Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25034020-20171017030146/@comment-4700962-20171029144955

Cure Hibiki, Aoi is not an idol, she's the singer of a band. An idol is a person who is good in every job of entertainment (Acting, Dancing, Singing, voice dubbing, modeling, etc) like Makoto or Urara. Aoi just sings with her band and they are not even famous. Of course some seiyuus are idols, that's like one of the jobs they do. All the KiraKira singles being released is not a clue. Simply, they saw that like a way to sell more CDs.

Don't know about the idol merch but I think it is related to a short movie similar to DX Theater called "All Together! Pretty Cure Festival!: Pretty Cure in a Miracle♡Magical☆Stage".