Silicone Maru: Japanese sex doll becomes music idol star, flops at meet-and-greet event

We love Japanese sex dolls. They are brilliantly made, always inventive, and have spawned all sorts of interesting social phenomena such as sex doll magazines, sex doll rental services, and more.

But this might be going a bit far.

Can a sex doll be a music idol?

Well, they can’t sing — not even lip-synch — but that per se doesn’t stop many other idols. But an important part of idol subculture is that the idol has a personality that can connect with fans. At a stretch, we can see this. But then how about the “handshaking” meet-and-greet events that have become such a large money-spinner for AKB48 and the like?

Silicone Maru is a “sex doll idol” who has starred in a drama series Love Topia and that was released on DVD recently.

This is a trailer for the TV series. Needless to say there is a lot of voice-over to keep the plot going!

Seeing a potential demand for fans of the cult show and its star, Silicone Maru has next launched a music career.

And here is Maru’s debut single.

But then her producers wanted to take it further. They attempted to hold a meet-and-greet session between Silicone Maru and her “legions of fans”.

If you purchased a DVD of Love Topia you could get 60 seconds in a booth with Silicone Maru.

Unfortunately literally no one turned up, which was even lower than the modest numbers the organizers were expecting.

Still, they are not disheartened. Silicone Maru’s rise has surely only just begun!