It was revealed yesterday that sumo star Chiyotaikai (29) and talento Kawamura Hikaru (photo, 25) have broken up. The media first reported on their romance in the summer of 2003, and marriage was thought to be on the cards. But it seems they split up about six months ago. Kawamura made the revelation during the recording of a variety show on Sunday. She recently joined the agency Suns, set up by former Yellow Cab founder Noda Yoshiharu (59), which specializes in busty female talento. Kawamura made her debut in Playboy magazine in 1996 (yes, she would have been about 16 at the time).
• Popular guitar duo Yuzu played to more than 120,000 fans over two nights at the weekend in their hometown of Yokohama. They played the two concerts at the Nissan Stadium, built for the World Cup in 2002 and the biggest in Japan.
• Academy-award winning musician Sakamoto Ryuichi (53) is back on the road again. His first tour in ten years will take him to four venues across the country, starting with Zepp Tokyo last night. The theme for his tour is the environment, and he has been an advocate of sustainable energy for several years. His rehearsals and concerts make use of electricity created by wind or solar energy. On Wednesday, he will make his first ever in-store appearance at the Tower Records outlet in Shibuya, Tokyo.
• Rising Hollywood star Orlando Bloom (28) is to pay another visit to Japan, just three months after promoting “Kingdom of Heaven” here in the spring. “Orly” will be arriving on August 1 to promote his latest feature, “Elizabeth Town,” directed by Cameron Crowe and produced by Tom Cruise. He can expect even more than the 700 fans who turned up at Narita Airport to welcome him in April.