Talento and former Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari (28) and former D-BOYS member Nakamura Masaya (25) are reportedly getting married this month.
Talento and former Morning Musume member Yaguchi Mari (28) and former D-BOYS member Nakamura Masaya (25) are reportedly getting married this month. According to the Sports Nippon newspaper, it seems that they may submit their marriage registration as early as Sunday, May 22.
Yaguchi and Nakamura revealed last May that they were dating. In December, it was rumored that they would get married this spring. According to Sports Nippon, they had originally planned to register their marriage in mid-March, but due to the Tohoku earthquake, they decided to postpone it until May. Nakamura has been active with his agency’s “WAE Charity Project” and with volunteering, while Yaguchi has been participating in charity events and fundraisers as well.
Yaguchi is currently touring as part of the Dream Morning Musume group. The group has two performances in Hiroshima on May 21, and then two more in Gunma on May 29. If Sports Nippon’s information that they are planning for a May marriage is correct, then they will likely do it between those two dates.
The newspaper says that the two of them have already privately notified their agencies of their coming marriage. However, neither agency has publicly confirmed this news. If true, more details should be learned in the coming week.
Source:
Sponichi Annex
Update: The news has been confirmed by one of their agencies. Oricon reports that they will hold a press conference on Sunday, May 22.
Oricon
UPDATE
On May 22nd, former Morning Musume member and talento Yaguchi Mari married actor Nakamura Masaya!
The couple reported their marriage in a press conference the same afternoon, where Nakamura revealed, “We registered our marriage together late last night.”
Yaguchi told the press she’s yet to introduce her husband to fellow Morning Musume members. She praised Nakamura during the conference, saying, “I’m sure they’ll say (he’s) handsome. Usually he’s wild but today he’s very fresh. He’s the most handsome today.”
According to a source, the couple met through a common acquaintance early last year. Nakamura proposed to Yaguchi this January by presenting a diamond engagement ring to her and saying, “(I will) protect (you) for the rest of my life.” Yaguchi is not pregnant, and will continue working in the future.
Nakmura stated at the conference, “I might make her cry because I’m poor, but I won’t make her cry by cheating. I want to protect her with all my power and make a happy family.”
The couple has a height difference of 47 cm, and Yaguchi looked up at her husband next to her as she remarked, “I am happy to receive everyone’s warm encouragement. I knew I would be able to live without ever running out of laughter with this person.”
When asked by the press about where they wanted to go as a married couple, she replied, “We’ve made a promise to go to the affected areas of the Tohoku earthquake soon.”
