Abe Hiroshi(阿部寛) celebrates birth of his first kid

Actor Abe Hiroshi(阿部寛)  (47) revealed today on his official website that he recently became a father, as his wife gave birth to their first daughter on June 23.

Abe has been married since February 2008 to a former office employee who is 15 years younger than him.

Currently, Abe is busy promoting the movie “Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono(麒麟の翼 劇場版・新参者),” a continuation of the popular “Shinzanmono(新参者)” drama series. He and some of the other cast members (Matsuzaka Tori(松坂桃李), Suda Masaki(菅田将暉), and Taketomi Seika(竹富聖花;)) were in Nihonbashi(日本橋) today for the traditional Nihonbashi Bridge Washing Ceremony, held every year around the end of July.

The movie opens in theaters in January 2012.

Source: tokyograph.com