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Johnny & Associates, Inc. was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male idols known as Johnny's.

2023/10/2 -The name "Johnny's," as the agency is known, has been synonymous with male pop talent in Japan since Kitagawa founded the company in 1962. The ...

2023/12/8 -In changing its name to Starto Entertainment, the talent agency will scrub all references to its disgraced founder from its current structure.

2023/10/2 -Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, currently engulfed in a sexual abuse scandal, said it would change its name and split into two ...

2023/10/30 -How will fans' advocacy and commentary shape a reckoning about sexual assault and exploitation in the entertainment industry in Japan that has

2023/10/2 -A new, yet-to-be-named company will take on the role of talent agency. “We will be disbanding Johnny & Associates and face the victims in a ...

Johnny's Jr is the in-house trainee program, with the main branch Junior being in Tokyo, and Kansai Junior in Osaka. Current Trainees. Junior. HiHi Jets (2015- ...

2023/12/7 -Johnny & Associates, the Japanese talent agency that has been embroiled in a huge sexual abuse scandal, is rebranding itself as Starto ...

Considered one of the most powerful figures in the Japanese entertainment industry, Kitagawa held a virtual monopoly on the creation of boy bands in Japan for ...

Record label subsidiary of the Japanese Johnny & Associates talent agency publishing records made by groups of teen male idols, collectively known as ...