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 Who is your favourite 15th gen. Momusu member? |
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Rio Kitagawa |
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 37.4% |
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Homare Okamura |
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17.8% |
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Mei Yamazaki |
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22.9% |
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I luv them all |
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22% |
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Ayaka Nagate gets married [Update 2: lots more info] |
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Written by Kuno & B.Slade
, updated: 21:40, 14-Jul 2008
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It was announced today that former H!P member Ayaka Nagate and pro golfer Hideto Tanihara are newlyweds.
The headline of the article, as best we can decipher, seems to read:
"My pushing succeeded" Tanihara marries 25-year-old reimported talent, and former Petit Moni, Ayaka
Congratulations, Ayaka!
[Update 1]:
From Nikkan Sports:
Golfer Tanihara Has Married Ayaka
On July 14, it was made public that popular pro golfer Tanihara Hideto (29) had married actor and talent Ayaka Nagate (26) from groups such as "Petit Moni" and "Coconuts Musume".
After a half-year relationship, their marriage was registered on July 8, and when they have time off, a ceremony and reception are planned. On July 17, Tanihara will make his third consecutive appearance at the British Open and will take Nagate with him. With the support of his new wife, he hopes to beat his 5th place finish in 2006 and to win the Japan Tour.
{Update 2: more translated info from the article]
Just before a major tournament, popular top golfer Tanihara Hideto has suddenly married. "I turn 30 this year, and I wanted to get married. She has such a great smile. I love being with her. It looks like my pushing has paid off," Tanihara laughs. On July 8, they registered their marriage at an Onomichi, Hiroshima city hall. The next day, he informed his friends and family and introduced his new wife at his father Naoto's (60) 60th birthday party. They have since already begun their new life in a Shinagawa, Tokyo apartment.
Nagate is a beautiful talent who, under the stage name "Ayaka", had been a member of various idol groups such as Coconuts Musume since 1999. Her hobbies include golf, and her best score is 108. Last October, Nagate met Tanihara at the ABC Championship Pro-Am in her hometown of Hyogo, and she began to bombard him with emails from that night. They had their first date at the beginning of the year, and she "kept on seeing him every day for a week". Currently he is the only man under 30 on the national tour and already has 7 wins to his name, but she smiles bitterly when she admits, "I was always meeting him just by chance, but he didn't notice me at all."
Under the same aggressive approach he uses in golf, Nagate agreed to marry him and happily says, "From the first day I met him, he was saying, 'Let's get married'... He took me to hospital when I fell ill. He met with my father back in March. He really seemed kind and gentlemanly." When she first went to cheer him on at the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup in May, Tanihara won his first match of the season. She was already acting as his goddess of victory.
On July 13, the couple went with family and associates to England for the British Open. Heading into the world's oldest major golf championship where he placed 5th in 2006, Tanihara is not in a honeymoon mood. He says, "I'm fired up knowing my first event after getting married is a major one. I'm going to give it my all. And this year, I'm definitely taking the prize." His dream is to return to the US Tour after having been eliminated in 2005. Nagate is an international figure, having attended an international school from kindergarten and spent her high school years in Hawaii. The Japanese golf star has found his best partner and is ready to take on the world again.
Their first impressions
Tanihara: It was a normal, "Oh she's cute" but it wasn't love at first sight.
Nagate: I didn't really think much about him when I first met him. (laughs)
The shocking marriage
Tanihara: July 9 was my father's 60th birthday, so I wanted to bring her as my wife to celebrate.
Nagate: When I found out it was an important day for him, we did it on the 8th.
Just before the British Open
Tanihara: I'm definitely thinking about it, and I'll do my best.
Nagate: I saw him there in 2006. I was really impressed, thinking, "It's great that a Japanese player made 5th". It's weird that I ended up marrying him.
Any children in the future?
Tanihara: I'm happy with however many we have.
Nagate: I want at least two. One boy and one girl.
Nagate Ayaka was born on October 30 in Kobe. At the age of 14, she moved to Hawaii. In 1999, while attending a Hawaiian school, she was chosen as a member of "Coconuts Musume", a Hello Project idol unit, and made her debut under the name "Ayaka". In 2002, she joined Yoshizawa Hitomi in "Petit Moni". In 2003 she also joined Yaguchi Mari and Satoda Mai in "ROMANS". On April 30, 2008, she graduated from Coconiuts Musume and changed her stage name to pursue an acting career. |
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