Tao Tsuchiya announces her marriage and pregnancy.

As we were preparing for our marriage with advice from our seniors in order to carry our bond into the future, we noticed a new life sprouting to walk with us.”

Early in the New Year, actress Tao Tsuchiya (27) announced her marriage and pregnancy to Ryota Katayose (28), a member of “GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE. The report by the nationally known actress was met with a wave of congratulations from all over Japan.

Tsuchiya attracted attention when she won the heroine’s role in NHK’s morning TV series “Mare,” for which more than 2,000 people applied. Since then, she has steadily risen to stardom, hosting the “Japan Record Awards” (TBS) for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007, and in 2008, her Netflix-produced drama “Alice in Imaginary Land” was distributed simultaneously worldwide.

Tsuchiya and Katayose started dating when they co-starred in the 2017 film “My Brother Loves Me Too Much,” which was released in 2017. The fact that they were in a top-secret relationship was a big surprise, but it seems that was not the only reason for the sudden announcement. A source in the entertainment industry said, “Of course, there were weekly magazines and sports papers.

Of course, there was a countermeasure to avoid being scooped by weekly magazines and sports papers. However, Ms. Tsuchiya also had a strong desire to announce her own celebrations in her own time. In the background, there was no small amount of dissatisfaction with the office. The office to which Ms. Tsuchiya belongs has many young actors such as Ms. Kuroshima (Yuna, 25), who was the heroine in last year’s morning drama “Chimudo-don” (NHK), and Ms. Mori (Nana Mori, 21).

All of them are desperate to promote the next generation, but the tendency to focus on Ms. Kuroshima and Ms. Mori in particular did not give her a good impression, as she takes pride in having led the company up to now. It is said that she sometimes complained to her drama co-stars and staff, and that this incident may have been her way of expressing her feelings toward the office.

In fact, Tsuchiya had been the commercial character for “Yukimi Dakufu” for many years since 2003, but Mori has been the commercial character since 2009. A source in the entertainment industry, who prefaces his comment with the statement, “At this point, it is highly unlikely,” also makes a prediction about the future of the company.

If she goes on maternity leave, she will be out of work for a year. The focus will be on how Ms. Tsuchiya will resume her activities after her return. The default is for Ms. Tsuchiya to remain with her current firm, but if she so desires, it is conceivable that she could work mainly with a private firm in the future. In fact, in May 2008, Ms. Tsuchiya herself launched a company of which she is the representative director. If LDH, to which Ms. Katayose is affiliated, were to provide support in the form of a business alliance or the like, it would be even more perfect. However, it is also true that Ms. Tsuchiya owes a debt of gratitude to LDH for raising her. I hope she will find a satisfactory answer after discussing it with her family and the office.

While work is important, Tsuchiya is also preparing for childbirth and childcare. Whatever decision she makes, I hope she will put herself first.