Using fragment molecular orbital-molecular dynamics (FMO-MD) simulation at the FMO3-HF/6-31G(d,p) level, the hydration of a Ra 2? ion was theoretically investigated. The first peaks of the radial distribution function (RDF) for Ra-O and Ra-H lengths were predicted to be 2.85 and 3.45 Å with broad envelopes in the ranges of 2.5-3.5 and 2.8-4.3 Å , respectively. The broad peaks shows that the first hydration shell of Ra 2? is much more flexible than those in the other hydrated divalent alkaline earth metal ions, i.e., Ra 2? is a structure-breaking ion. The hydration number of Ra 2? was predicted to be 8.1. From the angular distribution function (ADF), it was clarified that the octa hydrated Ra 2? ion has a flexible square antiprism structure at room temperature.