A big wedding announcement yesterday – comedian Uchimura Teruyoshi (40) gave a press conference to say he is engaged to TV Asahi announcer Tokunaga Yumi (29). Uchimura, better known as Uchan of the comedy duo Uchan Nanchan, has long been considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the geinoh (showbiz) world. He has been romantically linked with several announcers, but it looks like he’s finally going to settle down, like comedy partner Nanbara Kiyotaka (40) did 13 years ago. Tokunaga divorced in September 2003, five months after the scandal of an affair with Uchimura forced her to step down from several regular TV spots. She will quit TV Asahi on April 8 and the couple will marry sometime after that.
• Kurosawa Kiyoshi (50) is one of the directors who have made a series of horror movies based on 6 comics by manga-ka Umezu Kazuo (68). Kurosawa’s “Mushitachi no Ie” will go on sale at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Another in the series is “Zesshoku” (Fasting) by “Ringu” scriptwriter Takahashi Hiroshi.