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13 November 1972
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Born in Tokyo. |
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November1987
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Joined Johnny's Office. |
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April 1988
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Chosen for the new group SMAP. |
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12 October 1988
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Acting debut in "Abunai Shounen III"
(television). |
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5 December 1989
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Theatre debut in "Moudouken". |
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9 September 1991
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CD debut as SMAP with Can't Stop-Loving |
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18 March 1992
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Wins Golden Arrow Best Newcomer to Broadcasting Award as
SMAP. |
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10 December 1993
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Sudden boost in fame and popularity through drama Asunaro
Hakusho. |
| 1993-94 |
Becomes advert figure for Toyota Rav 4. Toyota had to
quadruple the planned number of cars produced per month. |
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12 March 1994
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Film debut in Shoot! |
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8 September 1994
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Voted Best Male Jeans Dresser of the Year (the first of
five successive years). |
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28 December 1994
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Wins Ishihara Yuujiroo Newcomer Award for his acting in Shoot! |
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1995
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Wins Elan d'Or Newcomer Prize for his acting in Shoot!
Appears on the cover of businessmen's weekly "Shukan
Asahi" twice in the space of three months. Unheard of in a male pop
idol. His name comes to stand for the height of male beauty, nearly
achieving common noun status. |
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16 Feburary1996
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Kanebo Testimo II campaign starts, making him the first
male star to advertise lipstick. The brand's sales figures nearly
tripled within a month. |
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Apr-June,1996
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Serial drama Long Vacation in which he played the
lead becomes the hit of the season. Monday nights found women rushing
home not to miss it. |
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24 December 1997
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Voted Best Actor of the Year by both Weekly Television
and TV LIFE . |
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31 March 1998
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Voted Best Leading Actor of 1997 in NIkkan Sports
Drama Grand Prix. |
| 1998-99 |
Becomes advert figure for women's beauty clinic TBC. The
sudden increase in inquiries from men led TBC to conceive and open
Japan's first beauty clinic for men. Others followed. |
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17 December 1998
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Voted Best Actor of the Year by Weekly Television. |
| 1999 |
Becomes advert figure for Weider-in-Jelly marketed by
Morinaga. The jelly was one of only two Morinaga products to have its
sales figures go up this year. |
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16 November 1999
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Appointed first Asian star to advertise Levi's jeans. |
| Jan-March, 2000 |
Serial drama Beautiful Life becomes the hit of the
season with average audience ratings of over 30%. |
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25 April 2000
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Voted Best Leading Actor of 1999 in Nikkan Sports
Drama Grand Prix. |
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25 May 2000
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Wins Housou Bunka Foundation's Award in the
Best Performance by an Actor category (for Beautiful Life). |
