Idol (moe point)

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Base Info
Moe Point	Idol
Type	Occupation/profession
Symbolic Characters	Lynn Minmay, Sheryl Nome, Ranka Lee, Sayaka Maizono, Kotori Shirakawa, Kanon Nakagawa

Idol (Japanese: アイドル) is a profession or identity, which refers to a person who is engaged in performing arts and is admired and sought after by young people by showing personal charm. At the same time, idols are also one of the cute attributes in ACG subculture.

Introduction

Idols are generally people who have charisma and fanatical admirers. In Japanese, idols generally refer to those who are engaged in performing arts such as singing, entertaining, acting, and voice acting, and are admired and followed by young people by showing personal charm (mostly cute or cool). In Japan, it is customarily regarded as an independent profession.

People typically think of idols as singers who are popular all over the country for singing pop music, but people in other performing arts careers can also be called idols, and idols can also be involved in multiple different performing arts careers at the same time.

With the rise of subcultures in Japan, modern idols have become more diverse. In various emerging subculture fields (such as broadcasters, voice actors, and special effects actors), idols with different types of careers are born. In addition, in contrast to the concepts of "national popularity" and "artists", there are also "local idols" who are not involved in the center of the entertainment industry, but are active in a region, targeting local people, and generally self-operated without going through agencies. The term "school idol" originally created in LoveLive! is close to this concept.

In addition, modern idols sometimes do not need to have a deep foundation in a specific field, as long as they have a certain personal charm, they can still become idols. For example, modern idols do not require too much singing skills, so in the idol world, songs with cuteness as a selling point have gradually replaced the status of Japanese pop music.

Charm as a moe point

Idol characters that appear in the two-dimensional world usually have the following characteristics.

Reasons for becoming an idol

There are many reasons to become an idol. Most idols want to be popular, which is a common psychology among adolescent girls. Some idols really love the entertainment industry and hope to share the beauty of art with everyone. There are also a few idols who do it for money. For them, earning a salary through acting is much easier than working and studying. Although there are many reasons to become an idol, the road to becoming an idol is still very difficult.

Idols' personalities

Idols generally have outstanding looks, but their personalities are completely different. Some are approachable and therefore popular; some are arrogant because they have many admirers; and some are strong and unyielding, thus surviving the cruel competition in the entertainment industry. Some idols are not good at socializing, but because they want to maintain a glorious image in front of their admirers, they have to pretend to be kind. These idols live in this contradiction for a long time, which also makes them prone to evil.

Pressure of being an idol

In Japanese ACG works, idols usually give people, especially male protagonists, an unattainable image because they have many admirers. And the idol girls and the protagonists are also walking on thin ice in terms of love, trembling with fear, for fear that their relationship will be exposed and become the target of criticism from many fanatical admirers, which will affect their love, career, and even daily life.

On the other hand, the fierce competition in the entertainment industry requires idols to learn skills and expand their personal fields in many ways, and to cultivate emotional qualities in order to develop in the entertainment industry for a long time. In addition to facing the pressure of rehearsal, attacks from competitors, and harassment from fanatical fans, idols may also encounter the bad behavior of some producers, directors, and other entertainers who intend to "unspokenly rule" against them. Even idols in the same group may still frame and attack each other in private. In addition, as public figures who often show their faces, as long as their personal words and deeds are slightly careless, they may be used as a handle by others, causing damage to their reputation and image.

Some of the industry's largest idol organizations

• Characters from The iDOLM@STER
• Characters from Aikatsu!
• Characters from Wake Up, Girls!
• Characters from Tokyo 7th Sisters
• Characters from Ensemble Stars
• Characters from Tsukiuta.
• Characters from 22/7