Actress Henmi Emiri (29) and comedian Kimura Yuichi (43) held their wedding ceremony and reception at a Kyoto hotel yesterday. The “at home” style wedding was attended by about 60 people, and other than immediate family almost everyone was in showbusiness. Hardly surprising as Emiri is the daughter of actor Saigo Teruhiko (59) and singer/talento Henmi Mari (55), who divorced 25 years ago, and “Kimuni” is a veteran of the Yoshimoto Kogyo talent agency. Emcee for the reception was Yoshimoto member Imada Koji.
• Yoshida Asami (31), the former wife of musician/producer Komuro Tetsuya (47), was admitted to hospital on Saturday, according to her official blog. The website didn’t give details, simply saying that her condition was not serious, but adding that an event planned for this Friday has been cancelled. The singer/dancer married Komuro, her musical partner in the duo Kiss Destination, in May 2001. They had a daughter but were already divorced by March 2002.
• In baseball, Hanshin Tigers star Kanemoto Tomoaki played his 904th consecutive full game yesterday, breaking the world record held by Cal Ripken. The player known as “Aniki” started his run while with the Hiroshima Carp and has managed to maintain a batting avergae of over .300 during that time. He has sometimes played through injuries, even going the full nine innings and getting a one-handed hit the day after having his wrist broken by a pitch in 2004.