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1985 entertainment scandal in Japan

The Shūkan Bunshun smoking scandal (or Onyanko club smoking scandal) of 1985 involved smoking by underage members of the Japanese female idol group Onyanko Club (おニャン子クラブ, Onyanko Kurabu, "Kitty Club").^[1] It is one of the best known scandals in the history of Japanese idols, and changed the form and fate of Onyanko Club, which became Japan's biggest female idol group in the 1980s.^[2][3][4][5]

The circumstances of the scandal

On April 1, 1985, Japanese Fuji Television Network launched a variety show called "Sunset Meow Meow" (夕やけニャンニャン, Yūyake Nyan Nyan) during which the program's exclusive female idol group, Onyanko Club, made its debut.^[6][7][8]

Two weeks after the program started, a photograph was published by Shūkan Bunshun which depicted the under age band members smoking.^[9][10][11]