is a fictional Japanese idol

Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

. She is a CGI

Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...

 composite of various features of six existing members of the theater/idol group AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

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Eguchi was announced as the group's newest member in June 2011. According to an official profile she was a 16-year-old from Saitama

Saitama, Saitama

' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...

, north of Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. She featured in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy

Weekly Playboy

also known as or WPB is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966.This magazine is not a regional edition of the American Playboy magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as Monthly Playboy by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.-People in...

, and appeared in a television commercial for the confectionary company, Ezaki Glico

Ezaki Glico

is a Japanese confectionery company headquartered in Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka.The company manufactures the traditional Glico caramel candy, as well as Pocky and many others. The company name, Glico, is derived from a shortening of the word glycogen. The first candy produced by the company was known...

. 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.

CGI contributors

• Atsuko Maeda (eyes)
• Tomomi Itano
  Tomomi Itano
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, as well as a soloist.- Biography :In 2005, she joined the all-female Japanese idol group AKB48. After becoming a model for the popular woman's fashion magazine Cawaii!, she released her first photo book titled T.O.M.O.row in April 2009. In early 2010...
  
   (nose)
• Mariko Shinoda
  Mariko Shinoda
  is a singer, actress, fashion model, and one of members of the Japanese idol group AKB48.- Life and career :In October 2005 she failed an audition to be one of founding members of AKB48. She started working at a café in then-Akihabara 48 Theater as a staff member...
  
   (mouth)
• Yuko Oshima
  Yūko Ōshima
  is a member of Japanese idol group AKB48's Team K, and a subunit of the group Not yet. She has been a contributing member for all of AKB48's singles since "Aitakatta" in October 2006, except for 2010's "Chance no Junban". Oshima has participated in four number 1 singles: "River", "Ponytail to...
  
   (hair/body)
• Minami Takahashi (outline)
• Mayu Watanabe
  Mayu Watanabe
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 Team B. She is also a member of Watarirouka Hashiritai and Team Dragon from AKB48.- 2007–2009 :In 2006, Watanabe was chosen out of 13,000 applicants to become a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48....
  
   (eyebrows)
• Yukari Sasaki (voice)

External links

• Aimi Eguchi's official profile
• Aimi Eguchi in Weekly Playboy