Former Morning Musume member Abe Natsumi is pregnant with her second child

Former Morning Musume member Abe Natsumi (36) attended the “Dai 11-kai Best Mother Sho” (11th Annual Best Mother Award) with her husband, actor Yamazaki Ikusaburo (32).

The two announced that Abe is pregnant with her second child and the planned birth is this autumn.  The two said the gender of the child is yet unknown.

Abe and Yamazaki met in the 2011 stage of “Wuthering Heights” and were married in December of 2015.  Abe gave birth to her first child, a baby boy on July 2016.

Former Morning Musume members, Konno Asami (31) gave birth to a baby girl in September 2017, Iida Kaori (36) gave birth to her third girl in January 2018, Yasuda Kei (37) gave birth a baby boy, her first child in January 2018 and Ishikawa Rika (33) gave birth to a baby boy last month.

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