Former AKB48 member Kobayashi Kana announced she is divorcing her celebrity investor husband

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Former AKB48 member Kobayashi Kana has announced on her SNS that she has divorced her celebrity investor husband.

Her husband, who seemed to be a successful man that everyone envied, proposed to Kobayashi and the two got married and she gave birth last March.

But in October 2022, he was arrested by the Okayama Prefectural Police.

Kobayashi writes, “This time, although it is a private matter, the divorce has been finalized. In the situation where less than a year has passed since I joined the family register, many things happened and there was a lot of confusion. I can’t talk much about the other person properly, and I think I’m at fault for getting married. I also accept criticism. However, I still have a newborn child. The child is innocent. I will take responsibility for my children. I received various messages through DM etc., but I myself was giving the other person the money I had been saving up until now. I no longer have my engagement ring. We would like to take this opportunity to apologize for causing concern and inconvenience to many people. I am very sorry. There are many things that make me uneasy about being a single mother, but I will work hard for my child. I would be happy if you could watch over me warmly. Kobayashi Kana”.

Her husband, Shiraiwa Shinya came from a major securities company and was introduced on a TV program along with Kobayashi as a “super celebrity investor” who owns a 4 billion yen private jet and a 1.5 billion yen mansion in Hawaii.

The dreamed celebrity life collapsed last October. Her husband Shiraiwa was arrested by the Okayama Prefectural Police on suspicion of violating the investment law (prohibition of deposits) and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (unregistered business).

“Shiraiwa, along with company executives in their 50s, guaranteed the principal and paid distributions to three women aged 55 to 72 in the prefecture from March to October 2021, even though they had not obtained legal permission. It is suspected that he collected a total of about 86 million yen by promising to do so, etc. There is also a suspicion that he used the deposited money for futures trading without being registered with the government until September 1 of the same year. It is said that there is a possibility that the person collected hundreds of millions of yen from dozens of people”.

Kobayashi’s SNS went up in flames after the news of her husband’s arrest.

An old friend of Kobayashi told Shueisha Online, “Kobayashi met Shiraiwa through a distribution service called “17 Live’. Every time Kobayashi appeared, Shiraiwa threw a million units of money and became a good customer. Because she was unlucky during her idol days, she was quite exhilarated by the one-shot reversal Cinderella story, and she didn’t hear the opposition of those around her. However, Shiraiwa actually had a wife and child. Kobayashi’s pregnancy came to light, but Shiraiwa denied it and even disappeared. She questioned him many times, and only admitted it when her stomach grew… As a result, she decided to work in the entertainment industry. I lost everything. I was so shocked that I refused to meet anyone while I was pregnant so as not to cause trouble for anyone”.

According to the article, the negative chain didn’t stop “After getting married, Shiraiwa started to manage most of Kobayashi’s money, including savings. It is said that she asked him many times, but he was dismissed as ‘it’s okay’ and ‘it has nothing to do with you’. It seems that most of her savings were melted by her husband when he was arrested”.

Due to the court proceedings, it was difficult for her to get a divorce, and I heard that the divorce was finally finalized recently”.