Aimi Eguchi

Aimi Eguchi
Corporate promotion character
Aimi Eguchi as she appears in the Ezaki Glico commercial
First appearance	June 2011
Created by	Ezaki Glico
Voiced by	Yukari Sasaki
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Japanese idol

Aimi Eguchi (江口愛実, Eguchi Aimi) is a fictional Japanese idol. She is a CGI composite of various features of six existing (some now former) members of the theater/idol group AKB48.^[1]

Eguchi was announced as the group's newest member in June 2011. According to an official profile she was 16 years old, born on February 11, 1995, and from Saitama, north of Tokyo. She was featured in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy, and appeared in a television commercial for the confectionery company, Ezaki Glico. Suspicions arose amongst AKB48 fans and on June 19, 2011, Glico finally admitted that Eguchi was a fake created by the company, disappointing many fans.^[2]^[3] As of May 2013, she is no longer listed on the official website as a trainee.^[4]^[5]

CGI contributors

Atsuko Maeda (eyes)
Tomomi Itano (nose)
Mariko Shinoda (mouth)
Yuko Oshima (hair/body)
Minami Takahashi (outline)
Mayu Watanabe (eyebrows)

References

↑ AKB 48 newest member Aimi Eguchi is a 'virtual idol' channelnewsasia.com, 20 June 2011
↑ New Japanese Pop Idol Shocks Fans With News–She’s Not Real Singularity Hub, 22 June 2011
↑ Japanese Scientists Build a Perfect (and Fake) Pop Star TIME.com, 24 June 2011
↑ "AKB48公式サイト｜メンバー情報 (AKB48 Official Site - Member List)". AKB48 Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2013. - list is subject to change from graduations and transfers
↑ "Aimi Eguchi "officially" graduates from AKB48". Nihongogo. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-27.

External links

Aimi Eguchi in Weekly Playboy

AKB48

Members

Team A	Anna Iriyama Karen Iwata Shizuka Oya Nana Owada Mayu Ogasawara Natsuki Kojima Haruna Kojima Yukari Sasaki Haruka Shimazaki Miru Shiroma Minami Takahashi (former general director) Kayoko Takita Megu Taniguchi Chiyori Nakanishi Mariko Nakamura (vc) Rena Nishiyama Rina Hirata Ami Maeda Miho Miyazaki Sakura Miyawaki Yui Yokoyama (c, general director)

Team K	Moe Aigasa Maria Abe Haruka Ishida Manami Ichikawa Haruka Kodama Ayana Shinozaki Haruka Shimada (vc) Hinana Shimoguchi Mariya Suzuki Aki Takajō Yūka Tano Chisato Nakata Mariya Nagao Nana Fujita Jurina Matsui Minami Minegishi (c) Mion Mukaichi Tomu Mutō Shinobu Mogi Sayaka Yamamoto Ami Yumoto

Team B	Misaki Iwasa Natsuki Uchiyama Ayano Umeta Ryōka Ōshima (vc) Yuki Kashiwagi Rena Katō Yuria Kizaki (c) Kana Kobayashi Moe Gotō Miyu Takeuchi Makiho Tatsuya Miku Tanabe Seina Fukuoka Nako Yabuki Aeri Yokoshima Mayu Watanabe Miyuki Watanabe

Team 4	Miyabi Iino Rina Izuta Saho Iwatate Rio Ōkawa Miyu Ōmori Ayaka Okada Nana Okada (vc) Saya Kawamoto Ryoha Kitagawa Saki Kitazawa Mako Kojima Haruka Komiyama Kiara Satō Nagisa Shibuya Juri Takahashi (c) Mio Tomonaga Wakana Natori Miki Nishino Rena Nozawa Yuiri Murayama

Team 8	Nagisa Sakaguchi Yui Yokoyama Hijiri Tanikawa Nanami Satō Tsumugi Hayasaka Akari Satō Kasumi Mougi Rin Okabe Hitomi Honda Maria Shimizu Ayane Takahashi Nanase Yoshikawa Yui Oguri Erina Oda Shiori Satō Ayaka Hidaritomo Natsuki Fujimura Yuri Yokomichi Yūna Hattori Ai Yamamoto Haruna Hashimoto Reina Kita Kurena Chō Moeri Kondō Serika Nagano Nao Ōta Nanami Yamada Ruka Yamamoto Momoka Ōnishi Sayuna Hama Ikumi Nakano Mei Abe Kotone Hitomi Yuri Tani Miu Shitao Riona Hamamatsu Yurina Gyōten Kaoru Takaoka Natsuki Hirose Karen Yoshida Rena Fukuchi Moeka Iwasaki Narumi Kuranoo Miyu Yoshino Moka Yaguchi Karin Shimoaoki Rira Miyazato

Former members	Rina Nakanishi Mai Ōshima Erena Ono Rino Sashihara (Moved to HKT48) Atsuko Maeda Natsuki Satō Yuka Masuda Kaoru Hayano Yu Imai Ayana Takada Haruka Nakagawa (Moved to JKT48) Sae Miyazawa (Moved to SNH48/SKE48) Tomomi Kasai Mariko Shinoda Tomomi Itano Sayaka Akimoto Ayaka Kikuchi Misato Nonaka Yuko Oshima Haruka Katayama Yurina Takashima Rina Ikoma Aika Ota (Moved to HKT48) Mina Oba (Moved to SKE48) Suzuran Yamauchi (Moved to SKE48) Sumire Sato (Moved to SKE48) Riho Kotani Nao Furuhata Fūko Yagura Ayaka Morikawa Shihori Suzuki Rina Kawaei Sakiko Matsui Hikari Hashimoto Marina Kobayashi Mizuki Tsuchiyasu Mitsuki Maeda Asuka Kuramochi Rie Kitahara (Moved to NGT48 (captain)) Mayumi Uchida

Units

Chocolove from AKB48 (Inactive)
Diva (Disbanded)
French Kiss
No Name (Disbanded)
no3b
Not Yet
Queen & Elizabeth (Inactive)
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (Disbanded)

Solo acts

Tomomi Itano (Former member)
Misaki Iwasa
Tomomi Kasai (Former member)
Yuki Kashiwagi
Asuka Kuramochi
Atsuko Maeda (Former member)
Sakiko Matsui
Rino Sashihara (Former member)
Minami Takahashi
Mariko Tsukamoto (Former member, Adult AKB)
Mayu Watanabe

Albums

Singles

"Sakura no Hanabiratachi"
"Skirt, Hirari"
"Aitakatta"
"Seifuku ga Jama o Suru"
"Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō"
"Bingo!"
"Boku no Taiyō"
"Yūhi o Miteiru ka?"
"Romance, Irane"
"Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008"
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"
"Ōgoe Diamond"
"10nen Sakura"
"Namida Surprise!"
"Iiwake Maybe"
"River"
"Sakura no Shiori"
"Ponytail to Shushu"
"Heavy Rotation"
"Beginner"
"Chance no Junban"
"Sakura no Ki ni Narō"
"Everyday, Katyusha"
"Flying Get"
"Kaze wa Fuiteiru"
"Ue kara Mariko"
"Give Me Five!"
"Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
"Gingham Check"
"Uza"
"Eien Pressure"
"So Long!"
"Sayonara Crawl"
"Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
"Heart Electric"
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
"Mae shika Mukanee"
"Labrador Retriever"
"Kokoro no Placard"
"Kibōteki Refrain"
"Green Flash"
"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"
"Halloween Night"
"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
"Kimi wa Melody"

Other singles

"Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)"
"Sugar Rush"

Related groups

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