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NEWS: Johnny & Associates Agency Changes Name to Starto Entertainment




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Meowtain Duwu



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:21 am Reply with quote
"entering the Metaverse"

... Confused
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mayonakama



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:58 am Reply with quote
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and entering the Metaverse.




Ew, techbro.
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Elfensjón



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:01 pm Reply with quote
Johnny & Associates was re-named in SMILE-UP. back in October with a new talent agency to be started with a new name which was not decided on the press conference on October 2, 2023.

It was stated that SMILE-UP. would be only operating until all victims of Kitagawa have been compensated and will then be abolished.

What confuses me is, that this article states that J&A changed it's name to STARTO. Isn't STARTO the new company which was introduced on the press conference on October 2nd, which had no name back then?
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Nonaka Machine Gun B



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:24 pm Reply with quote
Ah, the Puff Daddy cycle. Never fails until somebody starts assaulting again.
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ranran-001



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:23 pm Reply with quote
They need to just give it up, close up shop and never come back.
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TsarPlatinum



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:06 am Reply with quote
ranran-001 wrote:
They need to just give it up, close up shop and never come back.


What happens to the talents then?
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ranran-001



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:22 pm Reply with quote
TsarPlatinum wrote:
ranran-001 wrote:
They need to just give it up, close up shop and never come back.


What happens to the talents then?


They join other companies not run by people that protected sexual assaulters.
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