In 1988, SMAP made their acting debut in a drama television series, Abunai Shonen III, playing themselves as the main role. In 1989, they started to host their own music show, Uta no Big Fight and Pop City X, as well as appearing regularly on a variety program, Idol Kyowakoku, from 1989 to 1991. In 1988, they starred in a weekly variety program, Watto Atsumare, with Masataka Itsumi and Cha Kato and appeared regularly until the program ended several months later. While the group continued to work as backup dancers for Hikaru Genji, they spent their early years as actors and television personalities. In April 1988, producer Johnny Kitagawa chose six out of the twenty boys to create a new boy band and named them 'SMAP'. In Autumn 1987, twenty boys, from ages ten to seventeen, were put together into a group called The Skate Boys, which was initially created as backup dancers for a famous boy band, Hikaru Genji. Later, in 1987, Takuya Kimura (age 15), Goro Inagaki (age 14), Katsuyuki Mori (age 13), Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (age 13), and Shingo Katori (age 10) auditioned individually and joined the agency. In 1986, Masahiro Nakai (age 14), auditioned to enter Johnny & Associates, a Japanese talent agency that recruits and trains young boys, preteens to teens, to become singers and members of boy bands. 5.1 Television (as personality and performer).1.10 2016вЂ“present: Break-up and post-break-up.1.7 2004вЂ“2005: Individual activities and Sample Bang.1.6 2001вЂ“2003: Smap Vest, pamS, Drink Smap, 'The One and Only Flower in the World', and MIJ.1.5 1998вЂ“2000: 'Beyond the Night Sky', 'Lion Heart', and Shingo Mama phenomenon.1.4 1996вЂ“1997: SMAPГ—SMAP, Lonvaca phenomenon, Mori's departure, and 'Shake'.1.3 1994вЂ“1995: Breakthrough, 'Gambarimashou', and SMAP 007 Gold Singer.SMAP officially disbanded on December 31, 2016. It is the eighth longest-running prime-time television program in Japan, as of 2016. 7 for the most watched Japanese variety show in history, with 34.2В million viewers. The episode aired in January 2002 is currently ranked No. 1 in the annual household share ratings in 1996, 1997, 1999 вЂ“ 2002, 2006, and 2016 making it the most watched television show in Japan. The distinct format of the program has received widespread critical praise. In April 1996, the group launched their weekly variety show, SMAPГ—SMAP, which quickly gained high ratings and became one of the most famous television shows in Japan. Throughout their career, the band has sold over 38,5В million records in Japan alone. Other best selling singles by the group include, 'Beyond the Night Sky', 'Lion Heart', 'Shake', 'Aoi Inazuma', which also have become the most popular songs in Japan. ' The One and Only Flower in the World', released in 2003, is the best selling single in the 21st century and the third best selling single in Japanese history and has become the most recognized song in Japan, as it appears in text books used in school and children are taught to learn the song at a young age. The band has had 24 top 10 albums and 14 number one albums. SMAP released 55 singles, all of which reached the top 10 in the charts, 22 consecutive number one singles, and 33 number one singles in total. After starting out as a typical boy band, with a fan base predominantly female teens, they gradually transformed into a band with a wider audience, expanding their fan base to preteens, male adults, and even the elderly, after their success as actors and television personalities. SMAP was credited for changing the Japanese entertainment and music industry, in terms of prolonging longevity of boy bands and broadening careers by creating new opportunities for bands that followed. SMAP was regarded as an iconic group in Japan, after achieving an unprecedented level of success in numerous genres in the entertainment industry, including music, television, film, radio, and theater, as a group and individually. The group is often referred to as a 'national treasure' and a 'fortune and property of the country' in Japan. After making their debut in 1991, the group took the Japanese entertainment industry by storm, becoming one of the most successful boy bands in Asia. The name stands for 'Sports Music Assemble People'. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-piece with Katsuyuki Mori, until his departure from the band in 1996.

SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori.

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