Research Request[edit]

Research request: I know that one of the members of SMAP has done signficant anime seiyuu work, including the role of Riiya in Akazukin Cha Cha. Let me look that up on AniDB or someplace like that. Also, SMAP is freqeuntly satirized in anime, particularly the reference in Sensei no Ojikanj where one of the characters has an unhealthy obsession with a Goro-like singer. Michael Hopcroft 19:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm amused you haven't heard of Howl's Moving Castle.--24.5.125.75 08:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Backstreet Boys[edit]

You know, it really should read that the Backstreet Boys are an American version of SMAP instead of the way it's written now. The unfortunate boy-band tradition is older in Japan than America, and hell - SMAP has been around longer and has had more per capita success. I guess it really is hard for you Americans to not have a white-centric view of the universe. Kenzilla

And I guess it's really hard for you non-Americans to avoid pointing out every perceived flaw of Americans, real or not, never mind the fact that there are much, much worse cultures and governments in the world. And introducing the racial aspect of it - nice race-baiting. I've been to Europe, I can attest that Europeans are definitely as a whole more racist than Americans as a whole, and don't even get me started on Australians. I will guess by the tone of your comment that you have never been to the U.S., which is the prerequisite qualification for America-bashing. Having said that, Backstreet Boys and SMAP both suck.--220.49.228.16 (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Europeans may be more racist. I don't know. Americans are more insular, though, which is the real point of Kenzilla's statement. TRiG (talk) 14:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Project Assessment[edit]

This is probably the longest, most detailed entry on a band I've seen yet. Far too many restrict themselves to the discography, with little prose. A picture of the band would be great, though. LordAmeth 01:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked out the very good articles on The Beatles, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, or Nirvana? - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 20:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture?[edit]

Any particular reason the current picture is uh.. of TOKIO? You know, being as they're an entirely different band (albiet of the same promotional agency) and all.

Yes, a picture of this page is TOKIO.Somebody should correct as soon as possible.
This misunderstanding appears to be the result of some anon vandalising Image:SMAP.jpg, which understandably is of SMAP.--ZayZayEM 03:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The picture has been changed to a real picture of SMAP. ;) (Calamity-Ace 14:47, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mother Series reference[edit]

Should we added that SMAP is referenced in Mother 2? SMAP is one of the default choices for "Favorite thing."

Dragon Quest?[edit]

There's no date for when SMAP became the spokespeople for the series. Was this a one-time thing, or on-going? More information would be great.--Gocchin (talk) 22:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think they've got so.They appeared that CM for three time(DragonQuest7(2000),DragonQuest8(2004) and newest,DragonQuest9(2009)) and Tsuyoshi appeared on the press conference of making DQ9.
  • And...I know some of this article got old but I don't have enough command to edit wikipedia in natural English,I'm Japanese speaker.Somebody please edit those in natural English!
  • Their record of six-day tour in Tokyo Dome had broken by KAT-TUN...they did eight-day tour.
  • Goro's "Goro's bar" was reformed to "My fair lady".
  • Shingo's Sma-STATION's title had changed "SmaSTATION-6" to "SmaStation!!" again and "Tokujou! Tensei Shingo" came to an end.
  • Masahiro's hair is no more long now.it's so short...well,I don't wanna think of it so much,but it's losing.
  • It's English version of wikipedia,why don't you write about "Black Eyed Peas" with SMAP?They appeared SMAPxSMAP for three time and they made two songs for SMAP("Theme of 019"&"Here is your hit" of "super.modern.artistic.performance")--220.156.33.229 (talk) 14:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move (1)[edit]

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Clear consensus to keep current title.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 15:44, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SMAPSmap — all naming conventions for articles of this nature discourage the use of all capitals merely because that is how name appear on artwork etc. — Lets Enjoy Life (talk) 12:39, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was page moved. —Ryūlóng (竜龙) 12:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Sports Music Assemble PeopleSMAP — This article was moved to Sports Music Assemble People without discussion by an editor to enable the creation of a disambiguation page on which the only other entry is a red link. The band name is clearly the dominant use at present, and they are never referred to anywhere as "Sports Music Assemble People", which is probably a Backronym anyway. Any disambiguation in the future could easily be handled by creating SMAP (disambiguation) if necessary. DAJF (talk) 23:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: No consensus to move. Cúchullain t/c 17:32, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]



– Computer protocols are at least as important as boy bands. Relisted. BDD (talk) 19:13, 10 December 2012 (UTC) Nouniquenames 14:47, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What policy or guideline allows historical pageviews to determine ongoing primary topic? The pageview numbers are meaningless to the discussion. --Nouniquenames 02:27, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You forgot to add "IMO" to that post of yours.—Ryulong (琉竜) 04:05, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Find something that says I'm wrong, and I'll strike it completely. As it stands, nothing in the policies and guidelines I've found allows use of pageviews to determine primary topic. At best, that would be OR or SYNTH. --Nouniquenames 01:53, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, but OR and SYNTH only apply to article content rather than meta content.—Ryulong (琉竜) 07:06, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Consensus from the previous RMs have shown that there's no consensus to move. No substantive policy based reason has been presented here. Ryulong's reasoning is in line with article naming policy. —Tom Morris (talk) 15:12, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]



SMAPSMAP (band) – Notice SMAP would be redirected to SMAP (band) not SMAP (disambiguation) Fgnievinski (talk) 14:22, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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