Playback ’94] YOSHIKI’s “Shocking DUI Arrest” Reveals His “L.A. Cohabitation” with Shizuka Kudo

That night was very exciting. YOSHIKI and Shizuka, in particular, were so drunk that the manager of the restaurant warned them to refrain from getting too close to each other, even in public. I even made the waiter go to the supermarket outside to buy Dom Perignon (a top-quality champagne) because the store did not have it.

In the U.S., where skinship is more common than in Japan, it is hard to imagine how sticky they must have been to be warned in a private space. The two men got so excited that they got out of their seats and left the restaurant in a Ferrari, leaving the rest of their friends behind, which led to the arrest scene.

Shizuka was reported by this magazine in December 1992 to be in love with actor Koji Matoba, but her encounter with YOSHKI goes back to before that. It seems that they got to know each other through co-starring in a TV program, and later Shizuka approached him by drawing pictures and giving them to him, and they became close. Rumors of their romance were reported in a women’s magazine about a month ago, and Shizuka’s office had denied all rumors, but this time the rumors were proven to be true.

The two were spotted here and there in Los Angeles.