, and More [Sunday News]
Every Sunday we gather the week’s weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and...
View ArticleAKB48 Election, Colonel Sanders, and More [Sunday News]
Edit: The AKB48 election we reported on were preliminary, and not final, results. The author regrets this error, and has shaved his head and joined the Tofugu B-squad as punishment. Every Sunday we...
View ArticleGetting Famous in Japan the One Direction Way
Japan is a popular target market for pop singers that want to take their fame internationally, particularly, it seems, when it comes to debuting in Asia. Is it because of the infectious fan base? Is it...
View Article“IDOL OTAKU”
Japanese idol – It’s right there in the name. These cute starlets exist to be idolized. They sing, they dance, they appear on TV… but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. AKB48 and Morning Musume;...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....