Mizobata Junpei denies being an item with Katase Nana

Mizobata Junpei released a statement via his official website on 6 August in response to recent reports about him being in a relationship with Katase Nana. The two of them had met through working in NTV's Spring 2013 drama "35-sai no Koukousei" and were first reported to have gone on a date at an izakaya in July the same year but the two of them had denied it then. Reports of their relationship resurfaced again in August this year.

Mizobata commented that Katase is a valued senior in his acting career and they are very close friends. However, he denied being an item with her and stressed that he would like to concentrate on his work for now. As such, the recent reports about them dating with marriage in mind etc were baseless and untrue. Mizobata also apologised for the worry and inconveniences caused as a result of these reports about his personal life.

Source: Sponichi