Last year Toda Erika and Kanjani8′s Murakami Shingo made headlines with the supposed overnight stay of Toda at Murakami’s apartment. Back then they both denied the dating rumors and stated that they are just friends. Now, 10 months after that rumor, new photos surfaced of them looking like a couple, holding hands and so on.
It’s weekend and a cold October night, Toda and Murakami enter a Showa-style bar…
A person who happened to be there at the same night gave us his impressions of the two. "The young couple really stood out among the typical drunkards who stay at such a bar during the night. Both of them sat down at the same time in the Japanese-style room and were holding each other’s hand. They were really flirting with each other. It was so sweet that I couldn’t look at them anymore. (laughs)"
They stayed there for about one hour. Then they left and walked a bit on the sidewalk. Suddenly they stop and stare at each other’s eyes. Toda gets on her tiptoes and shortens the gap between their faces. No way! Are they really…?! No, just when their lips are about to touch, they suddenly move away from each other. It seems like they noticed the glances of the passersby and decided better not to do it in public. Slightly ashamed, they start to smile at each other. Ain’t that a cute and innocent couple?
After that moment, they walk back to the main street hand in hand and even step it up by linking their arms. Of course there are even more people walking along the main street, but both of them didn’t really care and just enjoyed being with each other. Toda seemed a bit tipsy and tottered from time to time, but Murakami made sure to give her enough support. Occasionally she even stumbled on purpose and tried to bump into him… . They really have been in their own world. In the end they took 30 minutes for the 10-minute-walk to get to her apartment. Shouldn’t they just admit to being a couple? Nobody is going to believe that they are just friends. Murakami also didn’t look like he is new to her apartment when he opened the door for her.
But guess what, this time Murakami even made a very honest comment about that little ‘date’. "Toda-san and I are currently both busy with filming for our doramas, but on that day we were able to spend some time together, have fun and talk about our work and about fashion. We got to know each other while working together for a dorama and now we can already freely talk to each other in Kansai dialect. Our minds connect and we can be at ease when being together. She is really important to me."
The story and comment are taken out of the magazine called "Josei Seven" and of course they didn’t publish it without a handful of picture to prove what happened. Check out the pictures yourself and get your own idea of their relationship. Murakami’s comment sounded very much like an indirect approval of their relationship. Johnny’s seems to be cool with relationships, but Toda’s agency might be a bit worried about this story. At least they decided to make this little date just in time for their new doramas, but that’s probably just a coincidence…
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Written by: www.kawaii-joyuu.com
Sources: Josei Seven
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I read about this a few days ago, they are really sweet together and I have been secretly (OK, no so much) about them.
Just like you, I think Hina’s comment pretty much meant “Yes, we are together”. Specially the “she is very important for me” part since it’s really weird for any japanese celebrity to say such thing unless they are confirming a relationship.
I think, probably, last year they just denied it because they were just starting.
Cheers for Hina and Erika chan!
I wonder how Erika’s agency will react to this. Usually actresses get a really hard time with stories like this due to their “pure” image…
Aw, that’s really cute. Hope them happiness.