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Popular hip hop unit Kick The Can Crew played their final gig on Sunday. The three-man group performed 23 songs for 3,100 fans to finish off their last national tour at an outdoor venue in Hibiya, central Tokyo. Leader Kreva (28) and his cohorts Little and MCU announced that they will each pursue solo careers.
• Nagase Masatoshi (photo, 37) appeared at a Shinjuku theater for the opening of his latest movie “Loved Gun”, but the media were more interested in developments with his private life. Nagase seemed a bit at a loss for words when facing the standing-room only audience. He divorced actress Koizumi Kyoko (38) in February and was later connected with singer Nakashima Mika (21).
• Yomiuri TV announcer Miura Takashi (35) is engaged to marry television production company employee Murakawa Takako (34) at the end of this month. Miura was previously married for two years until the end of 2001.