This is Eguchi Aimi, the newest member of the Japanese girl group, AKB48. Admired for her beauty and perfect vocals, the 16-year-old from Saitama appeared in candy commercials and the June 13 issue of Weekly Playboy magazine as the "Ultimate Love Bomb." Then fanatic followers of the band noticed an eerie quality to her in videos and commercials such as this one:
Glico the candy company finally fessed up that she is not a real person at all, but a computer generated image produced from facial features of AKB48's other band members. The notion of a manufactured pop star is not a new one. But in this case, the music machine is putting out a personality who has the ability to never age, grow fat or tire of the limelight. She already appeared in Weekly Playboy, we wonder how far would they have taken this?
