<figure id="attachment_433652" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433652" style="width: 1617px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9cf098cd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/f90937da51800899606d76f3ac570e39.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433652" class="wp-caption-text">Murakami (center) returns to Tokyo on the last flight home from Kushiro, Hokkaido, a little after 10 p.m. on July 20; Ako (right) is one step ahead of him.</figcaption></figure>
<h2> More like a &#8220;mature couple&#8221; than a couple</h2>
<p> On July 20, the middle day of a three-day weekend, the arrival lobby of Haneda Airport Terminal 1 was crowded with travelers enjoying a domestic trip.</p>
<p> A flight from Kushiro Airport arrived a little after 10 pm. Families and students, who had spent the weekend in the summer resort of Hokkaido to escape the blistering midsummer sun, emerged from the arrival gates one after another with souvenirs in hand.</p>
<p> Among them, there was one woman who stood out from the crowd.</p>
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<p> She was wearing a long black one-piece dress with a bold opening at the bust, her shiny black hair blowing in the wind, and her skin pure white. She looked like an exotic version of Mitsuki Takahata (33).</p>
<p> A man in disguise, wearing a bucket hat, glasses, and a mask, followed right behind her.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The cab stand is that way!</span></p>
<p> The beautiful woman pointed to the taxi stand, and the two men walked toward it, exchanging words with each other.</p>
<p> They looked more like a married couple who had been together for many years than a first-time couple.</p>
<p> When they arrived at the cab stand, she said, &#8220;It&#8217;s too hot, take off your clothes,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It&#8217;s too hot, so take off your clothes.</span></p>
<p> She helped him take off his jacket, as if to say, &#8220;It&#8217;s too hot, so take it off.</p>
<p> No one noticed that he was Shingo Murakami, 43, of &#8220;Super Eight&#8221; fame, standing in line with his girlfriend waiting for a cab to take them home after their trip.</p>
<figure id="attachment_433653" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433653" style="width: 1800px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="cede071e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/18da5637ab34dcffac06ca17fa59e70a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433653" class="wp-caption-text"> After leaving the arrival lobby, the two moved directly to the cab stand. While waiting for an empty car, Ako helps Murakami organize his luggage.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_433654" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433654" style="width: 1789px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ffc3d53b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/5903c76b087231e3323122499c1984d8.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433654" class="wp-caption-text"> It was a midsummer&#8217;s day in Tokyo, and Ako took off Murakami&#8217;s T-shirt and put it in his bag.</figcaption></figure>
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<h2>Living together in a super-luxury apartment</h2>
<p> Three weeks earlier, Murakami was interviewed by Osamu Hayashi (59) in a suit and tie on &#8220;Sunday&#8217;s Hajimimimimi Gaku&#8221; (TBS). The theme of the interview was &#8220;Idol-Salaryman Dual Talent.</p>
<p> In April 2011, Murakami joined an agricultural venture company, NOUTAS. Murakami, who is busy as the leader of a project to develop new grape varieties and was appointed as the company&#8217;s director in June of this year, did not have time to go to the studio, so he appeared remotely from a conference room.</p>
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<p> Murakami talked business for about 20 minutes, explaining his aim of developing &#8220;AI Shingo&#8221; with 100% self-investment and how he published his first book, &#8220;Hanbunron&#8221; (half theory) (Gentosha). He was at Haneda Airport Terminal 1 when the program went on the air.</p>
<p> Murakami had returned to Tokyo on the last flight from Ishigaki Island, dressed in a T-shirt, shorts, and sandals in a tropical style. A well-dressed gentleman wearing an &#8220;Orion Beer&#8221; T-shirt, who appeared to be an acquaintance, was walking right next to him.</p>
<p> Leading the way was the beautiful woman in question, wearing an open-breasted black camisole, her skin pure white, and her black hair blowing in the wind.</p>
<p> According to Murakami&#8217;s acquaintance, she was his &#8220;private partner.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She is an ordinary woman in her late 20s. I heard that they met through a TV show Shingo was on and started dating. He has had affairs with a number of celebrities, including Erika Toda (36) and Ruriko Kojima (31), but Shingo is now over 40. He must have started to be attracted to family-oriented girls. They must be living together in his apartment, where the rent is 3-4 million yen.</span></p>
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<p> It must mean that Murakami trusts Ako enough to go to Ishigaki Island with three other men of his acquaintance.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Shingo is always &#8220;Ako first. He seems to value her wishes in both socializing and work. I think he is considering marriage as well.</span></p>
<p> Let&#8217;s return to the scene at the beginning of this article.</p>
<p> They arrived at the cab stand led by Ms. A, waited for about 5 minutes, picked up an empty car, and went straight back to their high-class condominium with a rent of &#8220;3-4 million yen.</p>
<p> Do you live together with Ms. A?　Are there any plans to get married? 　By the deadline, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, to which he belongs, had not responded.</p>
<p> However, Murakami&#8217;s business activities over the past few years and the smiles on his vacation trips home eloquently demonstrate that the two are important partners in both their public and private lives.</p>
<figure id="attachment_433656" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433656" style="width: 1988px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="09d5de7a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/26a57c3ad99b092efe1ae7e4ec0ca9e9.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433656" class="wp-caption-text"> Straight from Haneda Airport to the &#8220;love nest! After returning from Kushiro, they took a cab to an ultra-luxury apartment in Tokyo, with Ako and Murakami taking turns to go inside.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_433655" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433655" style="width: 3084px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="a58b12fa"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/166cbf010a2d301694c05a9307704e02.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433655" class="wp-caption-text"> This is Murakami and his party on their last flight back from Ishigaki Island in late June. Ako (left) led the way.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_433657" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433657" style="width: 1816px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="78489dc7"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/76043c7e3da92f7dd45ca33ab4a77d7c.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433657" class="wp-caption-text"> Shingo Murakami and SUPER EIGHT &#8220;To Hokkaido and Okinawa&#8221; on a summer vacation with his girlfriend in her 20s.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_433658" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433658" style="width: 1392px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="fa659a1a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/94db28085492778f0eb457deb4ae9a97.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433658" class="wp-caption-text"> Shingo Murakami and SUPER EIGHT &#8220;To Hokkaido and Okinawa,&#8221; a summer vacation with his 20-something girlfriend</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_433659" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-433659" style="width: 1110px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="29acc7bf"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/025dec542595f54a2a65d0b9507bfbd7.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-433659" class="wp-caption-text"> Shingo Murakami and SUPER EIGHT &#8220;To Hokkaido and Okinawa&#8221; Summer Vacation with 20-somethings</figcaption></figure>
<p> From the August 8 and 15, 2025 issue of FRIDAY</p>


 Ichiro Takatsuka (1st and 4th pictures)

 A beautiful woman stands out from the crowd at the gate of Haneda Airport. The man in disguise following her is Shingo Murakami of SUPER EIGHT. They went straight home to Murakami's luxury apartment, where the rent is 3-4 million yen. What is their relationship...

SUPER EIGHT’s Shingo Murakami “Hokkaido and Okinawa” Summer Vacation with 20-something Girlfriend

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