Fans worry about Yaguchi Mari, who tries to balance entertainment work and childcare

Former Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari has posted photos of her young boy and baby on her Instagram often and the struggles from lack of sleep.

In her recent post, Yaguchi posted on Instagram that she’ll be turning 39-years-old soon and she has been fluttering with work and childcare for the past few days, so she’s a little tired.

Many fans wrote to Yaguchi to support her efforts as doing entertainment work and childcare is challenging. But some are worried as well, writing: “Thank you for your hard work and childcare every day”, “It’s hard to work, but please take good care of your body”, “Don’t overdo it. Children will be sad if mom falls”.

Yaguchi remarried back in March 2018 and gave birth to her eldest son in August 2019 and a second son in October 2021. Yaguchi said her sleep at the time was drastically reduced.

She has been seen with other former Morning Musume members who are also mothers and have a solid support group among each other.