Twenty-nine years after the uproar immediately following her engagement press conference in ’95… Images of Towako Kimishima, a beautiful witch who “doesn’t age too well”.

‘Another step up the stairway to kanreki!’

Former actress and beautician Towako Kimishima updated her Instagram on June 5, reporting that she had celebrated her 58th birthday. She reported that she was on a business trip to London and France, and posted a picture of her staring at a candlelit whole cake with an old European building in the background. Fans who saw the post praised her, commenting that she was “too old for any amount of money,” and that “Towako-san, who raises the image of beauty and kanreki for Japanese women, is a national treasure.

In 1986, as Towako Yoshikawa, she became an exclusive model for the women’s fashion magazine “JJ” and gained popularity. She is also known as a collector of luxury brand shoes “Ferragamo” and is sometimes called the “Queen of Ferragamo. She later became an actress, but retired from show business in 1995 when she announced her marriage to fashion designer Akira Kimijima (now renamed Takayuki Kimijima), the bastard son of Ichiro Kimijima, a fashion designer known for his “KIMIJIMA” brand.

However, shortly before that, an illegitimate child born to Akira and another woman was discovered. This triggered a feud between the brothers that also surfaced. In July of the following year, Ichiro passed away suddenly, and an inheritance dispute worth as much as 5 billion yen broke out. The following July, Ichiro passed away suddenly, and an inheritance dispute worth as much as 5 billion yen broke out. We were hounded by the media day after day,” said an editor of a fashion magazine.

FRIDAY” focuses on Towako Kimishima, who has come into the spotlight as a popular actress. The magazine interviewed her and her husband Akira, who had been involved in the Kimishima family turmoil since their engagement press conference, and appeared in the media with them day after day. We would like to look back on those days with images of the two of them.

I hope we can get through this together.”

The two sitting side by side in front of a gold folding screen.

Towako Yoshikawa and Akira Kimishima announced their engagement on December 6, 1995. Mr. Kimishima spoke of the 3.5-carat diamond ring he had given to Kikkawa, saying that it had been in the Kimishima family for generations, worn by his mother, and Kikkawa was all smiles with happiness. Ichiro’s wife, however, was furious. His eldest son appeared on a wide-ranging TV show and revealed that Akira was not his wife’s child, but a child born out of wedlock.