Popular comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto (45), also known as Macchan of the duo Downtown, has tied the knot and will soon be a father. His agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo, announced the news on Sunday via a fax to the media.

In the past, Matsumoto has been linked to various actresses and singers. Yoshimoto's announcement described Matsumoto's wife as a non-celebrity and offered no further details, but newspapers are reporting that the woman is former talento Rin Ihara (26), who served as a weathercaster on NTV's "Zoom In!! SUPER" before she left show business around the end of last year.

The relationship between Matsumoto and Ihara was first discovered last July, when the two were spotted on a date at Nakano Broadway. According to one of Ihara's close friends, Ihara had already gotten engaged to Matsumoto at the time she left her management agency.

Yoshimoto revealed that Matsumoto's wife is pregnant, but did not mention when she is due to give birth. The date of the marriage was also not made public.