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Four Leaves
Four Leaves
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Hikaru Genji
Hikaru Genji
Japanese boy band (1987-1995)
2
Jin Akanishi
Jin Akanishi
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor, radio host
3
Sexy Zone
Sexy Zone
Japanese boy band
4
Shingo Katori
Shingo Katori
Japanese singer, actor and comedian
5
V6
V6
Japanese boy band
6
Tokio
Tokio
Japanese boy bands (1990-)
7
Yuto Nakajima
Yuto Nakajima
Japanese singer
8
NEWS
NEWS
Japanese boy band (2003-)
9
Tackey & Tsubasa
Tackey & Tsubasa
band
10
Yuzu
Yuzu
Japanese band
11
Yuri Chinen
Yuri Chinen
Japanese idol
12
Masahiko Kondō
Masahiko Kondō
Japanese singer, actor, talent, racing driver, businessman (1964-)
13
Kanjani Eight
Kanjani Eight
Japanese boy band (2002-)
14
The Drifters (Japanese band)
The Drifters (Japanese band)
Japanese band (1956-)
15
Makoto Wada
Makoto Wada
Japanese illustrator, essayist, film director (1936-2019)
16
Tatsuya Nakamura
Tatsuya Nakamura
Japanese drumer, actor (1965-)
17
Rie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa
Japanese actress
18
Sho Sakurai
Sho Sakurai
Japanese singer and actor
19
Yu Shirota
Yu Shirota
Japanese actor and singer
Johnny Kitagawa
Japanese businessman, promoter and producer (1931-2019)

Johnny Kitagawa

Intro
Japanese businessman, promoter and producer (1931-2019)
Genres
Record Labels
Awards Received
61st Japan Record Awards
Music

John Hiromu Kitagawa (喜多川 擴, Kitagawa Hiromu, October 23, 1931 – July 9, 2019), known professionally as Johnny Kitagawa (ジャニー喜多川, Janī Kitagawa), was a Japanese businessman and talent manager. He was the founder and president of Johnny & Associates, a production agency for numerous popular boy bands in Japan. Kitagawa assembled, produced and managed more than a dozen popular bands, including Tanokin Trio, Hey! Say! JUMP, SMAP, Arashi, Kanjani8, V6, NEWS and KAT-TUN. Kitagawa's influence spread beyond music to the realms of theatre and television. Regarded as one of the most powerful figures in the Japanese entertainment industry, he held a virtual monopoly on the creation of boy bands in Japan for more than 40 years.

From 1988 to 2000, Kitagawa was the subject of a number of claims that he had taken advantage of his position to engage in improper sexual relationships with boys under contract to his talent agency. Kitagawa denied these claims, and in 2002 was awarded an 8.8 million yen judgment against the magazine that had published such allegations. An appeal by the magazine followed, resulting in a partial reversal of the judgment. The Tokyo High Court reduced the damages to ¥1.2 million, concluding that the reports of drinking and smoking were defamatory but that the allegations of sexual exploitation of adolescent boys by Johnny Kitagawa were true. A 2004 appeal to the Supreme Court by Kitagawa was rejected.