Eguchi Aimi was the first and thus far only CGI AKB48 Kenkyuusei. Her face was designed from the features of six AKB48 members. Official AKB48 said she is a robot.
Team History
- 2011.06.11 - Joined AKB48 as Kenkyuusei
- 2013.05.08 - "Graduated" from AKB48 Kenkyuusei after her profile was removed from the official site
Singles Participated In
AKB48 B-Sides
- Ice no Kuchizuke (Flying Get) (Center)
Trivia
- Entirely made in CGI. She has Maeda Atsuko's eyes, Itano Tomomi's nose, Shinoda Mariko's mouth, Oshima Yuko's hair and body, Takahashi Minami's outline, Watanabe Mayu's eyebrows and Sasaki Yukari's voice.
- Sasaki Yukari performed as Eguchi in live performances.
- She was announced as a new AKB48 member that impressed Aki-P in an NMB48 audition. She was featured in Weekly Playboy and appeared in a commercial for Ezaki Glico.
- On June 19, 2011, after wide media speculation, it was finally confirmed that Eguchi Aimi was a fake, but her profile remained on AKB48 official site until May 9, 2013.
- On July 30, 2011, a month after the revelation of her origin, her portrait was stolen from the theater. Togasaki-san (their theater manager) asked through a post in Ameblo for the culprit to return it willingly.