#we are smap

[matsuganemite]

Takuya Kimura ☆ 君のままで…

[jichanxo]

meet a smap fan in the wild and they tell me they like kimura. girl everyone likes kimura, it came free with your liking smap*

[lunar-gl1tch]

popuko slammin that para para like it's awakened the childhood bakki programming

this is a really important comic that i couldn’t believe not one typeset yet

translation from danbooru

[ner1ahh]

Smapo. Rotat e. Smap o. Rotato FASTER Smapo. Go. g O. Can you FEEL it, Sma am po? YES FEEL THE SPED. WE HAVE REACHED MAXIMUM VLELOCIPY.

[lilacsolanum]

God this is so niche but Dropout TV clips and the emerging 2nd Try shows give me so much nostalgia because of the like. It's a tight knit group of people making obscure content for a relatively niche audience, there's like 3 people on staff and you start to know their individual laughs, it's just a camera on funny people with no budget. You wanna know what this is? Fucking Japanese idol shows that air at 2 AM on a Wednesday. It's giving Hello Morning. It's giving Mago Mago Arashi and their other one they had in the late 00s before they KO'd SMAP and became the it girlies of the decade. G no Arashi? Not VS Arashi, that had a budget. The aesthetic of a 2 AM idol show is a set of a whiteboard and some Ikea furniture. It's three staff members laughing at teenaged theater kids putting on bad skits they openly hate doing. In fact Mago Mago Arashi's concept ended up being these 20-something fuckboys would go babysit some random kids and be forced to cook a meal with the kid's least favorite food. Is that not like 3 different separate Try Guys video. No one understands this parallel but me. It's so specific. These shows are 3 AM on cable TV idol shows. Please. Does anyone out there hear me. Does anyone else understand. If so we might be soulmates idk idk wanna make out

[reso-music]

Hi, how was your day today? Thank you for working hard 4 days this week. Do you always think of old songs from 1990s? Or even 2000s. Some people like me, the admin will like that. But how about 90s or 00s of Jpop? Maybe not many people have heard of it, but my recommendation today will make you fall in love with Jpop especially johnny’s Jpop.

1.SMAP - Lion heart

When we talk about the most famous boy group last century in Japan, it must be “SMAP”. This song called “lion heart” is not their most famous song but always the most unforgettable song for me. The soothing music flows by your ears, as if you are in the night of Sumida River Town.

2. Arashi - One love

Arashi is the most successful boy group in 00s there’s no doubt. Even those who don't know much about Jpop must have heard this song. There are even English and Chinese versions. One Hundred Years of Love Will Never Change. This song “One Love” is for everyone.

3. Takki&Tsubasa - 卒業～さよならは明日のために～（Graduation ~ Goodbye for Tomorrow）

The end of the year is also the season of farewell. In this song, graduation is for seeing each other again tomorrow, and leaving is for each other to be better when we meet again.

4.KinKi Kids - 雨のMelody（Melody of Rain）

KinKi Kids has their usual soft and magnetic voice. The song is both affectionate and slightly sad. It is suitable for listening on rainy nights.

5. NEWS - SNOW EXPRESS

This is a song that is very suitable for listening to in winter. The coldness of winter and the warmth of love are intertwined, making it light and pleasant.

6.Arashi - Troublemaker

The lyrics say "Keep smiling even when you encounter difficulties, and face them together." If you are also experiencing a low point, this song is very suitable for you, and it can cheer you up at any time. The song has a brisk rhythm, full of Arashi's unique youthful atmosphere, giving people a warm feeling of sunshine shining into their hearts.

7.NEWS - I · ZA · NA · I · ZU · KI

With a classic Flamingo style, a mysterious atmosphere is blowing. This song is a classic style of J labels.

8.KAT-TUN - KISS KISS KISS

If you like songs with emotional tension, sexy and urban feel, this song "KISS KISS KISS" would be a great choice. Full of mystery, a bold romance quietly happens, suitable for listening while taking a walk at night.

[lunar-gl1tch]

much earlier than that!

all three are in super early showa idol cosplay, since they're having an idol-off!

i made a post about their looks when the first images came out bc i was like FINALLY my niche knowledge of oyajibando is relevant to kamen rider!! LMAO

it's also, in retrospect, very funny that

keiwa isn't quite an idol and he has kind of hope-punk ideals and pulls off getting considered an idol through being cute

and the two main guys who the showdown is about...

michi is otokogumi (the "man troupe") a much more rock and roll oriented group in their debut single that means MASQUERADE and he's shown clearly a lot softer and funnier than the angry mask he wears in the show

and

ace is hikaru genji in one of their most iconic looks- hikaru genji were one of the first TRUE johnny's successes and one of the first boybands period - and they take their name from the tale of Genji - an 11th century work broadly considered the first novel about the titular Hikaru Genji and his passionate, emotionally fraught life and romance, generally considered the first depiction of the bishounen (beautiful, cultured, sensitive, noble etc)

oh and it was written by a woman :) interesting :)

I need this whole sequence to be on tumblr for everyone to see

[solarwynd]

Not only is a 2025 reunion a pipe dream bc both the company and the fandom is in shit, but the whole industry is losing its relevancy where these 4th gen idols can’t even stay at the top before they get replaced bc these new fans have zero attention smaps

They’re getting back together even if it’s just for a throw away album and a tour, but it’s just beyond grimey the blatant favoritism they’re giving JK all while still upholding BTS as a group. Like they could let that man be a soloist like they so obviously are portraying him as and free the other members from this husk BTS is turning into, but I know everyone involved knows there’s more to lose if they do that. It’s a hostage situation.

And why should I care about these promises they keep giving fans about the future if we all know nothing is gonna change and they’re gonna keep prioritizing one member over the other 6?

[beardedmrbean]

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company said Monday that its president and chairperson were resigning immediately to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked to one of Japan's top TV celebrities.

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that Fuji TV staff allegedly helped to organize.

The allegations surfaced in magazine articles in December and have since triggered claims of systematic cover-ups by Fuji TV executives. The public outrage over the lack of transparency and explanation at the network's news conference earlier this month have led to an avalanche of advertising losses at Fuji, one of the networks where Nakai worked.

Fuji Television Network President Koichi Minato said his company mishandled the case.

"We are very sorry that we mishandled the case because of our lack of awareness about human rights and corporate governance ... and as a result our responses to the involved woman were inadequate," Minato said. "We are very sorry to have destroyed our credibility."

Car manufacturers Nissan and Toyota were among the companies that pulled advertising from Fuji TV, BBC News reported.

Minato said the case violated the woman's human rights, without providing details on grounds of privacy. He said it was handled as an "extraordinary" case requiring maximum confidentiality and sensitivity for the woman's mental health and was shared by a small group of officials. The company had continued allowing Nakai to appear on Fuji shows for a year and six months, he said, but denied covering up the case because it involved a big star.

Minato said he did not think what happened was sexual assault and that the case was not reported to the company's compliance office until the magazine report came out.

He also denied a Fuji TV employee's involvement but said allegations that the employee had previously organized barbecue and other parties for Nakai needed to be investigated.

Fuji officials also acknowledged that female announcers and other female employees have in the past participated at parties for stars, talent agency executives and sponsors, though they denied any sexual services. Minato said he believed top officials were complacent about the outdated gender roles and they now need to "update their mindset."

Nakai last Thursday announced his retirement from show business in Japan, which has already been hit by a series of sexual assault allegations in recent years in what is seen as a delayed #MeToo movement that began in Western nations in the 2010s. He said he was taking responsibility for the "trouble" and massive business losses as a result.

"I alone am responsible for everything" and "sincerely apologize," Nakai said.

He had previously issued a statement saying some of what had been reported was "different from the facts."

Minato said he last saw the woman last summer when she visited his office to tell him she was quitting.

Shukan Bunshun weekly, one of the magazines that exposed the scandal, also alleged that Fuji TV has long exploited its female announcers to entertain stars like Nakai.

The chair of the companies, Shuji Kanoh, was also resigning in a decision made at a board meeting prior to the Jan. 17 news conference, officials said.

Japan's entertainment industry is in the midst of a wave of sexual assault cases, including the abuses of hundreds of boys and young men by late talent mogul Johnny Kitagawa, whose now-defunct agency Johnny & Associates managed many boy bands, including the one to which Nakai belonged.

One of Japan's most popular comedians, 61-year-old Hitoshi Matsumoto, has also been accused of sexual assault by two women.

Following massive protests and criticism from even their own employees, Fuji TV and its parent company announced after a board meeting last week that they have set up an independent panel of lawyers to be submitted by March.

While the tabloid reports about Nakai unleashed a coverage frenzy, most Japanese media have taken a cautious approach, referring to the allegations as sexual "trouble" or misconduct.

Some media have reported an endemic culture within Japan's entertainment industry of wining and dining the top presenters, with women staffers invited to join such parties.

[sunlightfeeling]

he had him in the first half……

We Are SMAP: MC (2010)

[matsuganemite]

Protectors ☆ We are SMAP!

[im-literally-so-dun]

Curious, how didya meet the other half of your iconic online duo?

(Send this to your fave tumblr duos!)

welp, she ( @encre-sanguine ) had just joined a writing forum I'm on. I noticed she had tøp art/lyrics for her avvie and banner, and Smol Missy, who'd just been introduced to tøp was like "!!!! can make new tøp fren !!!" and statused inky basically the whole time during that first conversation I kept thinking "wow she seems so cool and comfortable online—" and "she knows so much about the lyrics and tHERE'S LORE??????" I later found out that she'd been thinking I seemed Too Cool for her. want an accurate picture of our frenship?…. there you go XD so yeah uh it kinda spiraled from there now we just smap each other about anything at all hours and it's amazing luv ya, bestie <33

[aro-luigi]

IN LIKE 7 MINUTES WE NEED TO STOP SMAP BOOPING EACHOTHER CUZ I'M AT SCHOOL, AND I CAN'T HAVE MY PHONE

I will keep booping you when you're in school

I never stop booping >:]

[405blazeitt]

To the anon who wanted gossip in english, there used to be a sizable community back in the LiveJournal days that while not active nowadays still has the old information on a bunch of JE idols, SMAP however being one of the oldest groups didn't not have a lot of rumors except the same old "they're going to disband next year" (eventually they did, but i remember those posts as far back as 2005) and also they were never that liked around the international fandom and i never understood why because they were as likable or as problematic as any other group, like Kimura being a diva was always brought up but when the same was brought up for the likes of Sakurai Sho, to give an example, everyone would find excuses to dismiss it. The saddest thing however was the fact that in blind items gossip types articles, Nakai was constantly rumored of being an overall nice dude and that female celebrities felt safe around him, and we all know how that end up.

i thought anon was looking for stuff related to 2016 specifically, but if they want to go trawling through the archives then LJ's the place for it, yeah!

[lunar-gl1tch]

i need you to know that there's this japanese language immersion summer camp i've both been to as a camper and worked at as a counselor and we just sort of inexplicably have mr brain both as a dvd and as a fansub that some counselor downloaded ages ago and when i was a camper we would watch it when we had to take a long bus ride and when i was a counselor last summer the fansub was one of the few things we could show the kids during media time because we did not have a dvd player and the kids went feral for it. to the point where when we did get a dvd player and could no longer show them mr brain because the dvds did not have subs, i heard the kids in my cabin making plans to make a discord server *specifically to watch the rest of mr brain* because one of them had gotten the fansub files from one of the leadership staff. its just part of this camp's culture somehow. and we were talking in the staffroom one time like 'no one in the world cares about this show as much as we care about this show' and someone was like 'well the lead actor was in smap so theres gotta be people in japan who care about it' and someone else was like 'OH THAT'S WHY GACKT WAS A CANNIBAL IN THAT ONE EPISODE' and i was sitting there like THAT WAS GACKT?? THE GUY WHO SINGS THE DECADE OP?? also oh huh i follow someone on tumblr who really likes smap. and now every time you reblog something about mr brain i'm like whoa. mr brain jumpscare. also weird little connection between this 7 episode long show i watched at camp when i was 15, and the kamen rider i'm the most insane about

THIS IS THE BEST STORY im so happy these kids went feral for the weird ass takuya procedural it feels like the kind of thing that shapes your media consumption in a permanent way

the fact that hiro mizushima is tsukumo's long suffering assistant is even funnier

thank you for this i laughed really hard

[semothekat]

We are winnign i added subtitles to smap 1