
Chika idols or local idols are all about chasing dreams, but it’s not as easy as it looks. They deal with tons of pressure and crazy fan expectations, often getting dragged into a stressful parasocial world. Behind those bright smiles, they’re fighting battles that really test their limits.

Chika idols or local idols are all about chasing dreams, but it’s not as easy as it looks. They deal with tons of pressure and crazy fan expectations, often getting dragged into a stressful parasocial world. Behind those bright smiles, they’re fighting battles that really test their limits.
2025-01-14
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0.0Shinee World VI: Perfect Illumination is the sixth concert tour by South Korean boy band Shinee. It began on June 23, 2023, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, and continued on to Japan later in the year. The tour is Shinee's first in several years, after a hiatus brought on by mandatory military service and the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been well received by critics, who have praised Shinee's live singing and performance skills, and was awarded Stage of the Year at the 2023 Melon Music Awards.
0.0Megumi Odaka (小高恵美) idol VHS tape, Megumi the Campaign - Idol Roke Zenkoku Jyuudan, 1989. She is best known for the role of Miki Saegusa in six Godzilla films from 1989 to 1995.
7.8μ's Final LoveLive! μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ was the farewell concert of the fictional idol group μ's from Love Live! School Idol Project, celebrating their career with emotional performances and marking the end of their activities.
10.0The six-part DVD contains a variety show SNSD filmed in Phuket titled “Real Treasure“, a music video for Echo, a new music video for Run Devil Run released in 3D, and self-camera clips of each member talking about one another, their debut, family stories, how they stuck together throughout the hardships and the trainee days.
7.5Keyakizaka46's first documentary film.
5.5The first documentary for Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46.
8.0The movie feature various moments of 2013 and 2014, such as Shinoda Mariko, Itano Tomomi and Oshima Yuko's graduation, the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, the AKB48 Group Draft Kaigi 2013, Sashihara Rino winning the 5th Senbatsu Election, Watanabe Mayu winning the 6th Senbatsu Election and the AKB48 National Olympic Stadium Concert.
0.0Boy band Snow Man takes the stage with a high-energy performance in Japan, while sharing intimate interviews and backstage footage from rehearsals.
0.0Debut of 5 young winners from the program "Project Alpha" who have the ability to sing, dance and become a new artist.
9.0The fourth concert tour headlined by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, in support of their fifth studio album Lion Heart (2015). The tour was officially announced in October 2015, began on November 21, 2015, and concluded on May 8, 2016, consisting of 13 shows.
10.0Thirty years ago, idol Okada Yukiko jumped off the Sun Music agency building in a desperate attempt to take her own life. Unfortunately, she was successful. Outside of Japan, not much is known about Yukko, aside from her music and her death. In this documentary series, we will document her short life in its entirety, beginning from her birth and ending with her legacy beyond death.
4.8Members of Thai girl group BNK48 share the ups and downs of preparing for the 6th Single Senbatsu General Election.
5.5A teenage girl who appears on a TV show as an idol singer's fan calls herself a ‘seongdeok’ (successful fan), because her idol appeared on the same program. Years later, the same idol singer is arrested on charges of gang rape and illegally filming and distributing sex tapes. The seongdeok, who has suddenly become a criminal’s fan, decides to meet with other fans of the criminal singer in a confused state of anger and sadness.
9.6Behind the scenes look and interviews with the performers of SM Entertainment as they travel to China, Japan, and Korea for their "SMTOWN Live World Tour IV".
8.0A documentary on the K-Pop takeover and the empowering, influential, and record-breaking music of Blackpink. Includes exclusive footage of Blackpink's performances and explores the journey of K-Pop's biggest stars.
6.3"Idols" have become a representative part of Japanese culture. This film is a documentary that delves into the undiscovered "underside of idols". SKE48 was established in July 2008 in Sakae, Nagoya, as the first group of AKB48's national expansion. SKE48 was the forerunner of the 48 Project, which later expanded nationwide and then worldwide. The group is full of girls who are trying to make their dreams as idols come true. The film portrays in graphic detail the emotions of these girls who have foregone an ordinary girl's life to choose the profession of an "idol".
9.0EXO Planet #4 – The EℓyXiOn was the fourth tour of South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO. This is a recording of the concert date of November 26th, 2017 at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome.
9.0Promoting the summer mini album 'Red Summer', the South Korean girl group Red Velvet brings to Seoul the magical and mysterious Red Room in their first concert tour.
8.2Shot at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul during the BTS World Tour ‘Love Yourself’ to celebrate the seven members of the global boyband and their unprecedented international phenomenon.