Kate Hudson is relishing every moment of her engagement to Danny Fujikawa.
The actor said "yes" when her musician fiancé popped the question in 2021, but the lovebirds aren't rushing to the altar.
While appearing on "The Drew Barrymore Show" in 2025, Hudson explained why she's taking her time before planning a wedding.
"I just don’t have the same kind of like, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to get married, and I can’t wait and I can’t wait for the party.’ It’s the opposite. I’m like, ‘OK, I have to plan it and then it’s going to cost so much money’ and it’s just a lot," she said.
The 46-year-old went on to say she does like "the idea of being engaged forever."
The “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” star, has been dating Fujikawa, 39, since 2016, and they even collaborated professionally on her debut album “Glorious.”
While appearing on TODAY in 2024, Hudson discussed her music, explaining that getting to work with her partner on it was a “really special” experience.
Hudson called her fiancé “an incredibly talented musician” and said she felt “privileged” to work with him.
During her interview, Hudson had plenty of nice things to say about her fiancé’s family, calling them “the best.”
“I always say Danny and I could never break up because the family is just too good,” she said. “I don’t know how it happened, but it did, and I feel so lucky.”
Here’s everything to know about Danny Fujikawa.
He's a Musician
Hudson and Fujikawa have a shared passion for music.
Fujikawa was the frontman of Chief, a rock band whose members met while attending New York University in the early aughts. The band included his brother, Michael Fujikawa, along with Evan Koga and Mike Moonves.
After self-releasing their EP “The Castle Is Gone” in 2008, the group signed to Domino Records and released several singles in addition to the 2010 album “Modern Rituals.”
Fujikawa previously told Domino Publishing, “Chief has opened my eyes musically.”
“I’m not just working on my own anymore and in that way I’ve grown as a person: I started out as a guitarist and now I have a voice,” he said. “I want people to be able to hear just how proud we are of all of these songs.”
After Chief disbanded, Fujikawa co-founded the record label Lightwave Records in 2013 with Chris Acosta from the band The Delta Mirror.
He and Kate Hudson Met When She Was 23
Though Hudson and Fujikawa didn’t start dating until the end of 2016, they initially met more than a decade beforehand.
"His step sisters are my best friends @sarafoster @erinfoster and so it goes we have been in the same circle for over a decade!" she wrote on Instagram in 2017, adding that she first met Fujikawa when she was 23 and pregnant with her son Ryder.
Fujikawa’s late father, Ron, was in a relationship with Rebecca Dyer for 10 years when he died in 2012, though the couple never officially married. Dyer shared three children with David Foster: Jordan, Erin and Sara.
In December 2017, Hudson marked the anniversary of her first date with Fujikawa on Instagram.
“A year ago today Danny took me on a hike and what I thought was just a hike with a family friend turned very quickly into an unexpected first date,” Hudson wrote in the caption. “No moves were made on this first date. In fact, it took months for him to make a first move!”
He and Kate Hudson Share One Daughter
Hudson and Fujikawa welcomed their daughter, Rani Rose, on Oct. 2, 2018.
Rani, pronounced Ronnie, was named after her late grandfather. Hudson explained on social media, “Ron was the most special man who we all miss dearly. To name her after him is an honor.”
Hudson shared a touching post on Instagram in the weeks after giving birth capturing a tender moment between Fujikawa and their newborn daughter. In the video, set to the song “Not Alone” by Patty Griffin, he cradled Rani in his lap as he brushed her forehead with his thumb.
“Kind beautiful man, your pure love is such a gift,” Hudson wrote in the caption.
Hudson previously said on TODAY in 2019 that she thought she was done having kids after she welcomed her son, Bingham.
“And then I met Danny and was like, ‘Alright, I got to pump them out for him,” she explained.
In a December 2022 interview with Byrdie, Hudson was asked whether she wanted to expand her family again and have a fourth child.
“I’ve been having children my entire life,” she said. “I’ve got my 4-year-old and I’ve got a kid in college. And I don’t even know if I’m done yet. You know, I don’t have that answer yet.”
He and Kate Hudson Got Engaged in 2021
Hudson announced her engagement to Fujikawa on Instagram in September 2021. She posted a photo of the couple nearly kissing with her ring on full display, adding in the caption, “Let’s go!”
The actor was previously married to Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson from 2000 to 2007, before she got engaged to Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy.
In February 2023, Hudson appeared on the “Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi” podcast and said she and Fujikawa were still in the process of planning their wedding.
“Right now, planning a wedding feels insane. But I’m excited to plan a wedding,” she said. “I go back and forth between a small wedding and a large wedding. … My first wedding was so small, so there’s a part of me that wants the big bash.”
Hudson also said that she and Fujikawa were considering having a traditional ceremony to honor her fiancé’s Japanese heritage.
She said that their nuptials will “totally be a destination wedding,” adding, “It will be such an adventure that people will have to really want to come.”
He and Kate Hudson Embrace Their Blended Families
In addition to her daughter with Fujikawa, Hudson also has two sons from prior relationships.
From her marriage to Robinson, the former couple welcomed their son Ryder Russell Robinson in January 2004. Hudson also shares son Bingham Hawn Bellamy, 14, with her ex-fiancé, Matt Bellamy.
Hudson told The Times in November 2022 that Fujikawa is “such a wonderful dad and stepdad.” She also told the publication that she is friends with Evans and that both of their families have taken trips together.
“It might not look traditional from the outside, but on the inside I feel like we’re killing it,” she said.
Fujikawa and Hudson are certainly no strangers to a blended family, either.
Hudson grew up in a blended family. She and her brother, Oliver Hudson, didn’t have a relationship with their father, Bill Hudson, and were raised by their mom Goldie Hawn and her longtime partner, Kurt Russell. The “Tombstone” star welcomed son Boston with his ex-wife Season Hubley in 1980 before welcoming son Wyatt with Hawn in 1986.
Fujikawa has two biological brothers, Michael and Brady. He also had a close relationship with Jordan, Erin, and Sara Foster due to his father’s long-term relationship with their mother, despite not being official stepsiblings by marriage.
