Rumours are rife that Hikaru Utada is now dating popular artiste YOSHIROTTEN.
As reported on Asia Television News, sources claimed that the two parties came to know each other through their collaboration on her album cover, seeing that YOSHIROTTEN is a graphic artist and art director.
“Utada Hikaru has always been interested in people with talents that she doesn’t have, so when she was making an album, she noticed YOSHIROTTEN’s work and specifically invited him to collaborate. YOSHIROTTEN successfully materialised her ideas, and the two quickly established a close relationship,” sources said.
Both parties are of the same age, according to tabloids, and that Hikaru is keeping their relationship very low-key. However, it is said that people around them are very aware of the relationship.
When asked about the rumour, YOSHIROTTEN, who was holding a solo exhibition in Kagoshima, responded, “It is not convenient to talk about that. It is better to avoid causing problem to the other party.”
Hikaru was married twice before, first with photographer and director Kazuaki Kiriya, which ended in 2007. She then tied the knot with Italian bartender Francesco Calliano in 2014 and welcomed a son with him the next year.
The two ended their marriage in 2018.
(Photo Source: Hikaru Utada IG, Hypebeast)