{"id":1554,"date":"2011-08-13T03:01:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2011-08-13T03:01:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:01:33","slug":"maaya-sakamoto-got-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2011\/08\/13\/maaya-sakamoto-got-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Maaya Sakamoto got married!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Maaya\"
\nShe was 19…<\/a><\/p>\n

In yet another breaking development that casts a blinding spotlight on the unrelenting passage of time and my lost teens, Maaya Sakamoto<\/a>, my favourite singer in all dimensions of space and time, got married at the ripe age of 31 to fellow seiyuu Ken’ichi Suzumura<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Seriously, do you people realize that the 90s was like twenty years ago? It’s fricking insane. Maaya is basically old school now. I don’t even know the names of any voice actors nowadays. Get off my proverbial lawn you damn kids. I am having a quarter-life crisis.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I had just returned from a trip to Hong Kong two days ago and spent today finishing up my packing for my imminent house-moving<\/a>, so I didn’t notice this piece of gigantic news until Kurogane<\/a> messaged me<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

There’s a short personal message on Maaya’s official news feed<\/a> announcing that the wedding took place on 8th August (incidentally a rather auspicious date in some East Asian cultures):<\/p>\n

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Today I have an announcement to make to everyone who has long supported me.
\nI, Maaya Sakamoto, was married to voice actor Ken’ichi Suzumura on August 8.<\/p>\n

Throughout my life, prioritizing the things I like and the things that make me happy and feel at ease has always turned out to be the right path to my future.
\nSo when it came to marriage, the feeling that this was the right time came naturally to me and I decided to follow it.
\nSuzumura-san is a kind person who makes me feel calm when we are together.
\nI believe that as I continue to sing, perform and be myself in the coming future, it will be great to have a supportive partner by my side.
\nI would be really glad if everyone would also continue to watch over us.<\/p>\n

I hope to strive even harder in my work in the future, so please continue to lend me your support.<\/p>\n

Maaya Sakamoto<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, as noted by Kurogane<\/a>, Ken’ichi Suzumura voiced Shinn Asuka<\/a> in Gundam SEED DESTINY<\/strong>, alongside Maaya who voiced Lunamaria Hawke<\/a>. This is like Nadesico’s Ruri<\/a> x Akito<\/a> all over again. Although Nadesico is by now so old in Internet age that I don’t think anyone online knows what I am talking about.<\/p>\n

\"Maaya\"
\nReal-life parallels fiction<\/p>\n

Now to be clear, this is not going to be a fanboy rage<\/a> thing where I desperately struggle in a futile attempt to not have to confront reality because the marriage of my favourite singer somehow symbolizes the lost of a part of my comfort zone for the past decade. But I have to admit that the timing of this almost too perfectly coincides with the start of a new chapter of my life.<\/p>\n

Human beings are superstitious creatures like it or not, and it’s not unreasonable to perceive mutual significance in unrelated events as long as we keep it to poetic musings.<\/p>\n

I am actually quite happy for Maaya. 31 is kind of old for a woman to get married by Japanese standards and, in typical Japanese fashion, all sorts of social complexities evolve past 30 for a single working woman. Hope she continues to sing.<\/p>\n

I guess officially Maaya Sakamoto is now Maaya Suzumura even though she probably keeps her maiden name as her stage name for branding purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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