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Rina Kawaei says her children understand why she goes to work
Japanese actor Rina Kawaei spoke about work and parenting on a television show broadcast on November 1.
She said she has two children, aged seven and three, and announced her divorce in April from an actor eight years older than her.
Kawaei said she returned to work two months after each birth.
When she is working, her mother, sister and manager help care for the children.
She said she explains that she goes to work because she needs to earn money to live, and that her children understand and see her off.
Kawaei said she does not feel they are especially sad when she leaves for work.
Rina Kawaei said her children understand that she goes to work to earn money.
The actor said her children see her off with the understanding that she needs to earn a living.
She made the comments on a Japanese television program that aired on November 1.
Kawaei said family members and her manager look after the children while she works.
She has two children, aged seven and three, and announced her divorce in April.
- Who
- Rina Kawaei, an actor and former AKB48 member.
- What
- She said her children understand why she goes to work and do not seem especially sad when she leaves.
- When
- She spoke on a program that aired on November 1; the article was published on November 4, 2026.
- Where
- On Nippon TV’s Oshare Clip.
- Why
- Kawaei said she works to earn money because she needs it to live.
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Kawaei married an actor eight years older than her.
Kawaei’s first child was born.
Kawaei’s second child was born.
Kawaei announced her divorce.
Kawaei spoke about work and parenting on Oshare Clip.
- Children
- Two, aged 7 and 3
- First child
- Born November 2019
- Second child
- Born June 2023
- Marriage
- May 2019
- Divorce announcement
- April 10, 2026
What people are saying
I work to earn money. I can't live unless I earn money.
So I have to earn money. I say, “I’m off to work!” and leave, and the children see me off as if to say, “I see, then go earn money for us.