Many popular female idols in Japan launched their careers by starting out as gravure idols.

It is commonly said female Japanese idols represent the perfect female form in Japanese society.

Namie Amuro was the most popular female idol in the late 1990s, although marketed as sexier and more mature than other idols.

She is known as the female idol that has copyright to the most songs, currently she has a total of 56 songs.

The porch has a beautiful image of Narasimha killing Hiranyakashipu and two female idols.

Kadena is a female Japanese idol whose photobooks and films largely feature her in revealing costumes, underwear and bikinis.

Sunhwa, along with many other female idols, participated in a skin evaluation by select professionals.

Behind the love goddess, in many Tanizaki stories, lies the dearest female idol of all: the mother.

These were popular female teen idols, and included Françoise Hardy, who was the first to write her own songs.

She is sometimes inaccurately characterized as one of the few female teen idols.