Under Johnny's and Associates. And a part of the band TOKIO which debuted 1994, joined TOKIO 1989 and is the band's bassist. He married a former model Yuko Yamaguchi in March 2008. On 5 August 2016, he announced that they had divorced. On 25 April 2018, news broke that Yamaguchi had been referred to prosecutors for allegedly kissing a girl against her will at his home in Minato, Tokyo, in February 2018. At a hastily-arranged news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 26, Yamaguchi apologized for kissing and engaging in indecent behavior with a high school-aged girl. A lawyer representing Johnny & Associates, the talent agency that manages Tokio, announced that Yamaguchi would be indefinitely suspended from activities. On 6 May 2018, Johnny & Associates announced that they had terminated their contract with Yamaguchi September 22, 2020 at around 9:30 am he was driving a motorcycle and struck a car waiting at a traffic light in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. The man driving the car called the police and arrested Yamaguchi after he failed the breathalyzer test. Nobody was injured in the accident. In November 2021 Yamaguchi's ex-wife who currently lives in Hawaii announced that their eldest son Shotaro (13) has joined a new boy group called CROSSING RAIN in Hawaii and will be making his debut. This is Hawaii's first boy group that aims to share Aloha spirit with people all over the world, and deliver messages of love and hope through music and dance. (Source: Wikipedia) Watch drama online for free.