Actress Washio Isako (35) has given birth to her second child. She and actor Nakamura Toru (38) already have a five-year old daughter. Nakamura is currently in rehearsals for a stage production to start next month. Washio regularly appears in TV commercials and magazines and plans to continue her career.
• Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke (64) has had to drop out of an Osaka production due to start next week for medical reasons. His part will be taken by Ichikawa Danjiro (35). Ennosuke was diagnosed late last year with a brain aneurism during a run at a Fukuoka theater and hospitalized for a month.