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SMAP
Origin	Japan
Genre(s)	Japanese pop, Pop, bubblegum music
Years active	1991–present
Label(s)	Victor Entertainment
Website	SMAP's profile at johnnys net
Members
Masahiro Nakai Takuya Kimura Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Goro Inagaki Shingo Katori
Former members
Katsuyuki Mori

SMAP is a Japanese "idol" group, formed by Johnny & Associates. Originally, there were six members in the group; current members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... The Simple Mail Access Protocol (SMAP) is an application layer Internet protocol for accessing e-mail stored on a server. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... J-Pop is a form of Japanese pop music. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... Bubblegum pop (bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, youth music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of popular music. ... See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Victor Entertainment ) is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC) that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other persons named Takuya Kimura, see Takuya Kimura (disambiguation). ... Tsuyoshi Kusanagi , born July 9, 1974 in Ehime, Japan) is an actor and a member of the popular Japanese idol group SMAP. He grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. ... Goro Inagaki (稲垣 吾郎) is a member of the Japanese pop idol group SMAP. // Biography Birthday : Dec 8,1973 Birth place : Tokyo, Japan Blood type : O Height : 59(1m76) Family : dad,mom,sister Hobbies: jogging, golf Filmography Drama Seisyun Kazoku (1989) Gakkou he ikou (1991) Hatachi no Yakusoku (1992) Usodemoiikara (1993... Shingo Katori (香取 慎吾 Katori Shingo) is a member of SMAP, a very popular idol group from the agency Johnny & Associates. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Johnnys Entertainment official Logo Japan Johnnys website Logo Taiwan Johnnys website Logo Johnny & Associates, known in Japanese as Johnnys Jimusho ), formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1963, is an organization that trains and promotes groups of male idols in Japan. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other persons named Takuya Kimura, see Takuya Kimura (disambiguation). ... Tsuyoshi Kusanagi , born July 9, 1974 in Ehime, Japan) is an actor and a member of the popular Japanese idol group SMAP. He grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. ... Goro Inagaki (稲垣 吾郎) is a member of the Japanese pop idol group SMAP. // Biography Birthday : Dec 8,1973 Birth place : Tokyo, Japan Blood type : O Height : 59(1m76) Family : dad,mom,sister Hobbies: jogging, golf Filmography Drama Seisyun Kazoku (1989) Gakkou he ikou (1991) Hatachi no Yakusoku (1992) Usodemoiikara (1993... Shingo Katori (香取 慎吾 Katori Shingo) is a member of SMAP, a very popular idol group from the agency Johnny & Associates. ...

Their musical debut was in 1991. Since then they have been releasing many CDs, three of which have been sold more than a million. Recently, the interval of releasing single CDs is becoming relatively long, approximately once a year. The members of SMAP have also starred in many television variety shows, dramas, commercials, and movies. Their fanbase mostly consists of Japanese women. A variety show is a show with a variety of acts, often including music and comedy skits, especially on television. ... Japanese dramas (Japanese: ドラマ dorama; J-dramas; from English drama) are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article is about motion pictures. ...

History

SMAP was first formed in 1988, though their début single came in 1991. The letters “SMAP” officially stand for "Sports and Music Assemble People". SMAP originally consisted of the current five members plus Katsuyuki Mori (森 且行, Mori Katsuyuki^?), who left in May 1996 to pursue a career in auto racing. A Peugeot 206 World Rally Car Motor racing and Motorsports redirect here. ...

SMAP was started as an idol group by Johnny & Associates, a talent agency specializing in teenage boys. The SMAP members met each other in 1987 and were called "Skate Boys". They were backup dancers for Hikaru Genji, which was a popular idol group at the time. In 1988, they formed SMAP. Nakai, the oldest, was appointed the group's leader. Their début in 1991, in a time when there weren't many music programs, was not immediately successful. Of all of Johnny's groups, SMAP was the least popular. Johnnys Entertainment official Logo Japan Johnnys website Logo Taiwan Johnnys website Logo Johnny & Associates, known in Japanese as Johnnys Jimusho ), formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1963, is an organization that trains and promotes groups of male idols in Japan. ... Hikaru Genji was a Japanese musical group run by Johnny & Associates from 1987 to 1993. ...

In August 1991 a Saint Seiya musical sponsored by Bandai, was shown in the Aoyama theater in Tokyo, Japan. The story recalls the Sanctuary and Poseidon chapter, starring the members of SMAP as the 5 bronze saints and Poseidon. Seiya redirects here. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ...

Since SMAP was so unsuccessful, Nakai asked Johnny's office to let SMAP have a variety program to make people laugh with their unique personalities. The program was called "I Love SMAP" (愛ラブSMAP, ai rabu SMAP^?, a pun as the first character also means "love"). Through this program, SMAP slowly gained popularity. 1993 was a year of opportunities for SMAP. They had a hit single, and SMAP member Takuya Kimura was in a TV drama called "Asunaro Hakusho", in which he played Osamu Toride, a shy boy. Asunaro was a big hit and Kimura's popularity soared. At the same time, SMAP also provided the opening ("Egao no GENKI") and ending songs for the anime Hime-chan's Ribbon, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi appeared in multiple episodes both as himself as the voice of a regular character. SMAP also recorded the opening song, "Kimi Iro Omoi", for the anime Akazukin Cha Cha, and this time the youngest member, Shingo Katori, lent his voice for the whole show as the young strong werewolf, Riiya. Dajare is a kind of typically Japanese wordplay which relies on the similarity of two different words pronunciations. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... Hime-chans Ribbon (姫ちゃんのリボン / Hime-chan no Ribon) is a magical girl manga series created by Megumi Mizusawa that was serialized in Ribon Magazine from August 1990 to January 1994. ... Akazukin Chacha (or Red Riding Hood Chacha, 赤ずきんチャチャ) is a manga series created by Min Ayahana in 1991, which was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon Magazine in Japan between 1991 and 2000. ...

After that, SMAP members starred in movies both individually and as a group, and SMAP continued to release new hit singles composed by professionals. Their song "Yozora no Mukou" was in some Japanese textbooks.

In 1996, SMAP started their own variety program called SMAP X SMAP (also called S x S or SmaSma). On S x S, they cook, perform in comedy sketches, play games, sing, dance, and so on. As "an idol group that does anything", they began starring in a wide variety of programs ranging from live stage to music, dancing, hosting other programs, acting in movies, commercials, etc.

In 2000, NTT East produced two animated and two live-action television commercials for their ISDN service featuring a more updated version of the anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. The live action commercials featured some of the members of SMAP in Gatchaman costumes. Science Ninja Team Gatchaman , literally Scientific Ninja Troop Gatchaman), often shortened to Gatchaman, is a 5-member superhero team which comprises the main characters in several anime originally produced in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions and later adapted into several English-language versions. ...

In 2001, Inagaki was involved in a traffic altercation. There were allegations of wrongdoing on his part, and he briefly retreated from the public spotlight. However, the ultimate result of the incident was to put SMAP in the public eye once more. Inagaki has since made a comeback, and starred in a 2004 drama about a fictional Japanese investment banker killed in the events of September 11. An investment banker works for an investment bank. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

In 2003, SMAP leader Nakai was identified as the highest tax payer of any entertainer in Japan by the Japanese National Tax Bureau [1]. That same year, he was involved in at least four television shows simultaneously, in addition to commercials.

There were speculations that SMAP would disband following Takuya Kimura's announcement of his marriage and Goro Inagaki's traffic altercation in 2001. Although they did not release even a single in 2004, the popularity of SMAP is still strong. This is reflected in the charts, where both Their latest album and a recent single (017 SAMPLE BANG! and BANG BANG! バカンス!) topped the respective daily charts just moments after their release, although it did not become the annual top.

Members

All of the members of SMAP have acted in numerous television dramas, variety programs commercials, and movies, but each also cultivates a distinctive image and personality.

The SMAP, Takuya Kimura performing $10 (Ten Dollars) with Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki , February 2007.

• Masahiro Nakai is the "leader" of the group and has hosted numerous television programs with other experienced hosts except one current program. He is a notorious bachelor and trickster. He is notorious for his poor singing. He frequently wears a hat and has long hair, although his look changes frequently. He seems to have a high forehead. He starred as Eiryo Waga in 2004's "Suna no Utsuwa" alongside Watanabe Ken.
• Takuya Kimura has appeared in many high-rating television dramas. After his breakout role in Asunaro Hakusho, Kimura became the cover boy for many magazines. In 1994, the so-called Kimutaku (a contraction of Kimura Takuya) syndrome started to be observed in some media. Kimura was voted Best Jeanist from 1994 to 1999 and became a "forever Jeanist". He was voted AnAn's favorite guy, whose survey method practically allows multiple votes. He is still AnAn's favorite guy, having won the vote 14 times consecutively (as of 2007). In 1995, Kimura acted in a movie called "Kimi wo wasurenai". More recent movie credits include Wong Kar Wai's '2046' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'. Many of the dramas he has acted in, such as "HERO" and "Beautiful Life", have received high ratings.
• Goro Inagaki is one of the main vocalists of the group. He has his own late-night variety programme called Goro's Bar, and also acts in television dramas as well as occasional stage plays.
• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi speaks Korean and is also known as an actor, appearing in "Hotel Venus". He seems to have soft features and to project a "sensitive" image. In 2005, he went to Thailand to learn more about the lives of orphans there, and documented the trip for a television special of SMAP's weekly variety program SMAPXSMAP. His hair loss became obvious in 2005.
• Shingo Katori He is the youngest member of SMAP, but also the tallest. For a while he dyed his hair white, making him stand out in the group. At one point he also had dreadlocks. He has also done anime voice work, most notably the role of Riiya in Akazukin ChaCha. He also received kudos and critical accalim for playing Kondo Isami in NHK's all-star cast Taiga Drama, "Shinsengumi" in 2005.

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Music

SMAP has released over thirty singles, and three of them, "Yozora no mukou" (夜空ノムコウ, "Beyond the Night Sky"^?), "Lion Heart", and "Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana" (世界に一つだけの花, "A Flower Unlike Any Other in the World"^?), have sold more than two million copies each.

Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana became SMAP's best selling single and also for the year of 2003

"A Flower Unlike Any Other in the World" was very popular in Japan more than a year after its release in 2003 and sold over two million copies. It was the only single selling over a million copies that year, a year that saw CD sales declining due to the Japanese economic slump. This song was selected as the Space Shuttle Discovery crew wake-up call in August 2005, on STS-114 Flight Day 13. Image File history File links Sekaini. ... Image File history File links Sekaini. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the three currently operational spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. ... For other uses, see August (disambiguation). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... STS-114 was the first return to flight Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. ...

The song is about individuality, and since it became a hit fame during the lead up to and aftermath of the 2003 Iraq war, some seemed to perceive it as a plea for peace. The song made it to No. 1 on the Oricon 2003 Yearly Singles Top 100. A line from the end and beginning of the song, "NO.1 にならなくてもいい もともと特別な Only one", roughly translated, "You don't have to become the best. You're special to begin with, the one and only (you)", was made reference to on some occasions. The music and lyrics of the song were created by Noriyuki Makihara, a popular Japanese singer and songwriter. This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Oricon ), also known as Oricon Style, is a Japanese company which provides music industry-related information. ... Noriyuki Makihara (槇原 敬之; Makihara Noriyuki) is a well-known J-Pop singer and songwriter, nicknamed Macky by his fans. ...

Although SMAP did not release a new song in 2004, it held the #1 spot for the first few weeks into the year and finished the year on the #11 spot. SMAP was invited to perform in Kouhaku that year, but they refused for the second time since 2001 because all the individual members had so many commitments that year, such as movies and dramas, that they wanted to rest. In retrospect, 2004 was a year that did not have a single million-selling CD.

"Arigatou" (ありがとう, "Thank You"^?) was SMAP's 40th single, and was released on Oct 11th,2006. It is an expression of thanks in honor of the 15th anniversary of SMAP's debut.

Singles

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Albums

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Acting

Japan's Ayumi Hamasaki dubbed “The Empress of JPop" as a special guest at "SMAP x SMAP", February 2007.

Their variety program "SMAP x SMAP" shows several types of entertainments ranging from cooking, comedy, and games to singing and dancing, often with celebrity guests, including celebrities like Will Smith, Ayumi Hamasaki, Michael Jackson, David Beckham, Tom Cruise, The Backstreet Boys, Sheryl Crow, Richard Gere, and Kwon Sang Woo, though most guests are Japanese tarento ("talents"). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 105 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Typical screenshot of SMAP x SMAP s weekly talkshow program. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 105 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Typical screenshot of SMAP x SMAP s weekly talkshow program. ... Ayumi Hamasaki , October 2, 1978–) is an award-winning Japanese popular music (J-Pop) singer. ... “W. S.” redirects here. ... Ayumi Hamasaki , October 2, 1978–) is an award-winning Japanese popular music (J-Pop) singer. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, are a boy band and pop group formed in 1992 by manager Lou Pearlman that grew to considerable popularity in the late 1990s, but quietly slipped away from the charts by the early part of the 2000s. ... Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. ... Richard Tiffany Gere[1] (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. ... Kwon Sang Woo (born August 5, 1976, Daejeon, South Korea) is a South Korean actor. ...

At the beginning of 2004, Kimura and Kusanagi each starred in a drama show ("PRIDE" and "Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi" or "The Way We Live", respectively) both the high-rating dramas of the season. Inagaki sang the song for "Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi". (Initially, the fact that Inagaki was singing the song was kept a secret, but after numerous fans called Fuji TV, it was revealed to the public.) To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fuji Television Network, Inc. ...

A film Kusanagi starred "Yomigaeri" was considered to be a hit in 2003.

Other projects

Besides singing and acting, the group also manages to be active in numerous other forms of media fields as well.

Besides their weekly variety show SMAPxSMAP, the individual members are also currently regulars/hosts on the following shows:

Nakai Masahiro:
Waratte Iitomo! Zoukangou (Sunday, 10:00~11:45)
Black Variety (Sunday, 22:30~22:56)
Waratte Iitomo! (Tuesday, 12:00~13:00)
The! Sekai Gyouten News (Wednesday, 21:00~21:54)
Utaban (Thursday, 19:54~20:54)
Nakai Masahiro no Kinyoubi no Sma-tachi e (Friday, 21:00~21:54)
Waratte Iitomo (笑っていいとも!) is a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show is hosted by Tamori (Morita Kazuyoshi) and has run since 1982. ...

Inagaki Goro:
Goro's Bar (Thursday, 24:25~24:55)
Wasurebumi (Sunday, 5:45~6:00)

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi:
Waratte Iitomo! Zoukangou (Sunday, 10:00~11:45)
Pussuma (Tuesday, 23:15~24:10)
Waratte Iitomo! (Thursday, 12:00~13:00)
Bokura no Ongaku 3 (Narrator; Thursday, 23:30~23:58)
Chonan Kan 2 (Thursday, 25:25~25:40)

Katori Shingo:
Waratte Iitomo! (Monday, 12:00~13:00)
Waratte Iitomo! Zoukangou (Sunday, 10:00~11:45)
Tokujou! Tensei Shingo (Sunday, 16:25~16:55)
UraSma6 (Saturday, 22:57~23:00)
SmaSTATION-6 (Saturday, 23:00~23:54)

Kimura Takuya:
Kimura Takuya is not currently a regular on any show besides SMAPxSMAP. However, he regularly hosts What's Up Smap (WuS), a weekly radio programme for a local radio station in Tokyo (Friday nights) and guests from time to time in his co-members shows, such as Pussuma, UraSma and SmaSTATION.

In the year 2003, three of the books ranked in the year's best selling 10 books were released by SMAP: Kimura's "First Essay(Kaihou-ku "open area")", Katori's "English Berabera", and also Katori's "Diet Shingo". In 2002, the group released a soft drink called "Drink! SMAP" in order to promote a CD of the same name. SMAP was also chosen to be official spokespersons for Square-Enix's popular Dragon Quest series of role-playing video games.^{[citation needed]} A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... Square Enix Company, Limited ) TYO: 9684 is a Japanese video game company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series (known as Dragon Warrior in North America from 1989 until 2005), and the Kingdom Hearts series. ... Dragon Quest logo Dragon Quest ), published as Dragon Warrior in North America until the 2005 release of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, is a series of role-playing games produced by Enix (now Square Enix). ...

External links

• Official website by Johnny and Associates
• SMAP official website