How fake popstar Aimi Eguchi was brought to life

A pop star who has been quite literally manufactured: step forward Aimi Eguchi.

The perfectly-formed fake singer was made up of the very best of pop pedigree, with computer scientists plucking specific facial features from six of the most genetically blessed of AKB 48's real life female members.

The cut-and-paste popstar was bestowed with eyes taken from Atsuko Maeda and a button nose from Tomomi Itano while her long, lush hair hails from Yuko Oshima and her sensual mouth belongs to Mariko Shinoda.

Even her eyebrows were borrowed from pretty band member Mayu Watanbe while the mix of features were cleverly united within a face outline belonging to Minami Takahashi.

But manufacturing your own AKB 48 idol, is not as easy as it looks. Skilled computer scientists used detailed imaging to highlight the points on the real-life girls' faces before their best features were captured and digitally implanted onto Aimi's virtual face.

Her personality was a little easier for her inventors to make up: according to her official AKB 48 profile, Aimi is 16, from Saitama just outside Tokyo, competed in track and field and made her debut in a photoshoot for Shueisha's Weekly Playboy magazine.

By Danielle Demetriou taken from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8595769/How-fake-popstar-Aimi-Eguchi-was-brought-to-life.html