<figure id="attachment_217543" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217543"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f4c46d14"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/a1f9c3d3c94f5a59e609237bc0a86657.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217543" class="wp-caption-text">After 10 years of dating, they entered into marriage after co-starring in a drama in which Harada made his acting debut. He is now a father of two.</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong> My foundation is rock and roll. I aim to be a couple like John and Yoko!</strong></p>
<p>That&#8217;s what actor Ryuji Harada, 51, declared in his dignified montsuki hakama. In May 2007, his affair with two women came to light in a report in a weekly magazine. At that time, his wife, Ai (48), said, &#8220;Harada, you&#8217;re out! Harada is out!</p>
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<p>Two and a half years have passed since the report of the affair. The Harada&#8217;s celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary this year and held a Shinto wedding ceremony at Kodansha (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) on November 22, &#8220;Good Couple&#8217;s Day,&#8221; to commemorate the release of Ai&#8217;s book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3r4HiLL" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&#8220;Why We Won&#8217;t Part</a>.</p>
<p><strong> We got married in December 2001, but we didn&#8217;t have a ceremony or exchange rings, just took wedding photos. This time, they wanted to celebrate 20 years of marriage and at the same time help promote Ai&#8217;s book,&#8221; said an entertainment reporter from a sports newspaper.</strong></p>
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<p>At the press conference after the ceremony, Harada showed her newly exchanged wedding ring and said, &#8220;It&#8217;s not that I didn&#8217;t want to wear a ring, you know? He laughed. In his book, Ai wrote about why she loved her husband even though he was having an affair, and when Harada read the book, he thanked his wife again and cried. When asked by the press, &#8220;Are there any &#8216;disturbing developments&#8217; at the moment? Harada replied, &#8220;There is no such thing as being photographed by a weekly magazine anymore! He assured them.</p>
<p>Harada&#8217;s character as a naked man is now firmly established at work. I hope he will continue to push forward in his private life without any clothes on to gain the trust of his family!</p>
<figure id="attachment_217545" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217545"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="98d6fa29"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/d4d3a32ad3785223ae0881e6c5ec7e5f.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217545" class="wp-caption-text">In October &#8217;18, before the affair was reported, Harada published a digital photo book on the theme of infidelity. She held a &#8220;bathtub press conference&#8221; at Kodansha.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_217546" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217546"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e42d0c5a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/NKMR7671.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217546" class="wp-caption-text">Ryuji Harada: &#8220;We aim to be a couple like John and Yoko! Celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary!</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_217547" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217547"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d3c4f666"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/NKMR7803.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217547" class="wp-caption-text">Unpublished cut from this magazine: Ryuji Harada &#8220;We&#8217;re going to become a couple like John and Yoko! Celebrating 20 years of marriage!</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_217548" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217548"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="cd83036a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/NKMR7876.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217548" class="wp-caption-text">Unpublished cut from this issue: Ryuji Harada &#8220;We aim to be a couple like John and Yoko! Celebrating 20 years of marriage!</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_217549" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-217549"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0caf510e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/NKMR8996.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-217549" class="wp-caption-text">Unpublished cut from this issue: Ryuji Harada &#8220;We aim to be a couple like John and Yoko! Celebrating 20 years of marriage!</figcaption></figure>
<p>From the December 10, 2021 issue of FRIDAY</p>


 Kazuhiko Nakamura (wedding photos), Yuki Matsui

 Two and a half years have passed since the news of actor Ryuji Harada's infidelity. The couple celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on November 22, "Good Couple's Day," and held a Shinto wedding ceremony to commemorate the release of his wife Ai's book, "Why We Won't Part.

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