Former Johnny’s Jimusho actor Maeda Koyo (34) and former idol singer Nakamura Yuma (33) have divorced after five years of marriage. They cited career differences as the reason, but admitted things might have been different if they’d had children.
• Sports writer and former Nihon TV announcer Sekiya Ayako (38) has given birth to her first child.
• Hamasaki Ayumi (24) is to appear in a TV CM for the new Panasonic digital camera Lumix from this weekend. She will also provide the music with her single “Rainbow.”
• Her boyfriend, Nagase Tomoya (left, 24) of the boy band Tokio, is to release his second solo single under the persona of singer-songwriter Sakuraba Yuichiro. He will play his first solo gig at the end of April to mark the single launch.