query: record_label happy birthday 
supports: SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group 
  was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-piece with Katsuyuki Mori, until his departure from the band 
  in 1996. After making their debut in 1991, the group took the Japanese entertainment industry by storm, becoming the most successful boy band in Japanese history and the best selling band in Asia, often referred to as a "national treasure" and a "fortune and property of the country" in Japan. `` Happy Birthday '' is the tenth single of the Japanese boy group NEWS . It was released on October 1 , 2008 , in two editions ; a regular edition which contains two b - sides : Gan Gan Ganbatte and Push On ! , and a limited edition which also contains Happy Birthday and its b - side Gan Gan Ganbatte from the regular edition , as well as another b - side entitled Game of Love and an instrumental version of Happy Birthday . Happy Birthday is NEWS tenth consecutive number - one single since their debut in 2004 . This single makes them the second group to have this distinction ( the other being KinKi Kids , who currently has twenty - seven consecutive number - one singles ) . History.
  19911996: Pre-debut activities.
  The duo first met each other during a Hikaru Genji concert at Yokohama Arena on May 5, 1991. From then on, the two began to appear together in magazine photoshoots together though they did not have a formal name, going through several temporary names such as , and , before being introduced as by the end of 1992 when they were backup dancers for SMAP. On the first episode of SMAP's variety show , which began on April 4, 1993, SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai decided that the name was to be "KinKi Kids" when the two joined the show as regulars. Months later, Koichi and Tsuyoshi both appeared in their first drama together called , which had a peak rating of 28.9% on its final episode. On December 31, 1994, KinKi Kids held their first concert at the Budokan. 
candidates: 1996 johnny & associates
answer: johnny & associates