Takayuki Yamada's Out-of-Wedlock Baby

Boy, I wanted to write this one, but Ryuganji already made a great translation of the article. It was revealed that "Train Man" otaku hero Takayuki Yamada had fathered a son last October. He and his ex-girlfriend decided not to get married, and Yamada is giving a full support to the mother and child.

Out-of-wedlock babies are still rare in Japan in general, and personally, I would like to praise the courage of both parents to make such an untraditional decision. Among recent out-of-wedlock scandals, Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa's secret daughter was revealed in 2003, and another Kabuki actor Somegoro Ichikawa also fathered a child when he was 18. All of these actors are doing great jobs in acting world - Yamada in "Train Man", Somegoro Ichikawa in "Semishigure" and Ebizo Ichikawa will be in his first movie "Deguchi no Nai Umi" (literally Sea with no Exit, written by Yoji Yamada), so I hope these scandals do not bring them down.

Source: Ryuganji, Zakzak

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