SMAP snapped!

[Taro Toporific]

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Has SMAP Disbanded?
Japanese Entertainment News | 2016-Jan-13
Nikkan Sports has reported that 4 of the 5 members of SMAP have left Johnny & Associates, resulting in a de facto disbandment of the group. Nakai Masahiro, Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, and Katori Shingo are reported to have left the company, with Kimura Takuya being the only remaining SMAP member in Johnny & Associates.
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[wagyl]

Fair go, they got over a quarter of a century out of it, I can understand wanting a change.

[Taro Toporific]

Fair go, they got over a quarter of a century out of it, I can understand wanting a change.

And in a few years, just think of all the money for the "reSMAP" Reunion Concerts!

[Coligny]

Can we legalize murder and use them for target practice ? Especially the area 51 failed breeding experiment...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Has there ever been a group who went so far with so little talent?

[Takechanpoo]

there are janiizu quota and soka quota in variety tv show, drama, movie etc.
those quotas strangle self-made entertainers so much. its the reason the merit system does not work enough to boot those non-talented talents in j-showbiz circle. its public secret that janiizu has been backed by powerful yakuzas and no j-tabloids report janiizu gossips.
it has been spoiling j-entertainment world as hell. st. kurosawa is thoroughly disgusted with it in the heaven.

[matsuki]

Has there ever been a group who went so far with so little talent?

Not sure but some of the new feminine idol groups they're pushing out lately are definitely going to make a run for it.

[canman]

My wife almost had a heart attack when she heard the news this morning. Unfortunately she is a big SMAP fan, especially Kimura Takuya, but I see that there seems to be a news blackout on the subject. I guess Johny has cracked the whip and threatened not to let any of his boy toys appear on TV if the gossip and wide shows don't stop talking about this rumor! He wields too much power in this country and I can't wait for him to pass on!

[matsuki]

My wife almost had a heart attack when she heard the news this morning. Unfortunately she is a big SMAP fan, especially Kimura Takuya, but I see that there seems to be a news blackout on the subject. I guess Johny has cracked the whip and threatened not to let any of his boy toys appear on TV if the gossip and wide shows don't stop talking about this rumor! He wields too much power in this country and I can't wait for him to pass on!

I'll never understand that "unique Japanese" feature where those kinds of fucks wield any power. Can't wait til online content usurps broadcasts here...

[yanpa]

Can't wait til online content usurps broadcasts here...

That would be where you fax in your order and the DVD is shipped on-demand by one of Japan's very efficient delivery services?

[Coligny]

Has there ever been a group who went so far with so little talent?

Not sure but some of the new feminine idol groups they're pushing out lately are definitely going to make a run for it.

Spice Gurlz
Lady Gaga
Amy Whinehouse

[matsuki]

Can't wait til online content usurps broadcasts here...

That would be where you fax in your order and the DVD is shipped on-demand by one of Japan's very efficient delivery services?

Words I wish would die....DVD, VTR, FAX

[Mike Oxlong]

Can't wait til online content usurps broadcasts here...

That would be where you fax in your order and the DVD is shipped on-demand by one of Japan's very efficient delivery services?

Words I wish would die....DVD, VTR, FAX, PMS, CKN, CONDMNT

FTFY

[wagyl]

I don't know if I could survive without my regular dose of Canadian Karting News....

[dimwit]

It might be interesting to see if any of them do anything creative now that they have been released from the shackles of Johny's rape room.

[legion]

It might be interesting to see if any of them do anything creative now that they have been released from the shackles of Johny's rape room.

An entire entertainment industry dedicated to giving a pedo access to young boys.

[Mike Oxlong]

Omg, the world is saved!

SMAP members say they will remain together

Members of the decades-old but still hugely popular Japanese pop group SMAP said Monday they will remain together, ending rumors of a breakup that shocked fans in Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

The five members of the group, wearing dark business suits and appearing serious, apologized at the start of their weekly variety TV show for causing concern and sought their fans’ continuing support.

In brief comments by each member explaining the situation, some acknowledged that the group was in fact going through a crisis.

Takuya Kimura, the best-known member, said SMAP was “on the verge of a midair breakup.” But he added, “From now on, we will only look ahead and strive to go forward.”

Rumors of SMAP’s breakup — reportedly over disputes between a SMAP manager and its talent agency, Johnny & Associates — emerged last week, shaking the entertainment industry. The influential group served as a cultural ambassador for Japan and in 2011 met with then-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Formed in 1988 as a six-member teenage boy group, SMAP, or “Sports Music Assemble People,” surged to stardom with choreographed singing and dancing. Its members are now between the ages of 38 and 43, and it remains one of Japan’s most popular pop groups and a staple of entertainment shows and advertisements. Each member has also performed individually in variety shows, films and elsewhere.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/ente ... s-of-split

[Yokohammer]

Omg, the world is saved!

SMAP members say they will remain together

Members of the decades-old but still hugely popular Japanese pop group SMAP said Monday they will remain together, ending rumors of a breakup that shocked fans in Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

The five members of the group, wearing dark business suits and appearing serious, apologized at the start of their weekly variety TV show for causing concern and sought their fans’ continuing support.

In brief comments by each member explaining the situation, some acknowledged that the group was in fact going through a crisis.

Takuya Kimura, the best-known member, said SMAP was “on the verge of a midair breakup.” But he added, “From now on, we will only look ahead and strive to go forward.”

Rumors of SMAP’s breakup — reportedly over disputes between a SMAP manager and its talent agency, Johnny & Associates — emerged last week, shaking the entertainment industry. The influential group served as a cultural ambassador for Japan and in 2011 met with then-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Formed in 1988 as a six-member teenage boy group, SMAP, or “Sports Music Assemble People,” surged to stardom with choreographed singing and dancing. Its members are now between the ages of 38 and 43, and it remains one of Japan’s most popular pop groups and a staple of entertainment shows and advertisements. Each member has also performed individually in variety shows, films and elsewhere.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/ente ... s-of-split

Had to turn off the news this morning. There was no other news of any importance, apparently.


~ Tapatalking ~

[Mike Oxlong]

I'm proudly one year Japanese TV free.

[wagyl]

In case you missed it (and for as long as Johnny's Jimusho doesn't Digital Rights Management the arse out of it ... so it will probably disappear in 10 minutes)

Fun to read between the lines with Kusanagi, and WTF happened to Shingo's voice? I obviously haven't been following SMAP for decades!!!

[Mike Oxlong]

I can't watch that without my ESA.

[wagyl]

I think Mulboyne has the last word here:

Didn't fully understand last night's news. Something about five men having their latest parole request turned down.

https://twitter.com/Mulboyne/status/689214162635862016

[wagyl]

I can't watch that without my ESA.

Entomological Society of Alberta?

[Yokohammer]

European Space Agency?

[Mike Oxlong]

Let's talk turkey...

[Takechanpoo]

according to one of ex-old members of johnny office exposing, johnny kitagawa is a hardcore gay, who make newcomers of the office naked and place them in a row on their hands and knees and lick all of their arseholes in order. and they also are required to dig kitagawas arsehole. if some of them reject it, kitagawa purge the boys from his office.

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[Taro Toporific]

Fair go, they got over a quarter of a century out of it, I can understand wanting a change.

And in a few years, just think of all the money for the "reSMAP" Reunion Concerts!

SMAP to disband on New Year’s Eve
The Japan Times | Aug. 14, 2016
SMAP, the Japanese super-idol group popular across Asia, will disband on Dec. 31 after being together for 25 years, its management agency said in a press statement Sunday.
The agency, Johny & Associates, said some of the five members —Takuya Kimura, Shingo Katori, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Masahiro Nakai — wish to disband and it will respect their will...more...

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[Grumpy Gramps]

Today I learned, how ingorant I am towards Japanese muic. For me SMAP has always meant a Belgian insurance company (Société Mutuelle des Administrations Publiques).

Never occurred to me that it could be anything else, so I was somewhat surprised to hear about their break-up in the Japanese media. Confusing...

[yanpa]

So what unpleasant news do they really want to hide from us?

[wuchan]

So what unpleasant news do they really want to hide from us?

we #5 even without most of the Russians.