Joshima Shigeru (33), leader of the Johnny’s pop group Tokio, has been romantically linked with model Kosaka Hitomi (26). The former “race queen” is this year’s campaign girl for a French lingerie maker. It seems that Kojima jumped straight from his previous relationship with model Morishita Satomi (32) for a younger “model”. As usual, Johnny’s gave the media the expected denial of any romantic involvement despite pictures in the women’s magazine Shukan Josei.
• TV personality Sonomama Higashi (46) has graduated with honours from the Lit. department of the prestigious Waseda University. From April he will study politics at the same school.