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It's a girl!! Second child for Hasegawa Kyoko, Shindo Haruichi

well well well, look what i missed!
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Kyoko Hasegawa to star in FujiTV special

Hasegawa Kyoko will be starring in the FujiTV drama SP "Natsu no Owari ni, Koi wo Shita" (Fell in love at the end of summer) which will be shown at 11pm on 26 September. This is the first drama which has a tie-up with luxury brand Tiffany and will be shot entirely in New York. The love comedy which is written by Kitagawa Eriko, will be Hasegawa's first drama in a leading role since TV Asahi's "Angel Bank" in 2010. Hasegawa's romantic interest in this SP will be played by Kudo Asuka. The two of them had appeared in the NHK Taiga "Yae no Sakura" as Yae's sister-in-law and Yae's younger brother so this will be the second time they are working together.

Hasegawa will play the role of Chikage, a woman who is around the age of 40 years old and gets dumped by Tomonori (Tanihara Shosuke), her boyfriend of 5 years, who is going to marry a younger woman Nanami (Nanao). When she hears that Tomonori and Nanami are heading to New York for their honeymoon, she tails them there and accidentally comes to know Shunpei (Kudo Asuka), a Japanese studying there. Chikage and Shunpei then end up falling in love but the day of her return to Japan is approaching soon...

Source: Sanspo

Kyoko Hasegawa to appear in TBS drama "Watashi kekkon dekinainjanakute, shinain desu"

Hasegawa Kyoko will be appearing in the TBS Spring 2016 drama "Watashi kekkon dekinainjanakute, shinain desu" which will begin its run from 15 April in the Fridays 10pm timeslot. The drama features Nakatani Miki as the director of a beauty clinic who thinks that she can get married at any time but later meets a restaurant owner played by Fujiki Naohito who points out that she can't get married because of her faults, not because she chose not to. Despite his harsh character who doesn't mince his words, he has a wife (Hasegawa) who is a flower coordinator and he can't hold his head high in front of her at all . Hasegawa will appear from the 4th episode which is due to be shown on 6 May.

Hasegawa said that she has always wanted to work with Nakatani and was impressed with how the script pointed out things which would interest women of her age group in such a frank manner. In addition, she found it easy to chat with Nakatani during their filming breaks that they were so engrossed until they couldn't concentrate on the actual filming. As for Fujiki, she added that right from the first day they met, they had to film scenes where she was lecturing him but he always managed to respond with ease thus she found it easy to work with him.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi

Kyoko Hasegawa has her own YouTube channel now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsEiDRsWD5DrMami9va1UA

Kyoko Hasegawa and Haruichi Shindo divorce

Kyoko Hasegawa and Haruichi Shindo have announced their divorce.

In a joint statement, the couple said, "At this time, Shindo Haruichi and Hasegawa Kyoko would like to announce that we have gotten divorced. As we spent our days together, we started thinking of new family dynamics due to the differences in our lifestyles and values."

Shindo and Hasegawa had been talking about getting a divorce for several years. After being separated for a year and careful consideration, they felt it would be best if they went ended their marriage. "Since getting married in 2008, the 13 years of marriage is an irreplaceable and important thing to our family. We are extremely grateful to everyone for watching our growth over the years," they expressed.

Finally, they stated, "Our respect for each other as expressive individuals and human beings will not change. Moreover, we will do our best to work together as parents of our irreplaceable children. We ask that you continue to watch over us warmly."

Shindo and Hasegawa tied the knot on October 23, 2008. They had a son in May of 2009, then a daughter in January of 2012.