Yannis Ploutarchos gave an interview and talked about his wife and their common path.
The singer spoke on the show "Happy Day" and initially stated: "Everything we've done, I've done it with my wife and under adverse circumstances."
Regarding whether there have been crises in their marriage, Ploutarchos answered: "Relationships are built with effort. They go through different stages, just like us, but I hope that in the end we will come out victorious."
"There are always crises in couples. I have been with my wife since I was 23. Now I am 53 years old," he added.
Finally, he thanked his wife for being by his side all these years, because as he said, he is not an easy person.
“Maria was always behind the cameras trying to preserve what we were building. She has many gifts. As she grows older she becomes wiser, she is very intelligent," Greece's beloved singer said.
"My wife got involved with a difficult man and has worked out very well. I thank her for everything," he noted in closing.
As of 2022, Ploutarchos and his wife have been together for 34 years, and have five children together.
Ploutarchos was born Yannis Kakossaios on 18 December 1970 in the small village of Mavrogia, near Orchomenos. He comes from a poor rural family, which long struggled to make ends meet.
He first started singing at age six, while his whole family would sing while working to get through the day. His first musical influences came from Dimotiká and traditional Byzantine music.
Ploutarchos lived there until age 16, at which point he decided to move to Athens to pursue his dream of becoming a singer. He had told his family he wanted to move the Athens to study hairdressing.
Once in Athens, Ploutarchos began working during the day at a hair salon while singing at clubs at night. His first gig was at a small club in Korydallos. Disappointed by the prevailing conditions in the music business, he abandoned singing twice and pursued other occupations to support himself.
Despite previous disappointments, Ploutarchos' love of music pushed him back into the business and just two years after his first performance, he started appearing at club Rodolfo, which was followed by appearances at bigger clubs such as Neraida, Fantasia, and Tonel where he collaborated with well-known laïka names such as Giannis Poulopoulos, Rita Sakellariou, Themis Adamantidis, as well as Contemporary laïka artists such as Stelios Rokkos and Giorgos Mazonakis.
Around that time, he met Dimitris Kardatzis and Ilias Filippou who believed in his talent, and got him in touch with his first producer Girgos Makrakis, who is credited with inspiring his stage last name "Ploutarchos"
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