Source: Global Times
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] "It is very rare for two members of the national group to issue a marriage declaration at the same time. On the afternoon of the 28th, the marriage statements released by The Japanese "Arashi" group members Sakurai Sho and Ayaba Masaki each triggered heated discussions in the Japanese media.
Members of the Popular Japanese group Arashi shō Sakurai and Masaki Aiba
Sho Sakurai, 39, and Masaki Aiba, 38, reported their marriages to fans through their company's official website and said they would continue their acting activities in the future. Neither of them mentioned specific details such as the date of marriage and the identity of the marriage partner in their respective statements, and according to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, the two were married to women in their 30s outside the entertainment industry.
On Japanese social networks, the news about the marriage of Sho Sakurai and Masaki Aiba became a hot search yesterday afternoon, and many fans expressed surprises and sent blessings to their idols. Prior to this, the group's members, Kazumi Ninomiya, also married in 2019, and their daughter was born in March this year.
As a national group in which "Japanese men, women and children know the name of each member", Arashi debuted in 1999 and consists of five members: Tomomo Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Kazuya Ninomiya, Jun Matsumoto, and Masaki Aiba. "Arashi" has won the first place in Japanese record sales for many times, with a total sales of more than 30 million records, and has served as the host of the Japanese "Spring Festival Gala" Red and White Song Festival for many consecutive years. At the end of 2020, "Arashi" stopped group activities, shocking Japan at that time. (Zhuang Yu)
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