Actor Yuko Oshima (Mainichi/Ai Kawahira)

       Actor Kento Hayashi (Mainichi/Takeshi Nishimura)

       TOKYO -- Japanese actors Kento Hayashi and Yuko Oshima announced on their official websites on July 29 that they will get married.

       Hayashi, 30, was born in the west Japan prefecture of Shiga, and has appeared in TV dramas including "Ossan's Love" (Middle aged man's love) and "Dragon Zakura," and films including "Shabondama" (Soap bubble).

       Oshima, 32, from the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, was a member of all-girl pop group AKB48, and has appeared in TV dramas including "Zeni no Senso" (War of Money) and "Nemesis."

       They were paired together in Japanese public broadcaster NHK's morning TV drama series "Scarlet," which was aired in 2019-2020.

       (Japanese original by Hisanori Yashiro, Cultural News Department)

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