Japan has taken computerized pop-stars to the next level.
This time, instead of making robots, they have made an amalgam composite pop star. This technology extracts the physical features from a variety of girls and combines to form someone new.
Extracting the best features from the most popular members of the all-girl pop group, AKB48, results in Eguchi Aimi.
AKB48 consists of over 50 members and performs daily in their own theatre in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.
Aimi achieved fame when she appeared along with three of the most popular members in an ad by Japnese candy giant, Glico.
Fans of AKB48 grew suspicious of her sudden fame. A competition is held yearly to determine the most popular in the group. Only the top contestants of the competition were given the chance to star in commercials. It was clear that Aimi had not paid her dues.
On June 19, Glico revealed the secret to Aimi’s sudden fame – she wasn’t real at all. She was merely a composite of the three other girls who appeared in the ad.
Watch the Ad:
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Skeptical fans were sure that the unprecedented success of Aimi was unreal, but nearly all could not believe that she didn’t exist to begin with. All were certain that she was another flesh-and-blood member of the group.
See the Making of Aimi Here:
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Aimi is joins the ranks of other virtual or fictional J-pop acts.
Others include hologram pop star, Hatsune Miku, who performed in sold-out concerts across Japan, and Ho-kago Tea Time, featured in the anime series “K-On”.
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