On April 17th, stage actor Saotome Taichi and model Nishiyama Maki announced that they are planning to register their marriage in June. They also revealed that Nishiyama is currently in the third month of pregnancy.
They wrote, “First of all, we would like to sincerely apologize for causing such trouble to everybody,” regarding the series of reports about them.
Then they revealed that …
Famed Japanese actor Mikuni Rentaro passed away due to an acute heart failure at a hospital in the morning of April 14th. He was 90 years old.
Mikuni has appeared in over 150 films and won three Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actor in his career. His last film was last year’s ‘Waga Haha no Ki‘ directed by Harada Masato.
Actor Sato …
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS‘ Funky Kato (MC) has registered his marriage on April 15th.
Kato’s wife is a non-celebrity woman who was the former manager of the group. He explained, “Why I chose to get married at this timing, above all, I wanted to report this as ‘Funky Kato from FUNKY MONKEY BABYS’ to fans who have supported me …
On April 13, idol group SKE48 held a live concert “Kawaranai Koto. Zutto Nakama na Koto” at Nippon Gaishi Hall, and announced their first-ever team shuffle.
According to the shuffle, Matsui Rena will be installed in team E as the new team leader, while Matsui Jurina stays in the team S. Kitahara Rie will also move to team KII.
It was also …
Former Morning Musume member Takahashi Ai announced on her official blog that she will undergo surgery for vocal cord nodules.
Takahashi said, “I started feeling discomfort in my throat at the end of February, and sometimes I had a hard time uttering my voice.” After receiving an examination at a hospital, she was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules.
Takahashi was told that she needed …
On April 11, comedian Matsushima Nahomi announced the dissolution of comedian duo Othello through their official blog. She shared that she met and talked with her partner Nakajima Tomoko for the first time in 2 years, and reported, “Today, we will dissolve!!”
Matsushima revealed, “We met a little after 1 and talked about many things. Things that we had on our …
On April 9, six Hello! Project members including Morning Musume members Ikuta Erina (15) and Ishida Ayumi (16) appeared at the commemorative sales event at the Fukuya Bookstore Shinjuku Subnade store for their book “Hello! Project Members to Tanoshimu ‘SATOYAMA Guide BOOK’” (Tokyo News, 2500 Yen.)
The book summarizes their activities in the project “SATOYAMA movement” which seeks to re-introduce and recognize …
Former idol group Biyuuden member Miyoshi Erika has registered her marriage on April 8th.
On April 9th, Miyoshi updated her official blog with an entry titled, “Announcement.” She reported, “I, Miyoshi Erika, have registered my marriage on April 8, 2013. My partner is an IT company employee from Sapporo. Although this is a sudden announcement, I am very happy to have …
Four-member group SPEED’s HITOE (Arakaki Hitoe) announced on her blog, “On April 8th, I registered my marriage with a person I met in New York, and dated for 13 years!”
Though she did not reveal any details on her husband, she introduced him saying, “He always cheers for me, and supports me with his big and faithful heart. Moreover, he accepts …
On April 8, it was announced that talento Natsukawa Jun (32) is 5-months pregnant with her first child.
She reported, “At this time, I’ve been blessed with a new life. I’m in my 5th month now and have entered my stable period, so I am finally able to report this to everyone. The baby inside my stomach, who is growing healthily …
AKB48 member Akimoto Sayaka announced, on her official blog, that she would not participate in upcoming Senbatsu general election and that she would graduate from the group.
Below is what she posted on her blog.
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The Senbatsu General Election. Today is the deadline to run as a candidate for the general election.
Until the very last minute, I was thinking in my own …
It’s been reported that model Kuroki Natsumi (28) has given birth to a 2,790g (6lb 2oz) baby girl on April 5th at 7:00 am.
On her official blog, she wrote, “Although it was a little earlier than the expected date, both mother and child are in healthy condition. It was more difficult than I had imagined, but after my bag broke, I …
It was announced on AKB48’s official blog that Kasai Tomomi’s graduation from the group will be on May 3rd, after the Shinoda team A performance at AKB48 theater.
Kasai previously announced her graduation on the stage of “the 2nd AKB48 Kohaku Taikou Uta Gassen” held on December 17th of last year. Additionally, her last appearance for a …
On April 4, actors Tanaka Kei (28) and Kawahara Kazuhisa (51) appeared at a stage greeting which was held at the Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo for their popular film “Aibo Series X DAY”.
Tanaka appeared somewhat sad as this was their final stage greeting for the film and he expressed the mood with, “It is unfortunate [that this is …
It’s been revealed that SCANDAL will be collaborating with a robot to start on a project called ‘Robot・Scandal‘.
This project will send out new contents for the world from the commercial facility, ‘Grand Front Osaka’, which opens in the Umekita district in Osaka on April 26. SCANDAL will be working together with ‘Robi‘, a robot designed by Takahashi Tomotaka, to create …
