Japanese man marks six years with cartoon bride
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Japanese man celebrates six years with cartoon bride
(Web Desk) - Who thinks romance is dead? It is very much alive even with imagined lovers.
According to a recent report , a Japanese man who married a fictional cartoon pop singer Hatsune Miku in 2018 is still happily married and celebrated their sixth anniversary on November 4.
Miku is a life-size doll sporting long turquoise twin ponytails and comes with a synthesised singing voice. Akihiko Kondo, 41, identifies as 'fictosexual', a term describing people who are romantically attracted to fictional characters.
Kondo married Miku six years ago and shared an image on Instagram of the cake he bought for their anniversary. The message reads, "I like Miku very much. Happy six-year anniversary".
Revealing his emotions to the Japanese news outlet The Mainichi Shimbun, he said he had been romantically interested in women before secondary school. According to Kondo, he confessed his love seven times, but was rejected on each occasion. In addition, he recalled he was laughed at and bullied for being an otaku - a person obsessed with anime and manga.
Staying true to his image of having an obsession with animated characters, Kondo says he fell in love with Miku in 2007 soon after the character was released.
