A new idol’s in-training café is planned for Akihabara with the hopes of producing a new generation of idols. The theme of the café will have all female employees who aspire to be idols and singers, and the café will serve as their training ground. The customers will participate as the "producers" in a "real idol-training simulation."
The famed producer of Hello! Project’s idol group Morning Musume, Tsunku and the head of the studio 5pb (Steins;Gate), Chiyomaru Shikura, are leading the project. They plan open the Akihabara Backstage Pass "idol training café" in Akihabara in late November. The café will be within a quick walk of AKB48 Theater, the home of the rival idol group AKB48.
This will be the second similar venture for Shikura who already opened a concept cafe called The Afilia Magic Senior High School that used singing employees.
Source & Photo: Mantan Web via ANN
