Actress/talento You (41) has divorced her younger husband to shack up with an even younger dancer. It was revealed in this week’s issue of the magazine Friday that You and her second husband, actor and former model Matsuoka Shunsuke (34), have divorced and that she is now involved with Atsushi (28), a dancer with popular rock/hip hop band Dragon Ash. You, who starred in the recent acclaimed movie “Dare Mo Shiranai” (Nobody Knows), started out as the vocalist of rock band Fairchild. With her quick wit and acid tongue, she made a name for herself on the variety show circuit. She married Tezuka Atsushi (40), guitarist of the band Privates, in 1991, and they divorced in 1997. She maried Matsuoka the same year and they had one child.
• Sexy singer Koda Kumi (23) has taken the Artist of the Year at the 20th Japan Gold Disk Awards. The award is based on sales, of which Koda racked up a whopping 3.55 million copies in the last year. She can put the award alongside several others, including last year’s Song of the Year. And with this week’s release of her second hits album, “BEST – Second Session”, she looks set to achieve another million seller.
• Semi-retired singer/actress Nishida Hikaru (33) revealed yesterday that she is four months pregnant. She made the happy announcement on the pre-recorded Akashiya Sanma-hosted variety show that airs March 14. Nishida married 36-year old E-san, who works for a trading company, in May 2002. At first they lived in California but now spend most of their time in Japan.