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Idolatry; Or Why AKB48 Has Taken Over Japan

April 20, 2012 by Hashi 56 Comments

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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 Japanese charts for … [Read more...]

AKB48′s Newest Member Totally Fake [A Beautiful Frankenstein]

June 22, 2011 by Koichi 49 Comments

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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, sort of. She's a … [Read more...]

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