Domo Arigato Och for the tidbits kahit most of if alam na naten!

OFF TOPIC - Cute din si Nagase Tomoya ng Tokio.  So marunong din palang mag-dance yun?  Hmmmmmmm..... Hinde na!  Boyfriend na sya ni Ayumi Hamasaki...sasakit lang ang loob ng mai-inlove sa kanya.

10 Things about SMAP:

1. SMAP stands for Sports Music Assemble People. According to Shingo, the group was "officially" formed in the back of a van. As half of Skateboys who backdanced for Hikaru Genji in the late 80s, they were travelling together to a Genji gig when Johnny K suddenly declared in the van, "From today, you'll be known as SMAP!"

[Ochie] Mwehehhe....

2. SMAP members are colour coded. Shingo's colour is green, Tsuyoshi's is yellow, Kimura's is red. Nakai used to be blue and Goro pink. But during Goro's self imposed exile in 2001, Nakai started wearing pink to remind fans that Goro was still part of SMAP. Goro's colour is now unofficially Blue.

[Ochie] Aaahhhh....blue na nga naman si Goro (sa Bistro blue na siya)

3. Inagaki Goro was not an original member of SMAP.

[Ochie] Hmmm....Si goro pala yun di original....ehehh...

4. But Kokubun Taichi was. Johnny K had originally intended for Taichi to be in SMAP, but later decided that he'd be more appropriate in Tokio.

[Ochie] Eto lang yung nabasa ko na siya yung orig na SMAP member dapat...

5. SMAP and Tokio made up 2 halves of the Skateboys who backdanced for Hikaru Genji. SMAP parody their young selves in a recurring SMAPxSMAP skit called "Idol Kickoff."

[Ochie] Ahahahha.....ang cute nila ng naka-pink! mwehehhehhe

6. SMAP started out with 6 members. Mori Katsuyuki left Johnny's in May 1996 to pursue a career in motor racing. At Mori's farewell press conference, Nakai defied management's orders to stay away, and showed up wearing a baseball uniform. He told reporters that even though Mori was leaving SMAP, SMAP will always support Mori because he was leaving to pursue a dream. Baseball was Nakai's own dream before an injury forced him to give it up.

[Ochie] To add to that, Nakai was the only one from the group who showed up sa solo press con ni Mori...

7. Nakai and Kimura are collectively known as the Two Tops, because they are the oldest in SMAP, and also because of their personalities. Both are extremely formidable, serious about work, and have fierce tempers. Nakai may be SMAP's official leader, but Kimura is often regarded as the group's spiritual leader.

[Ochie] Kaya pag concerts, TK would be the first na magsalita then last would be NAkai...or minsan baliktad.... 

8. Kimura Takuya is SMAP's best singer. But SMAP consider Domoto Tsuyoshi to be the best singer in all of Johnny's. (This was talked about in MC during the Sapporo concert in 2001)

[Ochie] Wala akong kontra dito! hhehehhe....And he records daw muna yung whole song then the rest of the group would listen and parang guide nila si TK...tsaka nila record yung parts nila

9. In 1993, SMAP had their first concert at a major venue (I think it was Nagoya). When the concert began, they were shocked to see the arena was less than half full, and the grandstand section completely empty. It was a very humbling experience that made them realise how much harder they had to work.

[Ochie] Ahh....eto yung sinabi nila nun sa one on one special.... 

A decade later...

10. SMAP's 2002 Drink! concert tour pulled in more than 1.1 million people over 24 shows. That set a new Japanese attendence record for a single tour.

[Ochie] Heheeh....eh Hero of Japan na nga eh.....

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