Personal Life
He applied to the Fresno State University, to study film directing, but enrolled at the Theater and Arts Department by mistake.
He often says that Fresno is his second homeland.
On December 27, 2007, at a news conference in Tokyo, Odagiri announced his engagement to actress Yuu Kashii, who is exactly 11 years his junior. They were subsequently married on February 16, 2008, which was also a birthday for both of them. In February 2011, their first child, a son, was born.
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