So this tumblr post from a Usagi roleplay blog got me thinking about Sailor Senshi and fan senshi as idols!
Canonically, we have the Sailor Starlights who became the boy band, Three Lights, in order to search for their princess. Given the star motif, I can imagine potential idol units coming from the Kinmoku star system.
Two years ago, we had the girl band called SG5 which is short for Sailor Guardians 5 and it was a music group that officially collaborated with Sailor Moon after receiving approval from Naoko Takeuchi. Unfortunately, on April 26th, the band had a new concept and was renamed f5ve. However, I'd love to see a fan senshi band called SG5 (Sailor Guardians 5) to reference the old band name.
Interestingly, there's a singer from the Kpop band, Loona, with the stage name, Chuu. Loona is a band comprised of 12 members. You could have an Eastern Zodiac senshi team posing as an idol unit on Earth with Chuu representing the rat / mouse of the Eastern Zodiac.
Imagine a star system for the planet Mermaid, they could form an idol unit comprised of merpeople or with sirens who are Sailor Senshi on Earth and be ravishing! There could be mermen idols forming a boy band on Earth who originated from this star system as well.
Once again, I'm going to highlight the Sailor Mau created by the mun behind the tumblr roleplay blog listed above and this blog. She's a Kpop idol and her live action face claim is Wonyoung, a Kpop idol from the band, Ive.
Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon originated from the planet, Cocoon, and since butterflies are beautiful creatures, perhaps butterfly senshi from the star system of planet Cocoon could be idols?
EDIT: Thanks to Curious-Insanity, I'm able to highlight some idol original characters associated with the Crystal Animamates, a fan senshi and knight group on DeviantArt. PickledPyper's Sailor Peridot Mantis is a Kpop idol who left her group to keep them safe and AlexLyre's Zircon Paladin is a member of a Kpop boy band called iN2it.
These ideas are totally free to use by the way. Just give credit where credit is due and let me know you're using my idea so I can highlight your fan senshi by the way! I still hope to affiliate with fan senshi websites for the Kinmoku star system, planet Chuu, Eastern Zodiac senshi, and for planet Mermaid.
Ah! This is such a cool write up and gives such great ideas! Thank you for the mention. ;o; Mantis is actually still an idol, just left her group to be solo and keep them from danger. 💖
Ramble incoming lmao;
Mantis is afro-asian, so I really wanted to focus on her Korean side and being able to stay in that space because it is her's and she earned it. As becoming an idol is already extremely hard and a lot of work, it's harder for those with mixed backgrounds and even harder for POC. ;; As most African idols flip to rap after leaving their groups, I wanted Mantis to be able to challenge that and still be able to…