Nagai Masaru confesses his love for Hirosue Ryoko openly

Nagai Masaru attended the press conference for a new wrestling game and declared his love for Hirosue Ryoko openly. He revealed that although they have been rumoured to be dating, they are not an item yet.

In a recent issue of "FRIDAY", Nagai was caught spending his birthday at Hirosue's apartment. When asked about this, Nagai revealed that he wanted to spend his birthday with Hirosue. At first, she didn't seem too keen on it and even rejected his suggestion but they had a party for him at her place with 4 friends in the end.

Nagai and Hirosue had worked together in the 2007 drama "Long Wedding Road" and was said to be dating since Feb this year when pictures of them having meals together were published. Nagai kept repeating that Hirosue is a very nice lady and he is all prepared to confess his feelings for her. In addition, he revealed that Hirosue's 5-year-old son calls him "brother" and he will definitely tell the child if he really dates Hirosue.

On the other hand, Hirosue's agency commented that Hirosue and Nagai are merely good friends at the moment. Likewise, insiders around her also said that it was still early to say if anything will develop between them because Hirosue had just got divorced 1 year and 3 months ago. There is also the issue of Hirosue's son to consider before she enters into a new relationship so it looks like Nagai will have a difficult path ahead.