Idolatry; 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 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 ArticleMeet The World’s Only Hamburger Idol Group: Hamburgirl Z
“Oh, they’re a hamburger themed idol group.” That’s what Otaben, my friend and subject from our Japanese Idol Otaku interview, said to me as I was leaving. Just minutes earlier he had suggested I go...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....