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Singer-Songwriter Hikaru Utada to Marry an Italian Man
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31-year-old singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada announced on Monday that she will "very soon" marry an Italian man. She acknowledged that even she laughed a little in surprise over this.
In her blog entry to both fans and the mass media, Utada said that her husband-to-be is a "fine young man sincerely loved by many friends." He has a "large, cheerful, and bustling family, like one straight out of a manga." Since her fiancé is not in the entertainment industry, she asked her fans and the media to view her personal life from a respectful distance for privacy's sake.
Since Utada is still in a mourning period for her late mother Keiko Fuji, she said that she was uncertain whether to delay the marriage. However, she recalled that when she talked about her fiancé in her last conversation with her mother, her mother's voice sounded happier than she can in years. With that in mind, she believes that she has her mother's and decided to go ahead with her marriage as scheduled.
Utada was previously married to Casshern film which used a track by Utada as its theme song.
Utada is an internationally known, bestselling pop artist born in New York City and raised in Japan and the United States. Her debut album, 1999's First Love, is still Japan's bestselling album ever with about 8 million copies sold. Hana Yori Dango 2 television adaptation.
More recently, she toured the United States and the United Kingdom in 2009.
Utada had been on Evangelion Shin Gekijō-ban: Q), but her management emphasized that the song did not represent a full-fledged return from her hiatus.
Source: Sports Nippon Annex via Hachima Kikō
