Mink's future becomes so bright that she's got to wear shades, until her role model Azumi Mizuhara threatens to keep her from climbing up the charts. The pop fantasy goes from sizzle to fizzle when the paparazzi are hot on her tail, hoping to get a scoop and turn her into yesterday's news.

Mink
A girl who dreams of becoming a star. She finds software from the future and uses it to program an 'idol' version of herself ... but it's illegal! Loves Motoharu.

Motoharu
A boy who loves Mink, and who works for a music company (talent agency) with his father. His father is sorta clueless, so he's running things solo, and he needs to find the next big star to keep the company afloat. Mink's manager.

Azumi
A girl who is already a star. She is Mink's rival and doesn't like her because Mink takes attention away from her.

Illiya
A boy who loves Mink. He heard Mink sing and wants to produce her (he's already ultra-famous).

Megumi Tachikawa
Megumi Tachikawa's most famous work is Saint Tail. It was published in Kodansha's Nakayoshi from 1995 to 1997 in seven volumes. It also spawned a television series that aired from 1995 to 1997 in 43 episodes and is currently in release in the US by TOKYOPOP Inc. Tachikawa made her debut in 1992 with Tiara of the 16-Year-Old in Nakayoshi Deluxe.

Mink - published in Japan as Cyber Idol Mink - began its run in Nakayoshi magazine in 1999.