Former Morning Musume Member Makoto Ogawa Reveals Secret Marriage & Divorce — 5ch Reacts: ‘Ogawa-Loss’ Feels, LOL

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The story

Former Morning Musume member Makoto Ogawa revealed in an interview with the magazine “SmartFLASH” that she has a 10-year-old son. According to the report, after leaving her talent agency in 2015 she married musician Takuma Makita, had a child, and then divorced him in 2020. She explained that her ex-husband is now the one raising their son. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, the news sparked surprise over her unexpected choice of partner and speculation about the custody arrangement, while other posters were more cynical, asking “how many people in the whole country actually care about this?” — reactions were split.

[SCOOP!] Former Morning Musume Member Makoto Ogawa: “I Have a 10-Year-Old Son” — We Confront Her About Her Secret Marriage & Divorce

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Source: smart-flash.jp / Read the original article here

What people said

4AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:00
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRcyC6ZbYAAcDl_.jpg:orig#.jpg
24AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:02
'Ogawa-loss,' lol (mourning the loss of an available idol)
That means Takahashi's the only one left in the 5th gen without kids
78AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:06
Re: #24
I knew Niigaki remarried, but does she have kids?
103AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:08
Re: #24
Oh really? She should just have some then.
33AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:03
"Everyone has different ways of thinking and different values, and once you're married, every household has its own stuff going on. After talking things through for a long time, my husband and I ended up divorcing in 2020. My ex-husband is doing a great job raising our son."


And on top of that, the ex-husband's the one raising the kid?
84AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:07
Re: #33
Either Ogawa didn't want custody of the kid, or she screwed up badly enough that custody was taken from her.
40AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:03
There can't be more than 10 people in the whole country who actually care about an article like this.
156AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:12
Re: #40
Huh? If she did a livestream, like 50 people would show up to watch.
41AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:03


https://i.imgur.com/OnhXrUt.mp4
47AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:04
People used to wonder why she never remarried after leaving the agency,
but turns out she'd secretly gotten married the whole time — and had a kid too, lol
75AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:06
Re: #47
Was anyone actually wondering about that?
56AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:04
71AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:06
On how the boy's father ended up with custody, Ogawa explained:
"Taking into account things like both our jobs, we talked it over a lot, and the biggest reason was wanting him to keep living without having his environment disrupted.
Of course my ex-husband, along with so many people who've supported him, has been raising him well and he's growing up happy and healthy."

Something dark going on here.
110AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:08
Re: #71
Reading this, it sounds like they were living with the husband's parents (the grandparents), and Ogawa moved out, but since the kid didn't want to move again, they just left him there to be raised.
73AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:06
The scary truth is that some editor actually greenlit publishing this article.
116AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:09
Re: #73
Must've been a really slow news day.
77AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:06
Someone actually guessed 'Ogawa' in yesterday's prediction thread, lol
105AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:08
"It's true that I have a child. A 10-year-old boy. I haven't told him much about my idol days, but he's already at the age where he can search things online himself. Rather than have my son stumble across the wrong information on the internet someday, I wanted to tell him the truth myself."

According to the report, she has only told relatives and close friends about having a 10-year-old child, and even within the entertainment industry very few people know about it.

"In March 2015, I left the agency that had looked after me since my Morning Musume days. After that, I registered my marriage to Takuma Makita — someone I'd been dating for a long time, a member of wyse who's also active as a solo singer — and gave birth to our child."
130AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:10
Re: #105
I wonder if any Hello! Project members knew about this.
213AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:15
Re: #105
And who's this guy she married, lol lol
Guess if neither of them is famous, no wonder nobody noticed.
248AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:18
Re: #105
wyse, now that's a blast from the past, lol
So he ended up with 'Ogawa-loss'
Had no idea.
140AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:10
So that weird hat silhouette really was this after all
http://blog-imgs-81.fc2.com/n/e/w/newschanko/819b8cc9.jpg
209AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:15
Did anyone actually manage to guess it was Ogawa?
218AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:16
Re: #209
Yeah, quite a few people guessed it.
249AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:18
Re: #209
If she has a 10-year-old kid, that narrows it down to single women around 40
pretty limited pool
256AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:19
Re: #209
Her name did come up, but everyone figured it was too boring a story to actually become an article.
225AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:16
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbIIB7dCIAAcJU8.jpg
261AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:19
277AnonymousSep 7, 2026 11:20

Background and Key Points

Makoto Ogawa left her talent agency in 2015, and since stepping away from entertainment work, very little about her private life had been reported. This disclosure came directly from her in an interview with a magazine, and stands out because she explained, in her own words, the timing of her marriage, childbirth, and divorce, as well as the reasons her ex-husband has custody of their son. On the thread, reactions included comparisons of former members’ marriage and childbirth situations and surprise at her unexpected choice of partner, but there were also posts speculating about her ex-husband’s and son’s appearance, along with baseless rumors about her dating history — those have been left out of this article. The facts as stated by Ogawa herself should be read separately from unverified speculation on the message board.

*This article has been compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[SCOOP!] Former Morning Musume Member Makoto Ogawa: “I Have a 10-Year-Old Son” — We Confront Her About Her Secret Marriage & Divorce.”

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