<p>Who could have predicted that Maika Yamamoto (27) and Kentaro Ito (27) would break up just a few months later? The couple started dating in 1919, but their relationship was reported to have broken up once in October 2008 due to a hit-and-run incident that Ito caused. Still, they nurtured their love in secret. They seemed very happy in their appearance. &#8230;&#8230;.&#8217; We look back based on an article we distributed on February 1, 2012.</p>
<figure id="attachment_406160" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406160" style="width: 1622px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0fedf921"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/12/f8958d600e7735e8ba5a30caed0f6b7c.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406160" class="wp-caption-text"> Ito (left) and Yamamoto go out for Chinese food late at night in their loungewear in a daze. This move, was exactly like a live-in couple</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Without any disguise at all.</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> They asked, &#8220;Could you take a picture with us?&#8221;</span></p>
<p> The young man, who looked twice involuntarily after passing by, came back in a hurry.</p>
<p> It was a night in January 2012. Kentaro Ito stood out so much in the neon district of Shibuya Ward that he was photographed, standing nearly 180 cm tall and wearing no disguises such as sunglasses or masks. Maika Yamamoto watched him from a distance, smiling.</p>
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<p> When the photo session suddenly began in a back alley, Yamamoto went to a nearby Don Quijote. After killing some time in the store, she met up with Ito, who had finished filming. They went into a Chinese chain that was also overflowing with customers.</p>
<p> Yamamoto also took off his mask in the restaurant, and when his acquaintance joined them about 10 minutes later, the two popular actors were chatting about their real faces in the cramped restaurant, where they almost bumped into the customers sitting next to them.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Ito was a star in the hit &#8220;From Today I Am! (NTV), which became a big hit in 2006, and he got his big break in the NHK TV series &#8220;Scarlett&#8221; in the second half of 2007. Yamamoto and Ito co-starred in the &#8220;From Today I Am! The Movie,&#8221; which was released in 2008.</span></p>
<p> Ito said, &#8220;I want to go out with the person I like and get married.</p>
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<h2>Ito even mentioned marriage.</h2>
<p> Early in the year that this film version of &#8220;Today I&#8217;m! was released in the beginning of the same year, but in the fall of the same year, an ordeal awaited them.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Ito was driving his own car when he collided with a motorcycle. Ito was arrested on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Law after leaving the scene. Although the charges were later dropped, he was forced to cancel his scheduled stage performances and TV dramas, and was placed in a state of self-imposed inactivity. His girlfriend Yamamoto tried to support him, but they broke up once in 2009.</span></p>
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<p> In October 2009, Ito returned to acting in a stage production of &#8220;SOUFUL SOUL,&#8221; in which he starred, and in 2010 he starred in the film &#8220;Fuyu Soubi&#8221; (Winter Rose). In 2010, she starred in the film &#8220;Fuyu Soubi&#8221; (Winter Rose). She was busy with dramas and movies.</p>
<p> However, in January 2010, &#8220;Shukan Bunshun&#8221; scooped a Disney date between Yamamoto and Hiro (30), vocalist of the rock band &#8220;MY FIRST SRORY. It was reported that they were &#8220;in a close relationship,&#8221; and it seemed that Yamamoto and Ito had gone their separate ways, but they were secretly nurturing their love in this way.</p>
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<p> The two returned home together to their Tokyo apartment in an SUV with Yamamoto at the wheel. In fact, it was at this apartment that their agency&#8217;s courtesy car dropped them off and where they went out together and returned home. As far as this magazine could tell, they were living together in this apartment.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In 2011, Bunshun again reported on Ito and Yamamoto&#8217;s date, and there was a bit of a commotion among fans as to who was the real love of their lives, Hiro or Yamamoto. In fact, Yamamoto categorically denied dating Hiro, saying they were &#8220;friends&#8221; and &#8220;went to Disney together. As for Ito, he stated that they are &#8220;good friends&#8221; and that he &#8220;wants to support her.</span></p>
<p> When asked about her love life at an event, Yamamoto said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going out with someone I like.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> When asked about her love life at an event, Yamamoto said, &#8220;I want to go out with someone I like and get married.</span></p>
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<h2>They broke up in the spring of &#8217;24</h2>
<p> On July 10, 2012, &#8220;SmartFLASH&#8221; reported that the couple broke up in the spring of the same year. In response to this, Sports Hochi interviewed acquaintances of the couple, and found that they had ended their relationship of more than four and a half years in a mutually satisfactory manner. This alone was a surprise, but what caused even more of a stir was the sudden announcement of Yamamoto&#8217;s marriage to Hiro.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> On October 13, Yamamoto and Hiro simultaneously announced their marriage on their respective social networking sites. They continued to post a large number of lovey-dovey pictures of the two of them hugging, putting their foreheads and cheeks together, and kissing each other on the nose. This was met with a flurry of comments on SNS from both sides of the issue, such as &#8220;too clean, too cool,&#8221; and &#8220;why are you showing off your happiness too much?</span></p>
<p> Yamamoto first appeared in the 8th week (from November 19, 2012) of the NHK television series &#8220;Omusubi,&#8221; and has been praised for his powerful performance. Ito, on the other hand, also made his first appearance in the NHK historical drama &#8220;Hikaru Kimi e&#8221; broadcast on September 29. He played a young warrior and showed his presence until the final episode.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In November &#8217;24, Ito was transferred to the entertainment agency &#8220;Trastone Entertainment,&#8221; which is headed by actor Shun Oguri (41).&#8217; In January &#8217;25, Ito will begin &#8220;Mikoi: Kakurebokuchitachi&#8221; (Kansai Television), which will be his first starring role in a terrestrial drama series on his own.&#8217; The 25th year is going to be a fulfilling year for him as an actor,&#8221; said a reporter.</span></p>
<p> Yamamoto is happily married and Ito is leading a fulfilling life as an actor. The 25th year will surely be a wonderful year for both of them.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_354998" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-354998" style="width: 1385px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="19b1d426"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/01/1c538bfff1ac9b5cda801092fbb96754.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-354998" class="wp-caption-text">On their way to the Chinese chain, they passed a number of businessmen and students, but their hands remained clasped in a tight lover&#8217;s embrace!</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_354999" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-354999" style="width: 2248px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0328ac5f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/01/5670879e3c1728642da53bae7cdbd63d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-354999" class="wp-caption-text"> Ito&#8217;s amusing talk with gestures blows me away. They seemed to be enjoying themselves while eating and on the road.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_355002" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-355002" style="width: 2500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="62c9b493"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/01/b3e2c807b63bdf3a3fc5af51c47c5f2e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-355002" class="wp-caption-text"> They looked like a newlywed couple.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_355004" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-355004" style="width: 1443px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f97c57ed"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/01/c5dc280d4d650c5cb6a6fd8f568d7975.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-355004" class="wp-caption-text"> They really seem to be enjoying what they are talking about</figcaption></figure>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" SNS image of Maika Yamamoto and Hiro when they announced their marriage"></div>
<figure id="attachment_406179" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406179" style="width: 1166px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="08207679"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/0336d7ce4d9d2d530eb0ed0fe9438442.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406179" class="wp-caption-text">Maika Yamamoto&#8217;s image at the time of her marriage announcement (from her Instagram @yamamotomaika_official)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_406180" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406180" style="width: 1168px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2735fc81"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/140d8eda30f5a96ae604b1b36584aee1.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406180" class="wp-caption-text"> Maika Yamamoto and Hiro&#8217;s lovey-dovey attitude (from her Instagram @yamamamotomaika_official)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_406181" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406181" style="width: 1164px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="af2dabf4"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/d11e06eced241e87792210811901176a.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406181" class="wp-caption-text"> Maika Yamamoto and Hiro, who can&#8217;t stop showing off their love for each other (from her Instagram @yamamotomaika_official)</figcaption></figure>


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