Japanese actress Haruna Kawaguchi (川口春奈) has announced the birth of her first child. The 31-year-old shared the news on Instagram on November 11, according to a report by Oricon.
Her husband is Ko Itakura (板倉滉), a 29-year-old defender who plays for the Japan national football team. The couple announced their marriage in August this year.
In her post, Kawaguchi wrote words of gratitude to the people around her, saying she had been supported by many people throughout the experience. The announcement drew more than 600 comments on Yahoo! News Japan, where readers shared congratulations and well-wishes.
An informal reader poll on the same site, which the platform notes is not a statistically based survey, found that more than half of the roughly 1,000 respondents chose to simply say congratulations. Others encouraged her to take it easy and spend time with her family.
Who is Haruna Kawaguchi?
Haruna Kawaguchi is a Japanese actress who has built a long career in television and film. Her marriage to Ko Itakura, a member of Japan’s national football team, was announced in August, and the birth of their first child follows a few months later.
Author’s Comment
I’ll be honest, Japanese entertainment news doesn’t get much more wholesome than this, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise. An actress and a national team footballer, a quiet Instagram post, and a comment section that is mostly people saying congratulations. In an industry that loves a scandal, I’ll take a happy ending every once in a while. Now let’s all give the new parents some peace and quiet, shall we?
