Kyoko Koizumi is expected to play the leading role in Gekkan 9 for the first time in 30 years.

Background of his “full recovery” before his 60th birthday

At the end of January 2006, Ms. Koizumi became independent from the major agency to which she had belonged since her debut. At that time, she proudly declared her relationship with actor Kosuke Toyohara, 59, with whom she was still having an affair at the time. In 2008, Mr. Toyohara’s divorce was finalized.

Koizumi was once known as one of the best drinkers in the entertainment industry, with countless stories of his barroom saga. In a recent interview, however, he revealed that instead of forcibly abstaining from alcohol, he has adopted a lifestyle called “sobercurious,” in which he lives a happy and healthy life without drinking, and is leading a full and fulfilling life.

From the summer of ’18, she saved her acting and singing career for about two years. She has been working behind the scenes, producing a stage production in which Ms. Toyohara plays the lead role, but she is now working hard, perhaps because she has reevaluated her relationship with alcohol. He has made a full recovery before his 60th birthday next year.

In the movies released last year, he gave good performances in “Goban Zanri,” “Umi no Silence,” and “Muroi Shinji: Ikitsukumonotsu Mono” (Shinji Muroi: The One Who Lives on and On). Last month, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 67th Blue Ribbon Awards, which were selected by the movie journalists of the seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers.

Koizumi was modest about her feelings when she learned of the award, saying, “I was more anxious about whether I had done such a good job,” but she has been remarkably active in recent years, as seen in her drama “Danchi no Futari” (NHK BS), in which she starred opposite Satomi Kobayashi (59) last year.

Fuji is in a difficult situation, but Koizumi is expected to give a masterful performance in the Tsuki 9 slot, which he returns to after a 30-year absence.

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