(From left) Members of Japanese pop music group SMAP Goro Inagaki, Takuya Kimura, Shingo Katori, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Masahiro Nakai perform during their concert in Beijing September 16, 2011. Kitagawa was behind the birth of J-pop groups including SMAP that dominated Japan’s showbusiness industry and won adoring fans across Asia.— Reuters pic