Junior Idols

Junior Idols
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Japanese child or teenager who has a career as a gravure idol, singer or actress

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A junior idol ( ジュニアアイドル , junia aidoru ) , also known as a chidol ( チャイドル , chaidoru , shortening of the words "child idol") or low teen idol ( ローティーンアイドル , rōtīn aidoru ) , is a type of entertainer who is 15 years of age and under, manufactured and marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality. It is a sub-category of the idol culture in Japanese pop entertainment. Junior idols are primarily gravure idols who are marketed through photo books and image DVDs, but some are also trained in singing and acting. Unlike other child models , idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies, while maintaining an emotional connection with a passionate consumer fan base.

Junior idols have been seen as controversial due to their age, marketing demographic, and involvement in gravure modeling. In Japan, junior idols stand on legally ambiguous ground. Since the revision of Japanese child pornography laws in 2004 and 2014, many distributors of junior idol content have closed or were removed from markets.

Junior idols consist of entertainers 15 years or under, marketed to have a parasocial relationship with fans who support them by buying merchandise. Junior idols are often marketed through solo DVDs or photo books. [7] The majority of junior idols belong to specialized talent agencies, some of which offer acting and voice training and are geared towards the production of television commercials, photobooks, and related materials. Though sources indicate revenue is relatively low for photographic models, a number of idols (and their parents) see this activity as a gateway to more mainstream media roles. [8] In 2011, junior idols were paid up to ¥200,000 per photos shoot. [9]

The trend of junior idols dates back to the mid-1990s, a period marked by significant increase in the number of child models and works involving individuals in that age range. [10] The term chidol , a neologism of the words "child" and "idol", was coined by columnist Akio Nakamori to describe this new phenomena. [10] Eventually, this term fell out of use and was replaced by "Junior Idol". [10] Compared to chidol , the term "junior idol" plays down the association with age and lends some credibility to the industry associating it with the legitimate mainstream idol culture in Japan . [10]

Content is available in many formats, usually physical goods such as bond photobooks, CDs and DVDs, but also digital content in the form of Portable Document Format books, JPEG photo sets, high resolution movie clips, etc. To promote a particular idol, or to celebrate the release of a specific title, certain stores hold special events where fans get to meet the idols, shake hands with them, obtain autographs or take photographs, either polaroids or pictures taken with the customers' own cameras, in accordance with the amount of money spent on related goods (either regular DVDs, photobooks, etc., or multiple copies of the same title).

Concerning the contents of the titles put on sale, these include, in general terms, pictures or footage of the idols trying out a variety of outfits, such as school uniforms , bathing suits, gym clothes, yukata or even maid, police and anime-inspired costumes .

Some services providers, such as Imouto Club ( 清純いもうと倶楽部 , Seijun Imōto Kurabu ) —a subscription-based website—also feature short radio and movie dramas, available for download and later purchase on DVD.

The junior idol industry is a highly contentious one in Japan. Many Japanese, including some politicians, criticise such depictions of underage girls. [10] Despite such disapproval, stores selling junior idol-related materials proliferate in prominent areas, such as Oimoya , a store located in Japan's well-known Akihabara shopping district. [10]

Internationally, the junior idol trend has been harshly criticised. In 2008, the United Nations Children's Fund launched a Say 'NO' to Child Pornography campaign in Japan. [11] As part of the campaign, four major internet portal site providers in Japan removed junior idol-related content from their services. [11] The campaign also garnered over 100,000 signatures in a petition to the Japanese government to amend its child pornography laws to criminalize possession of child pornography, including junior idol materials. [11]

Junior idol materials stand on legally ambiguous ground in Japan. [12] Regulation of such materials comes under the Japanese Anti-child prostitution and pornography law . [12]

The Japanese Anti-child prostitution and pornography law was enacted in November 1999—and revised in 2004 to criminalize distribution of child pornography over the Internet—defines child pornography as the depiction "in a way that can be recognized visually, such a pose of a child relating to sexual intercourse or an act similar to sexual intercourse with or by the child", of "a pose of a child relating to the act of touching genital organs, etc." or the depiction of "a pose of a child who is naked totally or partially to arouse or stimulate the viewer's sexual desire." [13]

Despite inherent difficulties in effectively enforcing a ban on such materials, on August 25, 2007 the Japanese branch of Amazon.com removed over 600 junior idol titles on grounds the likelihood these were produced in violation of the Japanese anti-child prostitution and pornography law was high. [14] This incident was then followed by the arrest—on October 16—of 34-year-old Jisei Arigane ( 有金慈青 ) , chief producer of Shinkosha ( 心交社 ) (a company specialized in idol and pornographic materials, as well as a number of novels and technical texts) and three associates over the production of an "obscene" DVD shot earlier in 2007 in the Indonesian island of Bali , starring a girl who was seventeen at the time. The prolonged filming of the girl's genitalia was in violation of Japanese law. [15] Following the incident, the release date of several photobooks and DVDs originally slated for publication in November 2007 was postponed and idol events cancelled.

A junior idol, also known as a chidol or low teen idol, is a type of entertainer who is 15 years of age and under, manufactured and marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality. It is a sub-category of the idol culture in Japanese pop entertainment. Junior idols are primarily gravure idols who are marketed through photo books and image DVDs, but some are also trained in singing and acting. Unlike other child models, idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies, while maintaining an emotional connection with a passionate consumer fan base. Junior idols have been seen as controversial due to their age, marketing demographic, and involvement in gravure modeling. In Japan, junior idols stand on legally ambiguous ground, but since the revision of Japanese child pornography laws in 2004 and 2014, many distributors of junior idol content have closed or were removed from markets.

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Despite the disturbingly sexual element of the event, the child's mum happily takes her along – this is just what it takes to make it as a junior idol.
Junior idols are singers and models who are marketed as stars from a very young age in Japan, which can even include pre-teen children.
Although some see it as a way of building an audience before adulthood, the junior idol subculture has been criticised for sexualising young girls for an audience overwhelmingly made up of middle-aged men.
And in a country where possession of child sex abuse images wasn't made illegal until 2014, many think the practice is dangerous.
Now a new Marcel Theroux documentary, Unreported World: Schoolgirl Pin-Ups, delves into the creepy culture by following one junior idol's quest for stardom.
"I think it’s dangerous," one junior idols tells Theroux when asked if other fans in the culture are sexually attracted to children.
"Of course, not everyone has this feeling. But when I talk to them, many are dangerous.”
The Channel 4 documentary covers the life of Yune – who was scouted into the seedy junior idol business when she was just six years old.
Now 11, she's constantly working to grow her audience in Japan, which boasts the second biggest music industry on Earth.
“I’ve always dreamed of standing on stage at the Budokan," Yune tells Theroux, referring to the 14,500-seater Tokyo stadium that's hosted the likes of The Beatles and Taylor Swift.
To help her realise Yune's pop star dream, her mum takes her to junior idol gigs and helps her with her weekly broadcasts on a live streaming app called Showroom.
“I think for Yune, people come for her singing voice,” Yune's mum tells Theroux.
But she also recognises there's a darker side to the junior idol business, keeping her address a secret and carefully moderating all the comments on Yune's livestreams before her daughter sees them.
In one broadcast, which is watched by over 100 fans, Yune sings: "Give me, give me your love, kiss me baby, won’t you pamper me sometimes?"
At the end of the broadcast, in which adult fans can send her cash presents, one 38-year-old man tells her she's "very beautiful".
Despite the questionable comments, Yune's mum isn't worried.
"We have to think of a balance," she tells Theroux. "One doesn’t have to see what one doesn’t have to see.
"But when you’re trying to achieve something, there will always be obstacles.”
Even seedier than the livestreams are the live shows, in which 200 men flock into a concert hall to see a showcase of the girls in the flesh.
After the £30 performance, fans can then queue up to meet the children afterwards, paying another £7 for a CD or signed Polaroid.
But many fans just want to have their photo taken with the junior idols themselves – one even asks Yune to handcuff herself to him in a picture.
"This kind of culture is kind of a little bit growing and blooming in Japan, but still, most of the Japanese think it’s not a good culture," one fan tells Theroux.
"We enjoy her performance in a gentleman’s way, so no pressure, no harassment, but we support her play and her growing up.”
The 38-year-old who told Yune she was beautiful on the livestream even pays extra to do his own private photo shoots of her after shows.
The superfan, called Koji, slavishly attends Yune's gigs, even travelling to Taiwan and the Philippines to watch her.
“I do find it really weird," Theroux says. "There’s something strange about seeing these middle-aged men who are basically starstruck by these 11-year-old girls.”
Even Yune's own manager understands what he's exposing the little girl to.
"I can’t judge if the audience is watching in a sexual way," Mr Karimata tells Theroux.
"All I can do is protect her if someone in the room tries to touch her.”
The disturbing sexual element of her followers is also something the men who follow her recognise.
"Normal people think we are creepy," Koji says.
"Wherever I go, people think the same way.”
But when pressed if junior idols fans are sexually attracted to children, Koji confirms the grim reality.
“To be honest there were fans of Yune like that. I think it’s dangerous," he says.
"Of course, not everyone has this feeling. But when I talk to them, many are dangerous.”
Some people who have studied the junior idol phenomenon think part of the obsession stems from Japan's epidemic of loneliness.
Over 12million adults under the age of 40 in the country - which has a population of 126.5million - aren't in a relationship, leading to a whole service industry catering to satisfying the needs of lonely men.
One notorious example are the "maid cafes", in which blokes pay to be served drinks by young girls dressed as french maids.
“For people who come [to maid cafes] their actual life and families seem false, like a fake world," says Prof Masahiro Yamada, a sociologist who has studied loneliness in Japan.
"When they come here, they feel more like themselves."
Prof Yamada estimates that a quarter of all Japanese people under 40 won't ever get married, and they turn to alternative "virtual love" to fill the gap.
"People are looking for a fantasy family, such as a sister, mother or lover," he says.
"In the case of idols, it’s a daughter. Satisfying people who want a fantasy family has become a business.”
But despite loneliness being a factor in the spread of the junior idol subculture, Theroux remains wary of its risks.
“If I’m right, the junior idol industry is playing with fire, gratifying desires that would be criminal if acted upon," he says.
"As Yune treads her difficult path towards stardom, I just hope that those around her will continue to keep her safe."
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