Early Life
Shingo was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, as the oldest of two brothers. Having admired Hikaru Genji, he joined Johnny & Associates in 1988. He and some current SMAP members were chosen as part of Skate boys, before debuted as SMAP in 1991.
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“Young, and so thin, and so straight.
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