[REL] Aimi Eguchi - The creation of a virtual idol [Japan]

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[REL] Aimi Eguchi - The creation of a virtual idol [Japan]

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Aimi Eguchi

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Aimi Eguchi - Profile image

Official Data:
Name: Aimi Eguchi
Nickname: Aimi
Birthdate: February 11, 1995
Birthplace: Saitama, Japan

Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei on June 11, 2011 ...
She was featured in the idol magazine Weekly Playboy and appeared in a commercial for Ezaki Glico (japanese ice cream producer)...
On June 19, 2011, it was finally admitted that Aimi Eguchi was a fake. Her profile was removed from the official site on May 8, 2013.

Aimi was officially "16" years old (in fact her face was about 20 and her body even 22), so she belongs here (well, somehow at least :?). I post this because it may be of interest to show what's possible in CGI (like fooling a whole nation) by an example related somewhat to our theme ...

Entirely made in CGI, Aimi had
- Atsuko Maeda's eyes,
- Tomomi Itano's nose,
- Mariko Shinoda's mouth,
- Minami Takahashi's face outline,
- Mayu Watanabe's eyebrows
- Yuko Oshima's hair and body.

Since these were six out of the seven then most popular members of AKB48 (called Kami 7, the missed out was Haruna Kojima), one can probably say they tried to create the ultimate idol. Aimi was voiced by the short of 16 years old then new member Yukari Sasaki.

Pictures from Weekly Playboy #26 from June 27, 2011 (not clear if this is complete, I couldn't find the issue yet):

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Videos:
AKB48's official introduction of the "new member Aimi Eguchi"*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZ2TkdK4Dw
The ice cream commercial featuring Aimi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMRy0NRyWZI
The creation of Aimi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkxSOdklvDs
Statement by the advertising agency Engine Film Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-HPYHCCeY

* Note: Read the comments under this YouTube post from all those wise guys who can easily tell that this is an animated character by the "obviously unnatural features" - which are in fact all from living persons ... :lol:

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Re: [REL] Aimi Eguchi - The creation of a virtual idol [Japan]

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Now where have I seen that girl before? She looks so familiar for some reason. :lol:
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Re: [REL] Aimi Eguchi - The creation of a virtual idol [Japan]

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Phuzzy4242 wrote:Now where have I seen that girl before? She looks so familiar for some reason. :lol:
Maybe here? :lol:

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