Kabuki actor and “living national treasure” Nakamura Tomijuro looks set to break a showbiz record. His wife Masae (40) is expecting their second child in August and is hoping the baby will wait until after her father’s 74th birthday that month. The record is currently held by the late actor Uehara Ken who became a dad at 71.
• Taking over from presenter Tokunaga Yumi (27) at the Super Morning wide show will be Akae Tamao (photo, 28). Tokunaga recently announced on the air that she was quitting the show following the revelation of her affair with comedian Uchimura Teruyoshi (38) of the duo U-chan Nan-chan.
• It’s been revealed that Kaneko Noboru (28) who plays super hero Gao Ranger Red married last November and is the father of a baby girl. Actors who play the young super heroes are popular with young boys but even more so with their mothers. So this announcement will be a shock to some housewives.