SMAP is a very popular Japanese "idol" group, formed by Johnny & Associates… Read Full Bio ↴SMAP is a very popular Japanese "idol" group, formed by Johnny & Associates. Current members are: 中居正広 (Nakai Masahiro), 木村拓哉 (Kimura Takuya), 稲垣吾郎 (Inagaki Goro), 草彅剛 (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) and 香取慎吾 (Katori Shingo). The members of SMAP have dominated the Japanese pop cultural landscape from their musical debut in 1991 until the present time (as of 2008), showing incredible longevity. They produce not just numerous hit singles, but also star in numerous television variety shows, dorama, commercials, movies, etc. They are almost unrivaled in their immense popularity among younger, and especially female, Japanese.
SMAP was first formed in 1988, though their debut single came in 1991. SMAP officially stands for the English words "Sports and Music Assemble People". SMAP originally consisted of the current five members plus 森且行 (Mori Katsuyuki) who left in May 1996 to pursue a career in auto racing.
SMAP was started as an idol group by the famous "Johnny & Associates", a conglomerate known for its "cute boys only" policy. The SMAP members met each other in 1987 and were called "Skate Boys." They were backup dancers for 光GENJI (Hikaru GENJI), which was a popular idol group at the time. In 1988, they formed SMAP. Nakai, the oldest, became the group's leader. Their debut 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. 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." 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 dorama called 'Asunaro Hakusho," in which he played Osamu Toride, a shy cute 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.
After that SMAP members starred in movies both individually and as a group, and SMAP continued to release new hit singles. Their song "Yozora no Mukou" is now 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. S x S has been one of the most well-known TV programs in Japan since it started. The members of SMAP did things on the show that Japanese celebrities had never done on television before, steering Japanese television in new creative ways and creating even more publicity and popularity for the group. As "the super 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 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, which only increased their popularity. 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.
SMAP members are said to be the most famous stars in Japan. Though a comparison to American groups like The Backstreet Boys is not entirely musically inaccurate, even at the peak of their popularity, no American boy band has come close to the pervasiveness of SMAP. To give a sense of the popularity (and ubiquity) of SMAP, note that in 2003, SMAP leader Nakai was identified as the highest tax payer of any entertainer in Japan by the Japanese National Tax Bureau. 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.
These releases were followed by the album "Pop Up! SMAP!" in 2006, which included the popular single "Dear Woman" used in a commercial for Tsubaki face care.
In 2007 musical activities seemed to have quieted down, with all members busy with other projects like TV dramas and movie, but the two singles of that year, "Arigatou" for Tsuyoshi's drama "Boku no aruku michi" and "Dangan Fighter" used a a theme for the TBS baseball coverage, again were major hits.
Besides more hit dramas in 2008, the singles "Sonomama/White Message" and "Sono toki, kitto yumejanai" were release, followed by a short surprise tour and a new album called "super.modern.artistic.performance" with it's release in September 2008.
SMAP was first formed in 1988, though their debut single came in 1991. SMAP officially stands for the English words "Sports and Music Assemble People". SMAP originally consisted of the current five members plus 森且行 (Mori Katsuyuki) who left in May 1996 to pursue a career in auto racing.
SMAP was started as an idol group by the famous "Johnny & Associates", a conglomerate known for its "cute boys only" policy. The SMAP members met each other in 1987 and were called "Skate Boys." They were backup dancers for 光GENJI (Hikaru GENJI), which was a popular idol group at the time. In 1988, they formed SMAP. Nakai, the oldest, became the group's leader. Their debut 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. 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." 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 dorama called 'Asunaro Hakusho," in which he played Osamu Toride, a shy cute 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.
After that SMAP members starred in movies both individually and as a group, and SMAP continued to release new hit singles. Their song "Yozora no Mukou" is now 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. S x S has been one of the most well-known TV programs in Japan since it started. The members of SMAP did things on the show that Japanese celebrities had never done on television before, steering Japanese television in new creative ways and creating even more publicity and popularity for the group. As "the super 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 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, which only increased their popularity. 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.
SMAP members are said to be the most famous stars in Japan. Though a comparison to American groups like The Backstreet Boys is not entirely musically inaccurate, even at the peak of their popularity, no American boy band has come close to the pervasiveness of SMAP. To give a sense of the popularity (and ubiquity) of SMAP, note that in 2003, SMAP leader Nakai was identified as the highest tax payer of any entertainer in Japan by the Japanese National Tax Bureau. 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.
These releases were followed by the album "Pop Up! SMAP!" in 2006, which included the popular single "Dear Woman" used in a commercial for Tsubaki face care.
In 2007 musical activities seemed to have quieted down, with all members busy with other projects like TV dramas and movie, but the two singles of that year, "Arigatou" for Tsuyoshi's drama "Boku no aruku michi" and "Dangan Fighter" used a a theme for the TBS baseball coverage, again were major hits.
Besides more hit dramas in 2008, the singles "Sonomama/White Message" and "Sono toki, kitto yumejanai" were release, followed by a short surprise tour and a new album called "super.modern.artistic.performance" with it's release in September 2008.
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SMAP Lyrics
$10 Lady, lady, 1 dollar give me Oh, lady! A-1 dollar, B-2 dolla…
Can't Stop!! -LOVING- Can't Stop!! 素敵な夢を見させておくれ 素敵な夢をかなえておくれ (S.M.A.P SMAP! S.M.A…
Fly 流れ星が 墜ちていく 夜が涙 零しているんだ 流れ星に いつかなる この星に今 立っているんだ 淋しい目をして「ありが…
Hey Hey おおきに毎度あり ドケチな おやじが むかし ほろりと こぼしよった 感謝を 忘れんことが ゼニを生むんや 兄ちゃん 姉ちゃん おばちゃん…
KANSHAして Get Goin' Maybe 男は 女の子のことを 知らなすぎるよ 教えてあげましょう 愛さえあれば いいと言いなが…
Let It Be 誰にも解けない 先のことは見えない 微妙な位置バランスに 差しかかってるんだ 言いたいことなんてさ 何にもないくせに 目…
Peace! Let's get in together Let's get in together いつだって迷う同じ道 何度来て…
Shake きょう会わない? ってキミの電話 ボクも今そう思っていた テレパシーみたいでウレしい 明日は休みだ仕事もない 早起きなん…
がんばりましょう (Yeah, yeah, get it on tonight) (Smile time, smile time) (Ye…
しようよ この頃さ 少しずつ君とうまくいかない 理由は何だろう? 背中とか痒いのに 手が届かない感じ ま そんなところかなぁ 忙…
ずっと忘れない バスターミナル 長い列 君が「おはよう」って微笑む そんな制服姿も最後だね 友達のまま君といた ホントの気持ち つたえず…
たいせつ 夕暮れがきて ビルも舗道もはなやぐ 信号待ち 君は助手席で 渋滞の街 見上げて うれしそう I wonder ささや…
たぶんオーライ 余計な仕事おしつけられて あんのじょうミスが山積み そりゃまぁ 申し訳ないですけど uh, yeah, yeah, ye…
どんないいこと どんないい服着て どんないい顔して 街は tic tac 時を刻んでゆく いつまでも どんないい夢でも どんないい恋でも…
はじめての夏 自転車を立て掛けて 夏草の土手に座った 話にうなずく君の向こう 電車が川を渡ってく 突然夕立に追われて 逃げ込んだ鉄橋の…
はだかの王様 〜シブトク つよく〜 これくらいのズルならいいか なんてやって すっかりバレて 急にみんなに責められて なんかやばい状態だね 反省なんか 一応…
らいおんハート A jingle ling I wanna stay with you A jingle ling…
オリジナル スマイル 笑顔抱きしめ 悲しみすべて 街の中から消してしまえ 晴れわたる空 昇ってゆこうよ 世界中がしあわせになれ! なぜか最近…
セロリ 育ってきた環境が違うから 好き嫌いはイナメナイ 夏がだめだったり セロリが好きだったりするのね ましてや男と女だから す…
ダイナマイト 痛いくらいのキスをして せつないくらいに濡れた声 さっきまでの君から想像できなくて 胸に隠せない情熱 脱ぎさったときには…
俺たちに明日はある (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, yeah (Oh, oh, yeah) hoo! (You gotta keep …
君は君だよ 夕暮れを足早に歩いてく 君の後ろ距離を とって歩く なぐさめるなって背中が 黙って言うから 僕も声には出さないで 話しか…
君色思い 君色思い 今も眠れない夜に 君を抱きしめに行こう 始めから きっと気づいてた いつか恋の終わりがくること 2人こんなポ…
夜空ノムコウ あれからぼくたちは 何かを信じてこれたかなぁ 夜空のむこうには 明日がもう待っている woo, woo 誰かの声に…
心の鏡 ララララララ ララララララ 毎日計画立てた一日 送りたくない 占いに左右される人間になりたくない 街に向かって走ろうよ…
朝日を見に行こうよ 眠れない夜は 僕を起こして欲しい 一人きりの真夜中って とても寂しいでしょ 夜空の星に 願いを込めてみれば いつかきっと…
正義の味方はあてにならない Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey 行け行け僕 学級委員だ…
笑顔のゲンキ 元気な君が好き 今は遠くで見てるよ ほらッ笑顔が ううん君には やっぱり似合ってる どんな場所にいても 君だと分かる …
胸さわぎを頼むよ Ah いつも誰かしら ぼやいてる 彼女のこと わからないと 頭かかえてる Why ちょっとしたことで とがるよね 街で電…
負けるなBaby! 〜Never give up By Myself Wow 君の手で Catch Myself Catch つかめるから まだ僕ら 降参だけは 絶対しな…
雪が降ってきた 今年最初の雪が 低い空から舞い落ちる 肩を寄せ合う君が 僕の隣りいないよ 駅の寒いホームで キスをしたのは今頃さ 君が小…
青いイナズマ 君の態度が変わったと キスを避けるしぐさで気づく そうさ抜殻の匂い抱いて 凍りつくよ 君が誰かといるだけで 胸を不安が締…