Sakai Miki pregnant with her first child

Sakai Miki is currently 5 months' pregnant and is due to give birth to her first child in March next year. Sakai got married to her husband who works as a doctor in an university-affiliated hospital in Oct last year.

According to insiders, Sakai felt unwell at the end of June thus was advised by her husband to see a gynae. After the initial checkup, she was told that she might be pregnant so she returned for a second checkup with her husband when they were told of the good news.

The couple had met each other at New York in 2004 where Sakai was there as a volunteer to provide mental care to patients who underwent organ transplant surgeries. The two of them dated for about one and a half year before getting married in Oct 08.

According to Sakai's agency, they confirmed the news and said that Sakai will go on maternity leave from Dec. She is due to appear in a stage play "Hangyakuji" from 6 Nov to 25 Nov with Nakamura Shido. Rehearsals for the play begin on 16 Oct. As for her radio show "YAMAZAKI SMILE DISH" on Bayfm where she appears as a personality on Sunday, Sakai will continue the recordings for this on a twice-monthly basis right until she is due to give birth.