One of the Idolmaster idols is a boy
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 13th 2009 at 2:15PM }
A few days ago, it was revealed that idol Hidaka Ai is the daughter of a former idol who had to leave the business after becoming pregnant with Ai at age 16. Now, a new video reveals that another of the idols, Akizuki Ryo, is a boy disguised as a girl. Who knew these fictional idols had such complicated lives? The news has actually increased interest among users of Japan's Nicovideo site.
The video, from Namco Bandai's own Idolm@ster channel on Nicovideo, is embedded after the break.
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MRLN @ Jul 13th 2009 2:31PM
The bikini shoots should be interesting...
Mark @ Jul 13th 2009 2:41PM
I demand a North American release as soon as possible.
Tim @ Jul 13th 2009 3:31PM
Mark, the problem is, Namco Bandai already made it clear to niche gamers that it would rather milk Dragon Ball dry, instead of spending a fortune, promoting "Big in Japan, niche... in America!" titles like Tales, Xenosaga, Super Robot Wars: OG, Summon Night, and Ar Tonelico, to name a few.
However, should Namco Bandai allow niche specialists like Atlus USA and NIS America to localize some of their IP's, it charges them Dragon Ball-levels of money, in terms of licensing.
Guess how many times the original amount Namco Bandai charges to have their games licensed out?
IT'S OVER 9000!
Gabriel Lamarre @ Jul 13th 2009 3:27PM
I would have preferred a real MAN, signing girly songs with his awesome voice all while wearing skimpy outfits to reveal his manly muscles.
charlie b. @ Jul 13th 2009 3:34PM
i'm scared.
Tim @ Jul 13th 2009 3:59PM
Oh, not only Namco Bandai's depriving us of this, but now, they're also going to drop a Bridget on us? >_>
Donald @ Jul 13th 2009 4:06PM
You know, I'd post the obligatory Ackbar pic here but that would just be too easy.
Danny @ Jul 13th 2009 4:42PM
There are quite a few Japanese visual kei bands that have extremely convincing cross dressed members. Just google image "visual kei".
Tim @ Jul 13th 2009 4:47PM
It's just localized glam rock in Japan.
Courtney @ Jul 13th 2009 9:19PM
I read that and I'm not sure that I really understood a single word of it, nor am I sure that I want too. The headline just seemed interesting...
Matias @ Jul 13th 2009 10:16PM
I always wanted to play one of these games, too bad my japanese is only good enough to read the menu :/