{"id":79,"date":"2011-07-04T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intlwota.com\/happydisco\/?p=79"},"modified":"2011-07-04T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T16:48:00","slug":"tokyo-idol-festival-2011-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mescallado.com\/happydisco\/index.php\/2011\/07\/04\/tokyo-idol-festival-2011-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Idol Festival 2011 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t cover it last year, but this year’s Tokyo Idol Festival is coming up soon! This is a festival for relatively indie idol groups that seem to be largely unknown by the public. And so, it’s really exciting to see new girls and groups. The list came out a while back, so here’s a quick primer (of what I can find) from the internet of these girls.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.idolfes.com\/2011\/<\/a> Full list here.<\/p>\n

Idoling!!!<\/b>: This is AKB48 producer Akimoto Yasushi (AKA Aki-P)’s other projec<\/strike>t (EDIT: Apparently I’m an idiot and messed this up ><) This is Fuji TV’s project to do a variety show done by idols. They’ve collaborated with AKB in the past for AKBIdoling, and as such I don’t know if I’d quite consider them THAT indie. Regardless, they’re cute and fun. I don’t follow them much, but like I said in a previous post I do like Idoling!!! member Yazawa Erika. They have quite a few members and generations already, and have a good number of fans. Their main claim to fame, other than collaborating with AKB48, is their show Idoling!!! They’re at the point where they aren’t as popular as the AKB48-related groups, but are still really popular, at least compared to a lot of these other groups.<\/p>\n