Personal Life
In 1994, Chara married actor Tadanobu Asano. She met Asano on the set of the 1994 film Picnic, in which they were both starring actors. Chara gave birth to a daughter, Sumire (菫?), on July 4, 1995. Chara had a second child with Asano; she gave birth to a son on December 19, 1999, and named him Himi (緋美?).
The couple attended the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2008, as the film Mongol, in which Asano starred, was nominated for the best foreign film category as the submission from Kazakhstan.
On July 25, 2009, Chara announced her amicable divorce from husband Asano Tadanobu, after fourteen years of marriage.
Chara has two tattoos: a blue bird on her back, and a sumire flower (菫, Fuji Dawn Viola?) on her neck.
Chara's children feature in her music. Sumire features on the cover of her album Honey, which also has a track named after her. Both of her children appear in the music video for "Kataomoi" (片想い, Unrequited Love?).
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