Kika Fujiwara’s renewed popularity as an actress Hiroko Mita’s stock rose after her affair with Shikan Nakamura… The “pecking order and popularity” of the wives of the narien (pear orchard)

As for me, I have married into Narikomaya, and as a wife and mother of three sons, I intend to continue to support the family Kabuki business to the best of my ability. I would appreciate your kind understanding.

In early March, Shukan Post (April 12-19, 2012 issue) reported the fourth affair of Nakamura Shikan VIII, 58, a kabuki actor. It is said that he was driving his own car with his adulterous partner in the passenger seat, heading to an apartment in Atami that the woman rented. In response to this report, Shawan’s wife, Hiroko Mita (58), made the following comment to the magazine.

She said, “This is the fourth time Shikan-san’s infidelity has been reported. If you include the ones that are not publicly known, you can find them at ……. Shawan’s “playful” habits have been well-known since he was young, so it seems that no one in the pears garden is concerned about it. It has been two years since they separated, and I think Mita herself feels that she is not the “wife of Nashien” but the “mother of Nashien” to her three future sons.

Even so, Mita is the wife of Shikan, who stands at the top of the prestigious Narikomaya and Nakamuraya kabuki families, both in name and reality. Her presence is always in the spotlight, so much so that a few years ago there was an article reporting that she was “the next generation of dons among wives in the nashien theater.

Another “Nashien wife” who has always stood out is Norika Fujiwara (52), who wore kimono to the April Grand Kabuki performance at the Kabuki-za Theater (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) until April 26, for her husband Ainosuke Kataoka (52), who was performing in the show from day one. She went to the theater. She is also putting effort into her entertainment activities.

In the January drama “Divorce No Otoko” (TV Asahi), she played a mysterious beautiful woman who boldly showed off her beautiful legs while wearing only a white shirt with her breasts wide open, and the audience loved her outspoken performance. Laugh and Correct! (Nippon Television Network Corporation), she appeared in “Hanami Hashigo-Tabi,” in which she and Shinji Takeda (51) go to the Sumida River to view cherry blossoms. Her light-hearted talk and quick wit on location were well-received.

So, what do the “wives of Rien” think of Kika?