According to Japanese media reports, the popular singer of the original akb48, Yumi Bano (29 years old), and the baseball player Koji Takahashi (23 years old), who was 6 years younger than himself, released their happy marriage news in the early morning of the 5th, and Yasushi Akimoto (62 years old) was one of the witnesses of the marriage registration of the two.
According to people familiar with the matter, Itano Yumi and Takahashi Met through mutual friends in the spring of 2019, and the two people who were in love began a serious relationship on the premise of marriage, and decided to get married after a year and a half of dating. At present, Takahashi has moved out of his dormitory and lived a cohabitation life with Bano. However, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, it has not been decided to hold weddings and wedding banquets. Itano Yumi was the fourth member of the original Shinigami 7 to announce their marriage after Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Shinda, and Minami Takahashi.
After announcing the happy news of the wedding, Itano Yumi posted a photo with her husband Keeji Takahashi through her personal social account, the two wore white couple sweatshirts, their faces were full of bright smiles, and the two also posted their wedding rings.