Japanese pop group SMAP breaks up
Japanese media say the group’s agency, Johnny & Associates, announced Sunday that SMAP would disband at the end of this year. They quoted the agency as saying its members would focus on solo careers.
A possible split was widely rumored in January, until the group’s members made an unusual television appearance to say they would stay together and apologized for causing concern among their fans.
SMAP was formed in 1988 as a six-person teenage boy band. Its members are now mostly in their early 40s.
SMAP stands for “Sports Music Assemble People.”
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with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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