TV personality Degawa Tetsuro (39) has found himself a girlfriend. For a guy voted the last two years as the “man women would least like to sleep with”, that’s quite a feat. And what’s more, she’s a model, 15 years younger and 8cm taller than him. He is said to have been dating 24-year old Abe Ruriko, recently chosen as a Race Queen, since being introduced by a “kohai” (junior) at his talent agency last July.
• The latest “unit” to come from the Hello! Project factory that brought us the ever-changing Morning Musume has an average age of just 11. “Aa” consists of one MM member, Tanaka Reina (13), and a couple of elementary school kids. They’re set to release their debut single at the end of October.