TOKYO -- Johnny Kitagawa, the music mogul who created Japanese supergroups SMAP and Arashi, died here Tuesday of complications from a stroke at age 87.
Born as Hiromu Kitagawa in Los Angeles, he served in the American military during the Korean War. Kitagawa later worked at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, where he was inspired to promote boy bands after seeing the movie "West Side Story."
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