TOKYO —

It was widely reported in the show biz pages of the media this week that leading actress Misaki Ito, 32, will marry Yoshinori Enomoto, 40, president of pachinko machine manufacturer Kyoraku Sangyo, in November, but her agency Ken-On issued a comment on Tuesday that while they knew the pair were friends, they hadn’t heard anything from Ito about the possibility of an upcoming wedding.

The media reported that the pair will get married in November in Hawaii, where they met last November while at the wedding of actress Mami Uematsu, 31. Ito has been friends with Uematsu since they starred together in the 2001 drama “Beauty 7.” Enomoto was invited to the wedding as a guest of the groom - also a player in the pachinko business. Ito and Enomoto got along well while there and have reportedly been seeing each other since.

The pair were spotted together at a hot spring resort in Oita Prefecture in March this year, and at a restaurant in Tokyo in April with socialite Uno Kanda, 34, and her pachinko king husband Takuro Nishimura, 39. Ito has also been spotted traveling abroad with Enomoto on his business trips, and reportedly met his parents earlier this year.

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  shayouzoku at 05:50 PM JST - 12th August

  In Japan, first you get the money. Then you get the pachinko. Then you get the women.

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  thepro at 06:06 PM JST - 12th August

  Pachinko king? Does that mean North Korean gangster?

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  Potsu at 07:25 PM JST - 12th August

  All these japanese ladies marrying really classy people....

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  bamboohat at 08:13 PM JST - 12th August

  socialite Uno Kanda, 34

  how exactly does one achieve "socialite" status?

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  kidoave at 09:51 PM JST - 12th August

  壁女 becomes 金女？

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  OssanAmerica at 09:58 PM JST - 12th August

  Have you seen the amount of plastic surgery she's had though???

  Because of the above statement, I googled around and looked at a number of photos past and present which question whether she had plastic surgery. From what I saw, my answer would be "No" or "at most a little arund the eyes". The latter of course is now so common in Japan and SKorea that it hardly qualifies as "plastic surgery". If you have a link that would enlighten me please post.

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  JeffLee at 10:12 PM JST - 12th August

  Ossan: Then you must of missed the Japan Sugoi article

  http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/misaki-itos-%E4%BC%8A%E6%9D%B1%E7%BE%8E%E5%92%B2-high-school-photograph/

  Pic here: http://blog.sandiegotown.com/uwasa/images/misaki.jpg

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  seesaw at 10:56 PM JST - 12th August

  Marrying a Pachinko King for money or for love...?..hmm..it's hard to figure out. She's 32 and already over the hill by Japan standard.

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  OssanAmerica at 11:46 PM JST - 12th August

  Thanks Jeff

  I looked at the photo on the site and my orginal reaction still stands, the "plastic surgery" clearly applies to the eyes, a very common procedure these days in both Japan and SKorea that is so common that it should simply be called "cosmetiv surgery". The nosr shape is essentially the same, although one could argue about slimming the profile, however an overall sliming down of the face, including the nose do not necessary always require "plastic surgery". As evidence, I find that a great many Japanese women say aged 28-38 are far better looking than they way they were as teenagers or early 20s due to a loss of facial fat. My point is that there are far more obvious and blatant examples of "plastic surgery" among celebrities ion Japan and Skorea than Misaki Ito.

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  Pukey2 at 12:07 AM JST - 13th August

  I would say that, with Ito, it's more a case of refining her features and doing some tweaks. There's a lot worse out there, with Hamasaki Ayumi leading the pack. So many Jp male and female tarentos have had their teeth fixed - that's the easiest thing to spot. Let's face it, some of their original teeth make vampires look friendly.

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  luilui at 12:38 AM JST - 13th August

  if you are in the public eye, why not get your bits fixed? without overdoing it, getting a bit of help only means they want to look better. who doesn't want to look good? if you could afford it, wouldn't you want to fix your crooked teeth or make your eyes look a tad bigger/brighter? cosmetic 'help' is not an asian thing, it's an international thing. it's the ones that over do it that give cosmetic surgery a bad name.

  Moderator: All readers back on topic please. The subject is Misaki Ito, not plastic surgery.

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  GAYMAN at 11:04 AM JST - 14th August

  perfect for each other. they both profit from and waste the time of the masses(of bottom feeders that is)

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  Klein2 at 06:28 PM JST - 17th August

  Nice call GAYMAN. Hard to imagine an industry more irrelevant than Pachinko.

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  clayton88 at 05:59 PM JST - 9th January

  Misaki was beautiful even when she was younger http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/misaki-ito-young-21-year-old-asahi-beer-campaign-girl/

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  michaelqtodd at 07:57 PM JST - 9th January

  What a lucky guy.To be giving the good people of Japan so much pleasure with his machines every day, have a couple of drinks and discuss the business with his mates Takuro and the other player guy, then go home to her.

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