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Actress and singer Kikuchi Momoko (58) announced on her Instagram on November 4 that she and her husband — a former bureaucrat nine years her senior — had reached their 7th wedding anniversary. Her post, captioned “with gratitude for the time we’ve built together” and paired with a photo of the couple, drew a wave of reactions on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Breaking News+ board. While plenty of comments expressed surprise at the visible age gap and speculated about how she ended up with her current husband after a previous marriage, just as many praised her for staying upbeat and active as she gets older — reactions were mixed, not unanimous.
Wed, Nov 4, 10:29 AM
Actress and singer Kikuchi Momoko (58) updated her Instagram on the 4th, announcing that she had reached her wedding anniversary with her husband, a former bureaucrat nine years her senior.
She wrote “with gratitude for the time we’ve built together” alongside a photo of the couple, adding the hashtags “#WithSomeoneITrustWithAllMyHeart” and “#CelebratingOurWeddingAnniversary.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
With that age gap, they look like father and daughter… La Muu! (a non-sequitur shout-out to a cut-rate supermarket chain — a classic 5ch reaction meme)
Kikuchi Momoko's 'Hoshizora Island' (her own radio show)
I think they were introduced through a mutual acquaintance, right?
Kikuchi Momoko's ex-husband (Tetsu Nishikawa) is actually the son of Midori Satsuki.
https://nakayama-racehorseowners.or.jp/main/captain/item/14481/11077
The predecessor of the Tokyo Thoroughbred Club
was Yuwa (as in horses like Yuwa James),
which was run by Naoko Nozawa's father.
Isn't being a racehorse owner something you can only pull off with a stable, high income?
When Kikuchi Momoko was picked as the private-sector member of a government advisory panel, the bureaucrat running the panel's operations was her now-husband.
Because he's an elite.
A golfer, then a bureaucrat —
quite the swing, huh.
Living at the mercy of someone's golf scores isn't exactly stable,
so you could say the backlash from that struggle is what drove her to remarry an elite bureaucrat…
She caught him at just the right time.
And he gets to marry someone he's been a fan of since he was young — sounds like a win-win.
Her ex, her current husband… why go there, of all places?
Well, I guess being cute and having the ability to spot and land a good guy aren't necessarily correlated.
Eh, well —
for a celebrity who's done relatively well for herself,
it's actually a pretty realistic pick.
Background and Key Points of This Story
Kikuchi Momoko debuted as an idol and actress in the 1980s and remains active today, including as host of a radio program (the “Hoshizora Island” show mentioned in the thread). The husband she announced this time is a former bureaucrat nine years her senior; she herself has one prior marriage and divorce. Opinions in the thread split into two main camps: “surprise at the unexpected pairing” and “appreciation for her staying active even as she ages.” The former showed up as bewilderment over the visible age gap and the difference in their careers, while the latter took the form of praise for her willingness to stay in the public eye with a cheerful attitude. Note that some posts contained unverifiable speculation — such as claims about her ex-husband’s number of divorces — so this article has omitted posts whose facts could not be confirmed.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “Kikuchi Momoko (58) Announces 7th Wedding Anniversary with Former-Bureaucrat Husband Nine Years Her Senior — Happy Couple Photo Sparks Reaction.”
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