Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara said on Thursday that she is pregnant¹ and expecting to have a baby this fall.

 

日本乒坛明星福原爱周四表示，她现在已怀孕，孩子将于今年秋天出生。
 

 

The 28-year-old star, who married Chiang Hung-chieh, a table tennis player from Taiwan last year, wrote on her blog that she and her husband are happy to have a small life coming to them. 

 

"I believe my husband will be a good dad. I will also learn and prepare to be as good a mom," she said.

 

Fukuhara was regarded as a "child prodigy²" in table tennis in Japan. She went to China to be trained at a very young age. 

 

The sport star, who can speak fluent Mandarin³, is also well-known and has a huge amount of fans in China. 

 

Fukuhara and Chiang got married in September last year.

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