Recently, the Japanese media exposed a piece of news...
The husband of Princess Mako of Akishino Palace, Kei Komuro, who is currently working as a lawyer in the United States, has seen a huge increase in annual salary...
(Kei Komuro, Mako)
According to "Weekly Modern" and "Modern Business" reported that the American legal industry is waging a war for talent. In order to prevent brain drain, Kei Komuro's annual salary at lowenstein
sandler law firm in New York is expected to be US$260,000 (approximately 38 million yen), up from the previous 20 million yen. It has nearly doubled, and may even rise to nearly 40 million yen in one breath.
(nikkan-gendai news screenshot)
Komuro Kei was only registered as a lawyer in February 2023. In addition to handling matters involving corporate law, he is also engaged in work in the fields of global trade and national security. He joined the "g-bridge" team, whose job is to serve as a legal bridge between client companies and the U.S. government.
So far, although Kei Komuro has not made any special achievements in the team, he has become a star employee in the office...
(Kei Komuro, Mako)
As we all know, in the past few years, the marriage of Kei Komuro and Kei Komuro has not only attracted much attention in Japan. Criticized, he is slandered internationally...
In terms of family background, Komuro Kei's family is ordinary. His father committed suicide and his mother worked in a confectionery shop, raising him alone...
In terms of appearance, when he was in college, Komuro attended Kanagawa Prefecture. The Fujisawa City Tourism Association won the first place in the "Shonan Enoshima Sea Prince" image ambassador contest, but after the age of 25, he clearly had the characteristics of a middle-aged man...
(Komuro Kei University vs after working )
In terms of personal ability, although he went to private international schools all the way, he studied in the International Christian University (ICU) School of Liberal Arts. After studying at UCL, he went to work at ufj bank in Tokyo-Mitsubishi. His English skills are excellent...the hardware conditions are not bad.
But after that, he was not satisfied with working in a bank and wanted to change his career to become a lawyer... When the marriage of the two was exposed in September 2017, Kei Komuro worked as a paralegal in a law firm because he failed to pass the Japanese bar exam. Therefore, at that time, his ability and career development were also questioned by the outside world...
The media has also been chasing Komuro, digging out a series of money disputes involving Kei Komuro's mother Kayo Komuro, exposing that she clearly had a new de facto marriage and also illegally received illegal payments. Komuro Kei's deceased father's survivor's annuity, while receiving the "injury allowance" from working in a confectionery shop, he went to work in a restaurant run by a friend... He also had an unclear financial relationship with his ex-fiancé.
(Komuro Keikazu’s mother)
Under the siege of the media, Mako suffered from PTSD, and the Imperial Household Agency announced that the wedding would be postponed to 2020.
During this period, Kei Komuro went to the United States to study at Fordham University Law School. It was rumored that he was unable to obtain a study visa due to insufficient savings and was forced to return to Japan...
In the end, with the help of his future father-in-law, he relied on scholarships and connections with his father-in-law. The firm paid for it, and he finally stayed in school... Before he got married, he became dependent on Mako's family.
It was not until 2021 that Komuro Kei and Mako successfully defied all odds and officially got married.The two did not hold a wedding, and Mako even gave up a dowry of hundreds of millions...
After the marriage, the two went to the United States and rented a 40-square-meter one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, New York. Compared with the palace mansion that Mako lived in before, it was almost like a pigeon cage. , it is said that there is no washing machine in the room, so you have to use a self-service laundry room...
After Kei Komuro went to the United States, he had trouble taking the bar exam and failed twice in a row... During that time, the expenses of the two of them were probably borne by Mako's natal family. Because Kei Komuro's salary for one year is not even enough to pay the rent of their apartment...
(Kei Komuro)
For a long time, the emergence of Kei Komuro as the consort has given the Japanese people a lot of jokes to talk about, which has caused the reputation of the Japanese royal family to decline...
The Japanese media all commented that Kei Komuro is a "househusband" and "a soft-boiled man"...
(negative reports on Kei Komuro)
It wasn't until October 2022 that Kei Komuro finally qualified as a lawyer and was officially registered as a lawyer in New York State, USA. The trend of comments has completely changed...
In May 2023, Kei Komuro's law firm had a major layoff, and Kei Komuro, who had already passed the qualification, was lucky enough to keep his job. At the end of last year, the two moved from the Pigeon Cove Apartment to a mansion worth 200 million yen in the suburbs of New York.
After the news of Yuzuru Hanyu's lightning divorce came out, Kei Komuro's public reputation became "a reliable son-in-law"...
(2.2k likes on Twitter praising Kei Komuro)
And in the past two years, Kei Komuro's The core is also becoming more and more stable visibly...
In the past, it has always been a small room with the image of weak Japanese men. In the past two years, he has grown his hair long and developed a fitness habit. His arms are thick and his chest is plump. He has transformed from "protruding belly" A strong and handsome man, his fleshy face has become a macho face.
(Komuro Kei's before and after photos)
In current street photos, he has sharp edges and corners, suits and leather shoes, and looks like an American elite...
(Komuro Kei's recent photo)
And it turns out that when he was in Japan, Komuro Kei would be followed by the media when he went out. , his eyes dodge when facing the camera, but when he met a photographer recently, he showed a completely confident and stylish attitude, and would no longer avoid the camera...
Now his dream of becoming a lawyer has come true, his annual salary has increased significantly, and his career has taken off. Mako and his wife can be said to have survived. Coming forward...
(Kei Komuro, Mako)
