#259: The “Godfather Of J-Pop” Assaulted Male Trainees In Exchange For Making Them Stars (Johnny Kitagawa)
Rotten Mango
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Johnny's Idols
J&A was one of the biggest players in Japan's entertainment industry, not even their pop industry. He wanted all of his boys to be wholesome, innocent, good examples and role models. That's how he made his boy groups. And it worked. Soon enough his boy groups were on the cover of every magazine, every single show, every single TV at every hour of every single day. They weren't ads for things like real estate, like contact lenses. Some of his artists collaborated with big Western names like Bruno Mars.
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