"For mother, it wasn't something to celebrate," said the soft-spoken 35-year-old, whose "bride" is a virtual reality singer named Hatsune Miku. In fact, none of Kondo's relatives attended his ...

He married a hologram. Kondo's November wedding to cyber celebrity Hatsune Miku -- which is not legally recognized -- provoked mixed reactions in Japan and abroad.

In a story that sounds stranger than fiction, a man in Japan who married a virtual character found himself in an unusual ...

In 2018, Akihiko Kondo decided he'd marry digital icon Hatsune Miku, a Vocaloid performer with enough of a following to sing her way into videogames, DLC for videogames, and uh, Magic: The Gathering.

"For mother, it wasn't something to celebrate," said the soft-spoken 35-year-old, whose "bride" is a virtual reality singer named Hatsune Miku.

Games Man wed to digital icon Hatsune Miku in real life causes uproar when he admits he mostly married her just because he could News By Harvey Randall published November 22, 2024 ...

In 2018, Akihiko Kondo decided he'd marry digital icon Hatsune Miku, a Vocaloid performer with enough of a following to sing her way into videogames, DLC for videogames, and uh, Magic: The Gathering.