During the divorce settlement with his wife Saeko, Darvish was training in Miyazaki with Miho Koga (then 28), a professional golfer at the time. Darvish had refuted an article in “Shukan Josei” (Weekly Women) that reported rumors of the two just prior to this, but this magazine captured the two spending the night together in Miyazaki (February 4, 2011 issue).