Actress Kumi Hayase divorces

Actress Kumi Hayase (57) has been divorced since May 2008, it was learned on Saturday. Hayase had been married to a businessman since 1980.

According to a source close to Hayase, the couple’s married life had already come apart when Hayase’s husband moved to the U.S. alone in 2001. After their daughter graduated from college, they decided to officially separate.

Hayase, who appeared in dramas such as “Ore wa Otoko da!,” retired not long after she married, but she returned to show business in 2002.

Source:
Sports Hochi