What happened with SMAP on December 31st? I thought they were reflecting on the group's success at a restaurant at that time...
There was also a special five-hour SMAPxSMAP finale episode as well before it...
Anyways, a follow-up: Three former SMAP members - Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori - are about to leave the Johnny's agency this September (2017, as soon as their contract expires on the eighth).
That means Masahiro Nakai and Takuya Kimura are the two remaining SMAP members of the five at the disbandment that will stay with Johnny's in some way...
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2092675/full/
http://aramajapan.com/news/goro-inag...ptember/76807/