On Monday, Johnny & Associates announced that they will change the company’s name to Smile-Up and create a new talent agency to manage upcoming artists.
[https://asiabusinessdaily.substack.com/p/johnny-and-associates-renames-itself](https://asiabusinessdaily.substack.com/p/johnny-and-associates-renames-itself)
https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/comments/16zrzd0/johnny_associates_renames_itself_to_smileup_due/
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What a shitty name.
Stupid name. 🙄
Make sense because “Smile” was the nickname of Johnny Kitagawa’s penis. Allegedly.
Least creepy name. Appropriate.
Should change their name to Feel Up.
Lawyer up
I don’t understand this high-profile renaming. It feels like, “Hey, we’re renaming ourselves so people will forget about our scandal, but we’re also telling everybody.”
How about “Johnny’s fingers”?
If this is what happened to the boys, imagine what happened to the girls…
I guess it’s better than “Open-Up”.
It amazes me how little people are actually talking about allegations and how there’s not a big public case into what happened. Just these crooks playing smoke and mirrors trying to protect themselves. Makes me sick.
There’s a local shopping mall in my city of residence named by the locals. It’s called “Smark” using the words ‘smile and park’. Shoganai ne