#esp with j&a trying to blacklist atarashii chizu... nakai left j&a once johnny died I'm kind of surprised this reunion didn't come sooner

[asilosmagdalena]

Katori Shingo and Nakai Masahiro reuniting on TV for the first time in six years is making me unreasonably emotional because satasma has always been my favorite SMAP combi, those two are the best at comedy so their interactions are funny but beyond that they have such a unique bond with Nakai leader being the papa of the group and Shingo being the baby. They may be 46 and 50 now but they met when they were only 10 and 14 years old. They have that big brother little brother energy but it's an interesting reversal of their IRL family dynamics where Shingo is the eldest brother and Nakai is the youngest. I've watched nearly every subbed SMAP clip I could find (and many, many unsubbed ones) and satasma have a relationship with each other they really don't have with anyone else, no other combi really compares.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite satasma pics throughout the years. (Look at 14 year old Shingo already towering over 18 year old Nakai)