- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Feb 20, 2013 09:31 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Feminism, Fukuoka, Idol, Internet, Marketing, Music, Otaku, Tourism

AKB48 idol Mariko Shinoda has resigned as mayor of Kawaii after Fukuoka’s gender equality commission heard complaints that “cute girls promote sexual discrimination.”
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Aya Hirano’s first “TOxxxIC” music video has been attracting much attention for the vast departure it marks from her previous releases, with the scandal seiyuu’s first ever full dance video showing off what has been called (rather tenuously) a “carnivorous catwoman” look – along with her new blonde “hostess” looks.
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Remorseful and freshly shorn AKB48 idol Minami Minegishi has generated yet more controversy in Japan and beyond, with the international media castigating the Japanese for their shameful treatment of the girl and with Japanese castigating her for making the rest of the world think her antics are somehow considered normal or reasonable by the majority of Japanese.
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Even creepy AKB48 fans have recoiled at Minami Minegishi’s shocking act of atonement for being caught “spending the night” with a male friend: the distraught idol was made to shave her head and apologise to fans on YouTube – although her unflattering new hairstyle and public humiliation may be the least of her worries, as she was also punished by being demoted from active AKB48 membership.
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Seiyuu fans have been exercising themselves over the question of which seiyuu look as if they will still be active even 10 years hence, should they avoid attrition due to age, career change, scandal, or the fickle tastes of their fans – and as usual, it is the male seiyuu who seem most likely to stay the course…
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As usual scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano is causing waves – though this time for her latest single’s massive departure in musical style from her earlier works, after the “Mirai Voyager” track from her new “Toxxxic” album was made public online.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 18, 2013 14:37 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Crime, Gravure, Idol, Kodansha, Law, Music, Oppai, Police, Young Magazine

Police are investigating the possibility of arresting those involved with AKB48 idol Tomomi Kasai’s recent child breast fondling photo shoot scandal for child pornography offences, because the boy touching her breasts “looked European.”
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As if her transformation into a blonde was not startling enough, now fans of scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano have been confronted with yet another shocking new look – this time one which has been unfavourably compared to a “trashy hostess,” now barely being recognisable as the same person from her seiyuu era:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Japan, News
- Date: Jan 11, 2013 23:56 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Gravure, Idol, Image Gallery, Marketing, Music, Oppai, Young Magazine

A raunchy photo of AKB48 idol Tomomi Kasai posing “hand bra” with a child providing the hands has led to Young Magazine withdrawing its latest issue from sale for being “inappropriate,” prompting accusations of “child pornography” and “child abuse” against her, AKB48 and the magazine itself.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano’s latest new look is inflaming the sensibilities of her fans – she has gone blonde, and as if it could not be any worse actually pulls it off quite effectively:
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The saccharine intensity of popular AKB48 idol Haruka Shimazaki’s newly exposed chest has been turning heads online – with plenty of praise and envy at the fact she apparently lives in a doll house.
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Scandal seiyuu Aya Hirano has announced she her next release will be “xxx” in character, and has also been exposing some intimate pictures of herself on her site.
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