Ryoko Hirosue, divorced from chef Shusaku Toba, has left him and moved abroad with her children.
The divorce was finalized and she returned to her home and made a fresh start. However, she has never met Mr. Toba, whom she supposedly loved so much. She is now envisioning a new life plan with her children.
She said, “I’m back in Japan. ……
Actress Ryoko Hirosue, 43, was 20 years old when she filmed the movie “WASABI” overseas. In an interview 17 years later, she reflected on her life back home that way.
On July 23, she announced her divorce from her husband, Candle Jun (49). She has returned to her home in Tokyo and is enjoying her private life despite her house arrest, going shopping with her mother, who came over from Kochi, and taking her children to school.
Recently, I saw him walking happily with his friends. The other day, she was greeting her neighbors in a normal way, and I got the impression that she is spending her time leisurely.
Meanwhile, Shusaku Toba, 45, with whom she is having an affair, is said to be living in Nagano Prefecture.
I hear that Mr. Toba is currently living and working with staff at an old private house restaurant that he opened as part of a village revitalization effort. Although he was criticized for serving a salmon set meal that costs 3,000 yen, he seems to be doing better than he was at one time, as his lunch menu is sometimes filled with reservations.
The amount of compensation Mr. Toba has been saddled with as a result of the recent affair is said to be over 500 million yen, which is rumored to be more than that of Hirosue. Mr. Toba originally made a name for himself with his French restaurant, but now it seems that he is just trying to earn his daily bread at his old private house restaurant.
He says, “I think I was good at making money all at once by developing multiple businesses as a celebrity chef, instead of steadily gathering customers by having them eat my food. But because of that, I didn’t get regular customers who were enthusiastic enough to want to eat Toba-san’s cuisine every day. If he had such fans, he could have remained at the forefront of French cuisine even after what happened this time. ……” (a business associate who knows Mr. Toba)
Furthermore, in the event of a divorce, his own wife may demand alimony for the affair. Mr. Toba’s chance for a comeback lies overseas.
