On the morning of September 9, Yahoo News reported that prominent Japanese actress and singer Makoto Ogawa, a former member of Morning Musume, had unexpectedly revealed that she secretly married and had a child 10 years ago. According to a source in the entertainment industry, “In 2015, Makoto Ogawa was dating Takuma Makita, the bassist of rock band Wyse.
After leaving her management agency, the two got married and welcomed their first child. Although the couple have since gone their separate ways, Makoto Ogawa had never publicly disclosed any of this information to the media or her fans.”
The source further revealed that Makoto Ogawa’s son has now turned 10, while the public had always assumed that she had never married or become a mother. Even more surprisingly, the actress has already divorced her husband, and she had kept that part of her life completely private as well.
Now that the story has been reported publicly for the first time, Japanese netizens have been left stunned by the revelation that Makoto Ogawa had quietly married, had a child, and eventually divorced without the wider public knowing.
A reporter from Smart FLASH recently approached Makoto Ogawa after she attended a theater rehearsal to verify the claims. In front of the camera, the actress openly confirmed the report, saying, “Oh, yes, I do have a child. He is a 10-year-old boy. In March 2015, I left the management agency I had been with since my Morning Musume days. After that, I registered my marriage to Takuma Makita, a member of the band Wyse, and we had our first child.”
