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Talent Hoshino Aki (49) posted an Instagram photo of herself with her husband, JRA jockey Kosei Miura (36), who is 13 years her junior, taken during a visit to Tokyo Disneyland. The post, showcasing the couple’s close bond 15 years into their marriage, sparked a wide-ranging thread on 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board — from talk about their age-gap marriage to Miura’s career as a jockey. The thread also noted how Miura, once hailed as a rookie on par with Yutaka Take and expected to have a bright future, didn’t land his first JRA G1 win until last year, his 18th year as a pro — making it a thread that drew as much interest from horse-racing fans as from those following the couple.
Hoshino Aki shares a lovey-dovey close-up photo with her husband, jockey Kosei Miura, 13 years her junior! Matching outfits make them look like ‘such a young couple’ — 15 years of marriage
Talent Hoshino Aki (49) has shared a couple photo with her husband, JRA jockey Kosei Miura (36).
In an Instagram update posted by the 22nd, she wrote, ‘Went to Disneyland with another couple, four of us together — shame the parade got cancelled because of the strong wind,’ alongside a photo of the two of them together.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Well, he's doing pretty well for himself.
Just keeping Miura functioning as a totally normal jockey is an achievement in itself.
Women's sex drive actually gets stronger from here on.
The guy's the one who wears out first.
Fukunaga's wife?
She was on a Kansai local info show for a while, but no idea what she's up to now.
Horror-movie actresses too.
You think so? Soccer players bring misfortune too, though.
Pretty sad that he basically picked a fight with Take in his rookie year, then couldn't beat him to a title before Take retired.
What made it great was that his 127th G1 attempt finally paid off — and he beat out Take-san, who himself has 127 G1 wins. That coincidence was kind of moving.
G1 wins aside, he's got over 1,000 career wins and 50 more this year alone, plus plenty of prize money. If that counts as 'fizzling out,' what do you even call jockeys who win less than Miura?
When the guy's older, it seems to last more often, in my impression.
Athletes tend to be kind of childish on the inside, so an older wife suits them better.
Background and Talking Points
Jockey Kosei Miura made his debut in 2008, and his rookie-year performance was so extraordinary that he earned the nickname ‘the second coming of Yutaka Take.’ Surprisingly, though, he didn’t win his first JRA G1 race until last year — his 18th year as a professional — which led some in the thread to call him a disappointment. That framing can be misleading: he’s a genuinely strong rider with over 1,000 career wins and around 50 wins again this year, so conflating his long G1 drought with his overall record risks giving the wrong impression. His marriage to Hoshino Aki spans a 13-year age gap; since the wedding took place 15 years ago, Miura would have been in his early 20s around the time of his debut, making the pairing of a celebrity and a young jockey an unusual combination. The thread also traded general theories about age-gap marriage compatibility and divorce risk among athlete/celebrity couples, but none of it amounted to evidence-based analysis — beyond the couple’s own Instagram posts, nothing further is actually known about their relationship.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread ‘[Entertainment] Hoshino Aki shares a lovey-dovey close-up photo with her husband, jockey Kosei Miura, 13 years her junior! Matching outfits — 15 years of marriage.’
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