. . . "1968Z"^^ . "Johnny Hiromu Kitagawa (\u30B8\u30E3\u30CB\u30FC\u559C\u591A\u5DDD, Jan\u012B Kitagawa) (born John Hiromu Kitagawa (\u559C\u591A\u5DDD \u64F4, Kitagawa Hiromu, October 23, 1928), is 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 SMAP, Arashi, Kanjani8, Hey! Say! JUMP, V6, NEWS and KAT-TUN. Kitagawa's influence has spread beyond music to the realms of theatre and television."@en . . "1928Z"^^ . . "1928-10-23Z"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "John Hiromu Kitagawa"@en . . . . "Johnny Kitagawa"@en . . "Japanese businessman" . . . . . . . . . "non_performing_personnel" . . . . . . . "Kitagawa, Johnny"@en . . . . .