The announcement does not specify the relationship between the Arashi members’ new company and Starto Entertainment.
All five members of the male idol group Arashi announced on Wednesday that they have established a new company.
The announcement is available in both English and Japanese on the Starto Entertainment talent agency’s official website, which also opened on Wednesday.
Arashi formed in 1999 under the Johnny & Associates agency, and is composed of Jun Matsumoto, Satoshi Ohno, Shō Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, and Kazunari Ninomiya.