Side:Abe Kouji

Abe Koji is a Japanese comedian and actor. He is the boyfriend of former Morning Musume member Takahashi Ai.

Personal Life
Abe first married in 2000, Since he was just starting as a comedian and didn’t do any other job, he didn’t make much money. So his wife had to finance him and his career too. He lived in her apartment at her expenses and yet was inviting co-workers over to eat. He left her though while she was pregnant with his child, she gave birth to the kid alone while he had an affair with a younger girl. She raised the kid alone while still working. Abe came back to her after some years. He was still unsuccessfull as a comedian and didn’t have money. He continued having affairs. He apparently started getting violent and his wife attempted suicide, and they divorced in 2007.

In 2011, rumors that Takahashi Ai and Abe Koji began circulating, although they denied it their relationship for quite some time, they announced their marriage on December 21, 2013.