Talento Fumie Hosokawa gave birth to her first child at a hospital in Oita on Thursday afternoon. The baby boy was not expected to arrive until early January, but he is said to be healthy. Hosokawa has been married to businessman Hisato Endo since November 1.

Photographer Mika Ninagawa also became a mother recently. Her father, director Yukio Ninagawa, revealed on "Mezamashi TV" that she gave birth to a boy on December 11. Mika has a common-law husband and is not formally married.