Actress Hirosue Ryoko (23) has formally become a Waseda University dropout. Just a few days after announcing that she was taking a sabbatical in her fifth year at the prestigious Tokyo college, her agency made it clear that she would be focusing solely on her acting career.
• Actor Kubozuka Yosuke (24) has admitted kicking a photographer last week outside the hospital where his wife had just given birth to their child. He apologized for the incident and the assault case looks likely to be dropped, but the women’s magazine that employs the photographer may seek damages from Kubozuka’s agency.