Erika Sawajiri and Tsuyoshi Takashiro

Actress Erika Sawajiri and media creator Tsuyoshi Takashiro get married at Meiji Shrine

Tuesday 20th January, 09:30 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Erika Sawajiri, 22, and media creator Tsuyoshi Takashiro, 44, tied the knot on Monday at Meiji Shrine in Yoyogi in front of friends and family, and also a large media contingent plus a thousand or so fans and onlookers.

The media throng of roughly 200 and the thousand or so onlookers got a glimpse of Sawajiri as she walked along the corridors toward the inner shrine. She wore a white kimono featuring embroidered gold cranes, a large headpiece made of lilies, and colored contact lens. The many people on the sidelines kept congratulating her and telling her she looked beautiful. Sawajiri kept her head slightly down, but was all smiles from start to finish.

The media got wind of their upcoming marriage just before Sawajiri and Takashiro returned to Japan from London in late December. The pair registered their marriage on Jan 7, which fell on the most auspicious of the days - or “taian” - according to the six-day “rokuyo” calendar, and they will hold a small reception in Hawaii for their close friends later this month.

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wanderlust at 04:16 PM JST - 20th January

Did they make a pre-nuptial agreement? She's certainly married into money. Betsu ne....
seesaw at 04:21 PM JST - 20th January

I see..thought she had too much of UV White products....:) Getting married at Meiji Shrine must have cost them a fortune....ne!
Apsara at 05:07 PM JST - 20th January

The Japanese media is reporting that the whole thing only cost 800,000 yen, and that her wedding was super cheap. My friends who got married at Meiji-jingu isn't wealthy, so maybe not that expensive.
ronaldk at 06:16 PM JST - 20th January

Can't wait til I am 44.
magpie at 07:10 PM JST - 20th January

She looks so natural!, nice halloween costume!

Natosucks LoL... maybe she's applying for a job at the haunted mansion in Disneyland...
anon99 at 07:10 PM JST - 20th January

Never mind... With yesterday's "show," this game of her is getting deeper, more complicated and more dangerous. This brat definitely has reached the point of no return.

Now I start to feel the frailty of SDP not being able to keep things under control, and now, this. They could have restrained her mindset and demeanor a bit more so as not to have this wedding controversy/tragedy happen.

Oh BTW, Inoue Kozo mentioned that their "divorce probability" is 98%.
Potsu at 07:18 PM JST - 20th January

Pathetic news...sad sad place if this is news...
herefornow at 07:57 PM JST - 20th January

Potsu -- agree. And the fact that it took a "media throng of roughly 200" to cover it, attests to what ridiculous heights celebrity worship has gotten here. A hundred bucks says they'll be dozens of brides wearing a knock-off of that dead bird/hat she's wearing within a few weeks.
memyselfI at 09:10 PM JST - 20th January

Who cares ?????
Nessie at 10:07 PM JST - 20th January

A media creator? Yeah, me too.

I just created media.

There, I did it again. I'm a genius.
Betting at 12:07 AM JST - 21st January

Oh wow, did you see that? Everything is centred around her so I guess that is why she is smiling. Guess things will be back to normal when she is on stage promoting her next movie and looking like a sourpuss.
Ninjazilla at 11:16 AM JST - 21st January

I think that hat used to be Bjorks Dress
Sarge at 10:19 PM JST - 21st January

She looks like a ghost.
seesaw at 11:36 PM JST - 21st January

Apsara: Thanks for the info..:)
xerinax at 05:05 PM JST - 29th March

URGH.... i loved her in ichi rittoru no namida, i was soo moved and i thought she looked extremely beautiful + it was an inspiring film (plus she saw ryo!) but i cant stand the sight of her now. Shes made me think twice about naming Ichi rittoru no namida as mi favourite drama.