Junko Konno

Junko Konno (紺野 純子, Konno Junko) was an idol from the 80s whose popularity caused the idol boom of said decade. She died in 1983 in a plane crash. She's also a member of the idol group Franchouchou.

She is titled as The Legendary Showa Idol (伝説の昭和アイドル, Densetsu no Shōwa aidoru)

Junko Konno
Junko looks like a low-key one. Both she and Ai believe that the whole plan of the "undead idol singer group" is doomed to failure, but while Ai's complaints center on the lack of experience of others and the legitimate difficulties of the industry, Junko is often who quietly reminds girls that they are zombies

Along with Ai, she refuses to join Franchouchou's guerilla show in Episode 3. Seeing Sakura's determination inspires them to the point where when Sakura messes up their lines, they band together to save what little they can from acting.

She abandons Franchouchou in Episode 6 after both Kotaro and Ai scolded her for refusing to participate in the photo shoot, feeling that the idols' expectations have changed too much for her to feel comfortable since she died. She spends a good chunk of Episode 7 still depressed until Kotaro gives her a pep talk (kick).

Her general relationship with Tae. If Junko is present but has no lines to speak in a certain scene, she is probably chased by Tae or cowering from something Tae is doing. The irony is that Junko is probably such a specific target because she always reacts with great fear, which triggers Tae's predatory instinct.

An educated woman who always speaks in a good way, probably because she has a long entertainment life. As a Showa idol, her singing ability is the best among girls. Her voice is quite low and powerful, unlike when she speaks. At the time of Saga Rock, you can see that she is a badass girl unlike Ai who had a more shy tone that she was practicing, dominating the song and dancing completely just one night before the performance. On the other hand, she seems to be a bit weak dancing because she was primarily a solo singer.

Human appearance
Junko has short, white hair that curls near the bottom. Her bangs are bunched in the middle, and she has ice blue eyes. Junko sports a rather very slim and slender figure which is proportionally identical to those of Ai Mizuno, with only slight differences in sheer numbers. Normally, Junko wears a navy sailor dress with white accent lines and a white tie. She also wears white socks and black shoes.

Zombie appearance
Like the others, it has grayish-blue skin like a zombie and dots all over her body with different skin tones in each section that make it an homage to the Monster of Frankenstein.

Idol appearance
As a zombie idol, Junko wears a purple and white top along with a short white skirt.

Character concept
Junko is the revived representation of the idols "Showa" of the 70's and 80's. Calm, reserved and fearful, Junko is the image of what the artists showed the public on the small screen.

Personality
Junko always seems to be calm, collected and a bit shy of her surroundings. As the series progresses, she manages to take more security about it, both on stage and with the group.

After being shocked by the drastic changes in the idol industry while dead, she barricades herself in a room (with warning signs and "do not cross" tape) and sulks in place for weeks, even growing mushrooms. in your head.

Junko does not hate the idea of ​​acting in a group, but she is not sure that she can work well in one, since she had always acted alone, which compounds her reluctance to cooperate with Kotaro's plan, defends the idea that idols should be figures of perfection for fans to admire and showing any imperfections in front of them is inexcusable. Just the idea of ​​interacting with her fans makes her uncomfortable because they can find fault with her offstage.

She is very prone to blushing, either from embarrassment or from the rude comments of others. When she saw Yugiri in her Oiran outfit, she blushed in amazement at seeing someone so elegant.

She is very reserved and soft-spoken, and is deeply intimidated by Tae. She is also very uncomfortable with the idea of ​​fan photoshoots, both due to her shy nature and because idols didn't interact as much directly with their fans when she was alive. The band decides to sidestep this and start marketing simply by handing out signed "candid" photos of themselves as "The Shy" of the group, instead of meeting and greeting.

Junko's soft, meek voice turns into a hoarse alto when she sings.

She is frequently shown to be nervous when it comes to heights. The fact that she died in a plane crash probably contributed to this fear.

Generational gap
Since the time in which he lived was from 1964 to 1983, which was the Showa era, she is a character with a multitude of representations that symbolize the entire Showa era.

She still struggles to understand modern technology and the world around her, calls computers "dumb boxes" and still thinks that Polaroid cameras are used today.

Etymology

 * The name Junko means "pure, clean, simple" (純) (jun) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Junko's surname Konno means "navy blue" (紺) (kon) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).

Trivia

 * Junko was 19 at the time of her death.
 * Based on the timeline, Junko's actual age is 54 as she remarked in Episode 6 that she would have been a grandmother if she was still alive.
 * Junko's death is similar to that of Kyu Sakamoto's death on how he died in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
 * Junko died three months after her nineteenth birthday.
 * Junko has same cup size and body type as Ai Mizuno, together having one of most slimmest figures in group.