Saeko (actress)
Japanese female talent, businessperson, ranch business manager and YouTuber (1986-)
Saeko Dokyu (道休 紗栄子, Dōkyū Saeko; born 16 November 1986) is a Japanese actress, who has had a number of supporting roles in films and television dramas.
Biography
Saeko was born on November 16, 1986, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki. She is a graduate of Horikoshi High School a private high school in Nakano, Tokyo, that has graduated many future Japanese celebrities.
She co-hosted and performed a cover song at the annual Girl Pop Factory show in the summer of 2004.
Personal life
In August 2007, it was revealed that Saeko and Japanese baseball player Yu Darvish were planning to marry and that Saeko was pregnant with their son. They married on 11 November 2007, chosen because Darvish had worn number 11 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Saeko gave birth to their son. Ren Dokyu, on 24 March 2008 and to a second son on 26 February 2010. The couple divorced in 2012, with Saeko granted custody of the children and Darvish agreeing to pay child support. Saeko sent both sons to boarding school in the United Kingdom, later saying she did so because she feared they would be targeted by paparazzi if they lived with her.
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