SHINGO KATORI is a member of SMAP, a Japanese idol group. He seems to have acted in Broadway musical theater in New York as the leading role. Although many Japanese fans followed him to New York city, the audience was not only the Japanese but New Yorkers also seem to have enjoyed it if the news tells the truth.
To be honest, I doubt SHINGO KATORI’s talent in music or plays. His group, SMAP, is a big idol group but he is not the main popular member. Also, nobody thinks SMAP or SHINGO KATORI is musician. They actually sing songs, but they are always pretty idol songs. Not a piece of music, or art.
Shingo Katori is just a TV character, and no more than that. Idols are always made by show business companies and media for their money. Their popularity is based on the good looking promotion, not on music.
His business backgroud probably arranged this stage for his promotion. We or many Japanese excluding his fans can’t believe he would succeed in NY musical theaters in the long run. At this moment, the promotion is being held, but the promotion is for Japanese fans, not for NY or America because innocent Japanese fans get excited if their idol plays in the dream land of talented people. The fans are pleased when their idol seems to be great .
Anyway, in the past, some successful idols also attempted the concerts or something in the USA or Europe’s world famous stages, but they are all for promotion for Japanese fans.
It’s crazy and stupid thing.
If you are not Japanese, just imagine, if your country’s star comes to Japan with his or her fans for concerts in Japan, do the fans come together to Japan with the star ? Maybe Not. Even if they do, do you think doing concert in Japan or wherever with own fans is a great thing ?
If a star can hold a concert or any events in other countries for the other countries people, its a great thing. But taking fans together and it’s after all a image promotion to Japan, it’s really a hopeless situation. How long do the Japanese show business people blindly worship anything American ?
As far as they can’t change their mind, Japanese show business can’t get out of a dependency to their godfather, America.
