Gekidan Hitori, left, and Akane Osawa

Popular comedian Gekidan Hitori, TV personality Osawa tie knot

Wednesday 18th February, 07:12 AM JST

TOKYO —

Popular comedian Gekidan Hitori and TV personality Akane Osawa married Tuesday and expressed their joy. ‘‘Today I became a couple with the man I love best in the world,’’ a beaming Osawa, 23, told reporters, while a bashful Gekidan Hitori, 32, confessed he failed to exercise his wit as a comedian when proposing to her, saying, ‘‘I simply said ‘Let’s get married,’ even though it was a cliche.’‘

They registered their marriage early Tuesday morning, they said. Gekidan Hitori, a stage name which means a one-man troupe, also acts in films and has written a best-selling book. Osawa’s grandfather is Keiji Osawa, an outspoken former professional baseball player who was once manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters.

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soldave at 03:12 PM JST - 18th February

How come the guy gets his full name in the headline but the girl doesn't? Just seems a little strange.
kattenishiro7 at 03:36 PM JST - 18th February

best wishes for them
saitamakid at 03:46 PM JST - 18th February

Soldave. "Gekidan Hitori" is his official screen name. It's not his real name, and such name does not even exist in the real world, I mean, in the civil registry. Anyway, you can't separate "Gekidan" from "Hitori" and vice versa so there's nothing strange about it.

Best wishes to both!
Yelena at 04:15 PM JST - 18th February

Marriage is a very serious thing, and not that funny, my dear Comedian!
jonnyboy at 08:55 PM JST - 18th February

"Today I became a couple with the man I love best in the world"

no mix-ups at the chapel that day, then?
Betting at 09:57 PM JST - 18th February

Congrats to both. I hope they have a very happy life (and long marriage) together :)
noirgaijin at 07:35 AM JST - 19th February

Popular comedian Gekidan Hitori

Is it me or does anyone else here *not *know this "popular" comedian?
kweto at 08:31 AM JST - 19th February

Is it me or does anyone else here *not *know this "popular" comedian?

I think it's yourself. Cause I weekly watch just about an hour and a half of commercial tv programming (always watch Sazaesan) and, still, his face from the pic above was almost immediately recognizable. He's that guy who, as a comical-closer, either makes his face very angry or very teary.

Now the wife-to-be, her I don't seem to have seen or heard of before.
saitamakid at 09:10 AM JST - 19th February

kweto. I'm totally with you on this one! I am not quite familiar with the wife so I guess marrying Gekidan Hitori has somehow made her popular.
Wakarimasen at 09:59 AM JST - 19th February

Comedian is possibly a littel flattering. although he is laughable.
noirgaijin at 01:26 PM JST - 19th February

Kweto, I stand corrected. Not knowing someone and being popular are two separate issues. That brings me back to the often used term here on JT "popular." Still don't know him and quite sure

"I think it's yourself"

I'm not the only one. Must watch more JTV, I guess.
PepinGalarga at 02:08 PM JST - 19th February

23, married and not pregnant??? she must be so desperate.

expect a birth announcement 6 months from now.
terebiko at 02:41 PM JST - 19th February

Isn't it refreshing that she is NOT pregnant? The dekichatta weddings are getting a bit old, and usually end up in divorce. Hopefully they will have a long and happy life together.
saitamakid at 03:46 PM JST - 19th February

Gekidan Hitori is popular by every definition of "popular" in Japanese soil. Those who don't know him are probably just watching the News with English dubbing, then turn off the TV or switch the TV channel to foreign channels (cable tv). Only those who are regular TV watchers have the right to question whether one person is popular or not. If a celebrity is not in your "radar", it does not automatically qualify you to question his/her popularity.
noirgaijin at 07:24 AM JST - 20th February

I'm qualified to say you saitamkid, watch too much TV. That makes you a popular TV watcher.