Akihiko Kondo, 38, was dating Hatsune Miku — depicted in pop culture as a 16-year-old with turquoise hair — for a decade before they had an unofficial wedding ceremony in 2018. Kondo — one ...

After a decade-long relationship, one that Mr. Kondo says pulled him out of a deep depression, he held a small, unofficial wedding ceremony in Tokyo in 2018. Miku, in the form of a plush doll ...

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. Some were dumbfounded by his ...

Kondo, however, told the newspaper that "my love for Miku hasn't changed. I held the wedding ceremony because I thought I could be with her forever." Two years before the start of the COVID-19 ...

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

“Every day, I tell her things like ‘I’m off to work’ and ‘You look cute,’” he said, wearing a wedding ring. Hatsune Miku is a globally popular digital songstress originally ...

Akihiko Kondo, a 41-year-old Japanese man, is celebrating his sixth wedding anniversary with Hatsune Miku, a virtual pop star and Vocaloid character. Kondo, who married Miku in 2018, recently ...

A Japanese man, who married a fictional character in 2018, is celebrating his sixth wedding anniversary with her this year. 41-year-old Akihiko Kondo married Hatsune Miku, a vocaloid which is a ...