<p>Kanako Aoki, 25, is a big rookie in the golf world who passed the professional examination in 2012 and made her debut in 2013. As expected by golf fans, she won the &#8220;Daio Kaiun Ladies&#8221; tournament on the lower step-up tour in April, but she was unable to achieve any results in the regular season. She was supported by her &#8220;boyfriend,&#8221; who was 17 years older than her. The following is a retrospective based on an article we published on July 24, 1925.</p>
<figure id="attachment_452176" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-452176" style="width: 2380px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6246b67c"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/12/481e3ca545b74b02971d9b945742ef76.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-452176" class="wp-caption-text"> Aoki gazing at Mr. A on the terrace on the night she failed to qualify for her fourth consecutive tournament, so it was understandable that she was in tears.</figcaption></figure>
<h2><span class="strongInContent"> The man is &#8230;&#8230;?</span></h2>
<p> On a sweltering July evening in early July 2013, a couple was sitting across from each other on the open terrace of a Tokyo cafe. The woman was looking down from beginning to end, while the surrounding noise was distracting her. After finishing her meal, the woman, Kanako Aoki, a professional golfer, held her eyes with a handkerchief, and her eyes turned red as she stared at the man.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Aoki is a hard worker who passed the professional golf test on her sixth try in 1949. On the other hand, he has been well known since his amateur days. He has over 100,000 followers on Instagram and has signed sponsorship contracts with nine companies before his debut.</span></p>
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<p> Why was such a hopeful in tears at a cafe in Tokyo? Actually, on the day of the event &#8211; the Shiseido JAL Ladies Open (Totsuka Country Club, Kanagawa) &#8211; she failed to qualify with a score of +4. The man who greeted her in her beloved Tesla was the man in question. With a face reminiscent of actor Kazuteru Kitamura, he escorted Aoki from the venue to the cafe. Let us return to the café.</p>
<p> After the man paid the bill, the two began to walk side by side along the illuminated street. On the way there, the man quickly hugged her shoulder as if to cheer her up. They walked to a parking lot and drove to a nearby townhouse. They drove to a nearby townhouse, and &#8220;cupped in&#8221; inside the entrance.</p>
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<p> Who is this man who showed Aoki a gentle &#8220;Yose&#8221;?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He runs an apparel company. The company&#8217;s annual sales are more than 1 billion yen. In the spring of 2011, Aoki met Mr. A, who was 17 years older than him, at a golf course in Miyazaki Prefecture, where he was working as a caddie. As I recall, Mr. A was married. &#8230;&#8230;&#8221;</span></p>
<p> What kind of relationship do the two have? The company that has a management contract with Aoki responded to this magazine&#8217;s interview, saying, &#8220;We are in a relationship. Aoki himself posted on his Instagram page after the magazine&#8217;s interview, &#8220;I am dating someone.</p>
<p> Mr. A is also in a relationship through his own company,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> We met through a mutual acquaintance and are now in a relationship. We met through a relationship with a golf-related person, and at first we were in the position of supporters and backers. Later, we developed mutual trust and entered into a relationship. I am already divorced and currently single.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> He admitted that he was in a relationship.</p>
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<h2><span class="strongInContent">&#8221;I found what I wanted to do in the off-season.&#8221;</span></h2>
<p> Aoki had a tough &#8217;25, failing to qualify for 17 of 21 regular-season tournaments. In December &#8217;25, Aoki took on the JLPGA Final QT, an important tournament for qualifying for the &#8217;26 season, but failed to qualify for the first half of the next season, finishing 71st with a total of 3 over par. Still, Aoki,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I was able to win the event in the Steps and was able to play more regularly than I expected, so it was a very good experience for me. It was a year in which I found what I wanted to do in the off-season.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I want to eat a lot and get bigger. Next year, I may grow so big that people will say, &#8220;Who is that guy? I might grow so big next year that people will ask, &#8220;Who is that guy?</span></p>
<p> On December 16, he updated his Instagram page. On December 16, she updated her Instagram page with an image from the &#8220;2025 JLPGA AWARDS&#8221; held that day, showing off her beautiful legs in a mini one-piece with a floral pattern.</p>
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<p> Next year, we expect to see a report of her first win on the regular tour, which will please her fans both publicly and privately.</p>
<figure id="attachment_432905" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-432905" style="width: 1812px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6bdf0694"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/205fb957c4708f2d9ae452e1a04d1289.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-432905" class="wp-caption-text"> A short time after leaving the cafe, Mr. A gently hugged Aoki&#8217;s shoulder. After this, we walked for about five minutes to a coin-operated parking lot.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_432906" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-432906" style="width: 1896px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="1fe10a21"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/07/96291f00b14ff0162b8b71d757db317a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-432906" class="wp-caption-text"> The two of them walk together into the entrance of a luxury condominium in a bay area lined with townhouses</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_452177" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-452177" style="width: 1492px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="c760bdcd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/12/024f2718a1d7afd50410ef060a3f367e.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-452177" class="wp-caption-text"> Aoki&#8217;s beautiful form (from his Instagram @knk_aoki)</figcaption></figure>
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 It was July '25 when we scooped the love affair between Kanako Aoki, a rising star in the women's golf world, and a businessman 17 years her senior. We look back on their custodial relationship.

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