[JAPAN] All eyes are on Nakai Masahiro and Koda Kumi at Kouhaku rehearsals

All eyes are on Nakai Masahiro (35, leader of SMAP) and Koda Kumi (25) at the rehearsals for Kouhaku Uta Gassen (the New Year’s Eve - Crimson Red vs. White NHK special).

Last week, a tabloid revealed photos in their magazine taken in December of the two together and entering Nakai Masahiro’s apartment.  So, on the Japanese entertainment gossip sites, a lot of buzz are focused if the SMAP leader and the pop diva would be seen together at Kouhaku, especially during the rehearsals.

After SMAP’s rehearsal of “DANGAN FIGHTER”, Kimura Takuya (35) was asked about the two which Kimura answered in English with “I don’t know”.

Wada Akiko was asked since she was with Nakai Masahiro during rehearsals and she replied that she couldn’t say but that the two are good people.

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