I would likely be freaking out a whole lot more if this news dropped when I was more into J-doramas, or happened years ago when there were still many ongoing epic dorama ships sailing. Alas time has moved everyone on, so now it’s with a happy heart that I welcome the news that popular J-actress Horikita Maki has tied the knot with veteran J-actor Yamamoto Koji. There is exactly one rotation age difference between them, with Yamamoto Koji being 38 years old and Maki just turning 26.
Yamamoto Koji is a established actor of all three genres in doramas, films, and stage, but he’ll always be for me the crippled younger brother Fumiya in the blockbuster 90’s J-dorama Hitotsu Yane no Shita (Under One Roof). Maki has tons of hit doramas under her belt including Nobuta wo Produce (which spawned the YamaKi ship with Yamapi), the adaptation of Hana Kimi, Atashinchi no Danshi (where she first met hubby Yamamoto Koji), and a career high point with morning dorama Umechan Sensei.
This marks the first marriage for both, and hopefully the only. The couple may have met working on Atashinchi no Danshi but it was years later when they costarred as the leads in the Japanese stage production of Wuthering Heights when the relationship deepened and took a romantic turn. Congrats to the newlyweds!
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shocking news! but congratulation to both of them.. go kekkon omedetou, itsumo o shiawase ni ^^
His age is 28 or 38? From your title I think it should be 38.
He is 38 (born Oct 31, 1976), and she is 26 (Oct 6, 1988).
Ah...things Wuthering Heights do to romances around the world...Nonetheless, I am happy for them...
wow...I used to ship her with Yamapi and Shun but alas...none of my J-dorama ships panned out. Well none of my ships ever panned out.
At least Keiko and Yamapi could still be a thing...even if they are currently dating other people.
The Hana Yori Dango OTP ended up together irl. :D
Yampi and keiko were proven? They always maintained they were friends and there was always a 3rd person there.
Same as the Hana yori dango couple. Nothing concrete yet.
These couples need to pair off and marry each other and make beautiful babies asap.
Well...yamapi an keiko did coupled up for a while after buzzer beat. But then they broke up. Anyway, after YamaKi the ship I wish to sail so much is keiko n Pi.
All these years, I've still been secretly hoping for Keiko and Yamapi to get back together gahhhh!!!!!!!! Glad to know there's still people like me around ^_^
Wait Keiko and Yamapi used to be a thing?! How come i didn't know this... I watched most of their dramas. T.T
Absolutely shocked but happy all the same. Congratulations!
He is just 28 and being called a veteran actor!!!! I think something's wrong with the article...
from google he 38 not 28. he might have got her pregnant. that why they get married.
Haha why rush into marriage? Maki is at the height of her career. It's always fun to ship OTPs who are still singles and unattached. Whenever I see certain actors who are attached, the romance level drop a few notches. I love to watch maki and she deserves a good hubby to take care of her. Congrats!
What stopped you from being a whole lot more into J-doramas? Just curious.
Not Koala, but for me Jdramas lost their spark. Most seem dull, boring, meandering, plain (like a dish missing an ingredient). It also seems like J-entertainment is not concerned with reaching an international audience and are quiet satisfied with churning out the same products - which is fine, I guess.
Wow, has she turn into a beautiful lady from her nobuta wo produce days.