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Naturally, every Japanese schoolgirl dreams of becoming one. Those who used to be one are often [[Broken Bird]]s.
Thanks to the [[Disney Channel]], ''[[American Idol]]'', and ''[[The X Factor]]'', this trope is also prevalent in the West, where it often overlaps with the [[Teen Idol]]. Similarly in the East, there have been genres influenced by the idol singer movement, the most notable of which being [[K-pop]].
If she's a villain in a [[Superhero]] or [[Magic Idol Singer]] show, she's an [[Evil Diva]]. Do not confuse with the singer Billy Idol.
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== Anime
* Numerous characters from the various ''Macross'' series, in which Idol Singers are frequently the key to saving the day.
** Lynn Minmay from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' (as well as the [[Macekre]]d ''[[Robotech]]''), whose songs were used as a shorthand for the cultural pollution of the Zentraedi by human culture.
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* Mima from ''[[Perfect Blue]]'' is an idol singer who attempts a shift into serious acting. [[Unpleasable Fanbase|Her fans are not thrilled]] with this decision. Then [[It Got Worse]].
* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' has [[Magical Girl Warrior]] types of [[Magical Girl]]s dressed as idol singers that use their singing as attacks.
* Ringo in ''[[
* Asuka on ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is a subversion: everyone around her from her brother to her teachers wants her to become an idol singer—everyone except her.
* Megumi Oumi from ''[[Konjiki no Gash Bell]]''.
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* Idol singer trio Eclipse in ''[[Basquash]]''.
* The title character of ''[[Futaba-Kun Change!|Futaba Kun Change]]''. It's funny, once you remember the main [[Gender Bender|quirk]] of Futaba...
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. In conjunction with the premiere of the second movie, Gainax released a CD and music video of Yoko singing and dancing around in [[Fan Service]]-y costumes. Reportedly, they've got one with Nia in the works,{{when}} too.
* Masakazu Katsura's ''[[Present From Lemon]]'' has a male example. Lead character Lemon Sakaguchi wants to become an idol like his [[Disappeared Dad]] Momojirou, an ''enka'' singer who pretty much [[Fatal Method Acting|died on-stage]].
* Though she denies it, the classmates of Umino Masachika (from ''[[Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai]]'') believe that she is the daughter of a male Idol of the same name. Her "father" was a famous TV Actor and musician, and his songs are used for popular commercial jingles.
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== Comic Books ==
* The [[X-Men]]'s Dazzler, after a long period of [[Demoted to Extra|effective non-existence]] in the Marvel Universe, now{{when}} serves as an in-universe spokesperson for the team thanks to her celebrity status as a former disco/pop/trance sensation. Her concerts are still considered wildly popular and she even has a protege, in the form of new X-Man [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|Pixie]].
== Film ==
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== Live-Action TV ==
* [[Disney Channel]]'s been doing this with nearly every one of their [[Teen Idol|teen and child stars]] (particularly their female ones, although a growing number of the males are getting this as well- the main examples being [[The Jonas Brothers]] and their recent{{when}} one, [[Ross Lynch]]), hoping to cash in on them as much as possible before they hit their twenties. <!-- MOD: *Really* out of date. It sounds like this was written before ''Hannah Montana''. -->
* Nanami in ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger]]'', who once had an [[Enemy Mine]] moment with Furabijou. Nanami did go onto become a successful ninja/idol singer, as evidenced a few years down the line in ''[[Go Go Sentai Boukenger]] vs. [[Super Sentai]]''. Although in a double subversion, Idol Singer IS a cover for her duty as a ninja, but Nanami clearly enjoys being an Idol Singer on her own.
** Nanami's direct counterpart in Power Rangers was made a surfer, but Kira in the following season, ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'', went through her trials and achieved a degree of success as well.
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* Robin Scherbatsky of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' used to be one of these, to her [[Old Shame|great embarrassment]].
* ''[[Daddy's Daughters]]'' star [[Liza Arzamasova]] was promoted as one to capitalize on her new fame, and she released a song called "I am your sun." She has not released any songs since, but has continued to act.
== Music ==
* This phenomenon is [[Older Than They Think]]; change the "Japanese" to "British", and you'd have a pretty accurate assessment of the British music scene in [[The Sixties]] (at least that bit not dominated by [[British Invasion]] bands capitalizing on the success of [[The Beatles]]). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080617235212/http://www.readysteadygirls.eu/#/british-girls/4520782524 Ready Steady Girls] has more details.
** There's also an American example from around the same time. All the big Motown names were pulled right from the streets of Detroit, which [[Captain Obvious|wouldn't make for a very good image.]] In order to clean them up, Berry Gordy set up a charm school specifically for up-and-coming Motown singers. If they didn't pass, they weren't allowed to perform.
* [[Hello! Project]]
* Subverted with [[Perfume (band)|Perfume]] in that the group was initially an idol group in their earlier years but as their songs gained a more distinct style of techonopop [[Growing the Beard|the group became a "near future technopop unit"]]
** Their producer, Yasutaka Nakata, thrives on this, working with several idols looking to break out of their pop image.
== Video Games ==
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* Rise of ''[[Persona 4]]''. Having quit the business, she's left to cope with everybody knowing and loving her manufactured media personality, while she struggles to figure out exactly who the "real" Rise is, or if there ever was one to begin with.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Courtney Gears]] of ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' is the evil robotic [[Omnicidal Maniac]] version of this trope, complete with a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4SsMtmcf4w&feature=related song] about destroying organic life to a [[Lyrical Dissonance|catchy pop beat]].
* In ''[[Persona 2]]'' Innocent Sin, [[Genki Girl|Lisa and a few friends]] unexpectedly got their "Wish" to be idol singers, with a dose of Character Developement (Lisa admitting she doesn't speak a word of English, and revealing how much she hated being the "odd one out"), and plot (the songs were to spread the Joker Rumors further). In a bonus bit of [[Take That]] to the exploitive nature of Idol Singing, the manager is a
* ''[[The Idolmaster (video game)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' is all about this.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130326042400/http://playthisthing.com/idolcraft Idolcraft] is a freeware take on the same concept.
* ''[[Okage]]''. Linda, the ''idol singer evil king''.
* You can battle a [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Idol couple] in the ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' games.
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* Studio SiestA gives us Aqua Seep Seal of ''[[Trouble Witches]] Episode 1'', a [[Hot Witch|genius]] [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|pop-star idol]] [[Sirens Are Mermaids|of the sea]]. Let it be known that no one should ever talk badly about her pop-idol career or her outfit. [[Berserk Button|She won't like it]]...
* Saki in ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'' is a succubus idol singer. She's introduced having charmed the entire population of the city she performs in, requiring you to fight her. Afterwards, you can recruit her like any other enemy. Being a succubus, she definitely does not fit the virginal part of this trope, though that doesn't stop some of her in-universe fans from seeing her that way.
* Angelic Buster in ''[[MapleStory]]'' is a [[Magical Girl]] who uses [[The Power of Rock]] to crush foes.
== Web Comics ==
* The webcomic ''[[Megatokyo]]'' has [[Broken Bird]] Erika, who is an ex-Idol Singer and extremely jaded about the whole experience.
** Ah, but she wasn't thrown away by an adoring public. She quit of her own free will after {{spoiler|a little relationship problem.}}
* [[Warren Ellis]]' ''[[Superidol]]'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131104044858/http://www.artbomb.net/comics/superidol.jsp found here]) in which an increasingly scared writer for a pop culture website [[Apocalyptic Log|documents]] the rise of a computer-generated [[Japanese Pop Music|J-Pop]] singer who is slowly taking over the world.
== Western Animation ==
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