Kataoka Ainosuke & Fujiwara Norika are confirmed dating
Wah! Kataoka Ainosuke (43yo) finally made a statement in his blog that he is, indeed, currently dating Fujiwara Norika (44yo), after all the recent rumors flying around.
Fujiwara had a terrible marriage and divorce with the handsome comedian, Jinnai Tomonori (he cheated on her), coz the media blew it out of proportion, I feel really sorry for her. I hope Ainosuke will marry her and be able to protect her and can make her happy! Ainosuke is the actor who played the transverstite gay guy in Hanzawa Naoki^^ I love this guy, he has charisma. But he's a kabuki actor... for kabuki actors, I really prefer for them to marry non-celeb ladies since the kabuki actors' wives has certain traditional duties and some of them has to give up their career (like Ebizo's wife who was a TV announcer). Can Fujiwara give up her acting career? I hope everything goes well for them.
How I wish SMAP/Arashi can make dating statements freely like this XDDD
But really... Japanese entertainment world's culture is so troublesome! Can't the couple just hold hands in public events and admit it in front of the press, like the western stars?? XD They're just on the dating stage, and yet he had to make a statement on his blog, is like it's something really serious... like he admitted something shameful and apologize for it XD ... seriously...
Oh well, wishing the couple all the best!^o^