Japanese pop star Utada Hikaru (宇多田光) has announced her divorce with (ex)husband Kazuaki Kiriya (纪里谷) in a joint statement.
Just like her marriage 4 years ago, the divorce came as a total surprise to her fans and all Japanese press.
It’s said that the couple shared different interest about their future and decided to end their marriage; it’s understood that they ended their relationship in good manners and still remain friends.
Honestly I didn’t feel right when the couple got married; Utada was 19 and Kazuaki was 34… and Utada was 10000x more famous than Kazuaki (who was/is a photographer).
The view of life is so different when we are at teenage compared to when we reach maturity (probably at around 25)… it’s not easy to maintain the same idea about a marriage when you are 24 compared to when you got married in 19.
Anyhow, wish both of them luck and have a bright future ahead, Utada especially.
March 4th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Wow, alot of Japanese celebrity news lately.
March 4th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
ye, that`s wat i was thinking joe*
um she`s lke a singer ay?
well my mommy got married when she was 19& when my dad was lke 30 .
ew . right?
i think so .
March 4th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Ya, 3 Japanese in a row… just coincidence though.
-mimie… as I said it’s not easy, and thus your parents should be really proud of themselves for making it works.
March 7th, 2007 at 4:34 am
OMG WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 7th, 2007 at 4:34 am
WHY HIKKI??????????????????????????
he was cute
March 7th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
She’s probably really sad. Prefer to see her laughing and smiling (like when she saw her Hikki impersonator)
March 7th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
omg, that girl look like Hikki… and can sing a bit too.
Thanks for the link Pia… I embedded the video here too…
September 29th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
yak! i really hate thier age limit imagine utada was still 19 and kiriya was 34 eowwwwwwwwwwwwww! duh!
August 8th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
aww that sucks!! tho wish you guys luck for the future.