Nakai, 52, was the leader of the now-disbanded Smap – part of Johnny & Associates’s lucrative stable – that swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the boy band’s nearly 30 years ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show business following alleged sexual misconduct that led ...

Fuji previously denied tabloid reports suggesting one of its employees had arranged the meal where Nakai, a member of the 1990s boy band sensation Smap, met the woman in 2023. The now-disbanded ...