Tao Tsuchiya announces that she is pregnant with her first child and recently got engaged to singer Ryota Katayose

Tao Tsuchiya announces that she is pregnant with her first child and recently got engaged to singer Ryota Katayose.

Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya has just announced her pregnancy and marriage on Jan. 1, 2023.

If that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because she plays the role of Yuzuha Usagi, one of the lead characters in popular Japanese Netflix show “Alice in Borderland.

They added that they were already preparing for marriage when Tsuchiya realised she was pregnant with their first child.

The people who work closely with them had already known about their plans to get married, Japanese daily sports newspaper Sponichi reported.

“We would appreciate it if you could watch over us warmly,” they said.

The couple reportedly met in August 2016 while filming for a rom-com movie, and started dating shortly after the movie was released in 2017.

Tsuchiya’s character, Usagi, in “Alice in Borderland”, is a skilled mountaineer who fights alongside Ryohei Arisu, a listless, unemployed gamer.

After being transported to a parallel dimension called the Borderlands, which looks like an eerie, emptied-out version of Tokyo, they were forced to compete in numerous rounds of sadistic games in order to survive.

Season 2 of the popular series returned to Netflix on Dec. 22, 2022. All eight episodes have finished airing. In a joint statement posted on their Instagram accounts on Sunday, January 1, the couple disclosed that they’ve been making preparations for their wedding upon the advice of their seniors.

“Since we first met, during all these years, we have continued to help and support each other with much respect, stimulating each other throughout various milestones as individual artists,” they said. 

The couple then asked their fans for their continued support as they “strive to work together with much love and devotion to nurture this miracle.”

Tao and Ryota starred in the 2017 Japanese series My Brother Loves Me Too Much. 

Tao, 25, is best known for her roles in Japanese films Rurouni Kenshin and The 8-Year Engagement. Meanwhile, Ryota Katayose, 28, is a vocalist of GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE.