<figure id="attachment_411116" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1711px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-411116"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f8e77a2f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/c72a9937498574703098a39efbeefe25.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-411116" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A café in Toba City that specializes in coffee. Attracted by the eye-catching sign, the two casually entered the shop and ordered a warm drink each.</span></figcaption></figure>
<h3><b>Aquarium Date with an Up-and-Coming Actress</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around 1 million people visit the &#8220;Toba Aquarium&#8221; (Mie Prefecture) annually, making it one of the largest aquariums in Japan. On a weekday afternoon around 4 PM in mid-January, a couple appeared at the exit, holding a paper bag from the aquarium shop.</span></p>
<p><b>&#8220;At the aquarium&#8217;s exit, there is a bar preventing people from entering from the outside. It seemed heavy, and a woman with a stroller was struggling to get through.</b></p>
<p><b>Then, a couple nearby held the bar open for her, and it turned out that the man was Ryo Katsuji (38). Since he wasn&#8217;t in disguise, it was easy to recognize him,&#8221; </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">said a witness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katsuji, known for his marriage to former AKB48 member and actress Atsuko Maeda (33) in 2018, and the birth of their son the following year, shocked many with their sudden divorce after just under three years. However, even after the divorce, photos of Katsuji spending time with his ex-wife and child, like at an amusement park, have earned them positive attention for maintaining a good relationship.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But the woman enjoying the aquarium date with Katsuji on that day, fair-skinned and slender, was not Maeda Atsuko.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the February 14th issue of “FRIDAY” and the paid version “FRIDAY GOLD” released on January 31st, details of Katsuji&#8217;s relationship with actress Kana Kita and their date are covered, along with multiple photos.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more details and to view the photos, click here ↓</span></p>
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<p>For more details and multiple photos, click here↓.</p>
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 Just after 16:00 on a weekday in mid-January, a couple appeared at the exit of Toba Aquarium. To their surprise, the man was actor Ryo Katsuji. Katsuji has been divorced from Atsuko Maeda, a former member of AKB48, for less than three years, but his date at the aquarium was...?

Ryo Katsuji Seen on Date with 11-Year-Younger Actress at Toba Aquarium Four Years After Divorce

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