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Newspaper: SMAP Idol Group to Break Up After More Than 25 Years
posted on by Karen Ressler
The Nikkan Sports newspaper reported on Tuesday that the male idol group Takuya Kimura (43) will remain.
The timing of the break-up has not yet been confirmed, as the group is still under contract for commercials. The group's variety show SMAP×SMAP is also ongoing.
SMAP (Sports Music Assemble People) formed in 1988 with six , although Katsuyuki Mori left the group in 1996. The band debuted with their first single in September 1991, and went on to put out a number of hit songs, such as "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana," "Lion Heart." "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" sold 2.5 million single CDs.
Together the group performed theme songs for Kochikame") police comedy manga.
[Via Hachima Kikō]
Update: The group sold 2.5 million single CDs for "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana," not their first single. Thanks, ruze and lys.
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