Eiko Koike holds lavish wedding party

Saturday 26th July, 06:18 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Eiko Koike, 27, and her wrestler husband Wataru Sakata, 35, on Thursday night held a lavish wedding party in Tokyo, attended by 420 guests. The couple actually got married last August.

At a press conference before the party, which was televised by TBS, Koike said, “I can be happy today thanks to my parents. I would like to make them happier with my husband.” Sakata, who gave her a 3-carat diamond ring, said, “I am glad I was able to give this ring to her, but I had to get beaten, punched and kicked in public a lot before I could afford it.”

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PrinceskaNo1 at 08:36 AM JST - 26th July

What a beautiful cake! lovely!
kimigano at 09:17 AM JST - 26th July

not news
bamboohat at 10:09 AM JST - 26th July

“I can be happy today thanks to my parents. I would like to make them happier with my husband"

I thought the idea of a husband was to take the girl off her parents hands, so to speak
rajakumar at 02:21 PM JST - 26th July

Lavish party makes more jobs for others in japan.
Nessie at 03:27 PM JST - 26th July

“I am glad I was able to give this ring to her, but I had to get beaten, punched and kicked in public a lot before I could afford it.”

A glutton for punishment. Should be a happy marriage.
Nessie at 03:27 PM JST - 26th July

Everything about her is lavish.
chardk1 at 07:00 PM JST - 26th July

I hope her production company paid for the reception, a few more galas like this and her husband (a second-tier star in Japanese pro wrestling which is not exactly flourishing these days) will be getting punched and kicked for real by the bill collectors.
DenshaDeGO at 09:18 PM JST - 26th July

I had to get beaten, punched and kicked in public a lot before I could afford it

Wonder how much physical contact there will be now that they're married?
Sarge at 10:46 PM JST - 26th July

Good for her!

Sakata: "I had to get beaten, punched and kicked a lot before I could afford it ( the ring )"

Otoko wa tsurai yo ha ha ha
northlondon at 11:17 PM JST - 26th July

I thought they got married a while ago ? Japanese television producers are so strapped for material that they even get their talents to hold a wedding party all over again just for TV. I think these celebs love their lives in a goldfish bowl. I used to believe Koike was different to the usual idols, but not after this yuck-fest.
doedel at 03:51 AM JST - 27th July

Marriage is (should be?) a one-time event in life. Personally I don't see the need to make a circus out of it. My own marriage was very intime, fixing happyness for life. I'd hate to have cameras and stuff around that, it was a very unique private event.
natosucks at 11:15 PM JST - 27th July

It's easy to have a wedding as Eiko when the TV paids everything just to have a "stupid" program where "sponsors" talk about their "job"...
Blue_Tiger at 09:45 PM JST - 28th July

They had that reception on TV the other night, and I was just amazed at the self-centeredness of them. Why put the thing all over Tee-Vee?
chardk1 at 12:13 AM JST - 29th July

Whenever I see Koike I am always reminded of the time Shimada Shinsuke said she looked like the business end of a bullet train (the old snub-nosed one). Shinsuke can be obnoxious but he's pretty good with the one-liners!
MrMukatsuku at 10:22 PM JST - 29th July

Japan worships shopping - Japan is 'The Church of Consumption'. The amount of media time spent on advertising here is obscene. natosucks - is right - I was channel hopping at the time. I would switch back now and again to see which B-list past it celeb were peddling their business. Any reason to advertise themselves or their products. The sad thing is, many viewers probably didn't even realise that they were being CM'd.