Pop duo Puffy will play four shows in Japan in June and tour the US east coast in the autumn. They recently played to 2,000 fans at the legendary Fillmore in San Fransisco on April 27, rounding off their US concert tour, “Hi! Hi! Puffy AmiYumi Rock Show — Go West!!” The duo, Yoshimura Yumi (30) and Ohnuki Ami (31), went to see a SF Giants baseball game the night before the gig and were introduced on the big screen. the following night, they appeared on the popular late-night network show Jimmy Kimmel Live.
• We reported here about the wedding announcement of kabuki and movie actor Nakamura Shido (32) and actress Takeuchi Yuko (25), mentioning that Takeuchi was not pregnant. Well, it turns out she is. Nakamura gave a press conference yesterday at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo’s Ginza. The always ebullient Shido was unusually nervous in front of about 100 media reporters. He said they had decided to register their marriage in June and hoped to have a wedding ceremony within the year. He also revealed that Takeuchi is three months pregnant.
• It was revealed yesterday that comedian Uchimura Teruyoshi (40) and former TV Asahi announced Tokunaga Yumi (29) got married on April 23. According to Uchimura’s agency, the Amagaseki train crash on the morning of April 25, which caused 107 deaths, made the couple decide to delay the announcement of their marriage.