In Japan, a junior idol (ジュニアアイドル, junia aidoru?), alternatively chidol (チャイドル, chaidoru?) or low teen idol (ローティーンアイドル, rōtīn aidoru?), is primarily defined as a child or early teenager pursuing a career as a photographic model (this includes both gravure and AV). Child actors, musicians, and J-pop singers (whose musical genre is often termed idol pop) can also be considered junior idols, and are often featured in photobooks and image DVDs.
Female fashion models (not to be confused with glamour models including gravure idols) also begin their careers typically at age 13 - 15, but are usually not considered junior idols. Child models, whose careers are usually over by their early teenage years, are also not usually considered junior idols.
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Famous quotes containing the words junior and/or idol:
“Never burn bridges. Today’s junior prick, tomorrow’s senior partner.”
—Kevin Wade, U.S. screenwriter, and Mike Nichols. Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver)
“One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.”
—Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)