Kotaro Yoshida and his current wife
Kotaro Yoshida, who plays the Sengoku warlord Matsunaga in the hit Ōkawa drama "Kirin Is Coming", will add a new son next spring.
On November 17, the SPORT newspaper published such a message. His wife, who married Yoshida in 2016 and is 22 years old, is 5 to 6 months pregnant and is expected to give birth next spring. (SPORT reporter)
Yoshida and his current wife have been married for 5 years, and if you count the de facto marriage, Yoshida is a person who has been divorced 3 times and has an adult child. The newborn child will be his second child.
With the focus of his work on stage plays such as Shakespeare's plays, he won the favor of television stations for more than half a hundred years.
His acting skills in 2013's TBS TV's Naoki Hanzawa and 2014 NHK's morning drama Hanako and Annie were recognized by a wide audience. In tv Asahi's "Uncle's Love", which aired in 2018, he played a man who liked Kei Tanaka and once again raised the topic. After that, he became an indispensable green leaf in Japanese dramas. ”
Popularity in show business is also recent, privately he used to be a "playboy" and famously liked wine and women.
"He and the actors would drink late and exchange acting skills with each other. In addition, although it may be a joke after getting drunk, even if he is a married person, he will still hook up with other women... It's a veritable 'bad uncle'. In a television interview, he also said in a reflective tone: "The previous divorce was a relationship where I was picking flowers and weeds everywhere." (Stage drama related personnel)
A change in life after meeting his current wife
In a sense, the life of an actor like Yoshida changed after he met his current wife.
"The current wife seems to want children from the bottom of her heart, and in recent days she has reduced her favorite parties and returned home as early as possible after work." (Entertainment industry insiders)
Could it be that this "early return" worked, so this happy event came? Otherwise, after the news of his wife's pregnancy came out, how could he attend various parties again in mid-November?
"The people who attended the party blessed Yoshida. Yoshida also said: "Finally pregnant.". This was due to his efforts during the night, and his face was full of smiles from beginning to end. On the day of the party, he was also worried about his wife and ended it relatively early. (Entertainment industry insiders)
After three failed marriages, this time Yoshida seems to have the consciousness of being a father.
After Yoshida got married, he immediately bought a three-story log cabin in Atami. During the holidays, the couple has also been walking with their dogs and cooking together. Yoshida hadn't bothered about his family before, probably because he hadn't realized how important time with his family was. (Entertainment industry insiders)
Next year for work and childcare, I believe he will be more active than this year.