There was a total deja vu recall when I saw recent Japanese news reports, tabloids and weekly ladies journals and the like, reporting on the likely upcoming Sept wedding between A-list stars Matsumoto Jun and Inoue Mao. Did I time travel back six months ago when the same rags were reporting the same thing? Only after reading the actual articles did it become clear that the latest marriage watch is not rehashing last year’s gossip but new indications that the 9-year and going unofficial couple was ready to make it legal. Setting aside their top star status, just by doing Hana Yori Dango together and becoming a public darling onscreen couple makes the fan and media eagerness for them to go public soon very understandable.
Last year’s wedding chatter was on Inoue Mao wanting to get married before she started the year long filming for the 2015 Taiga Hana Moyu (花燃ゆ Burning Flower), but reportedly the schedule didn’t work out and MatsuJun’s agency Johnny & Associates was still having heartburn with him getting married while Arashi remains the top male idol group in Japan even 15 years in. Wedding watch was reignited last month when sources from the set of Hana Moyu revealed Inoue Mao is openly discussing plans for her wedding after the Taiga wraps at the end of September, wanting to wear a traditional Japanese wedding kimono rather than a white wedding dress. Sources further reveal Mao has also been getting wedding advice and tips from her Hana Moyu costar Higashide Masahiro. So there you have it, HanaDan wedding watch back on!
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Wow!!!!
congrates :)
They are already married in my shipper's mind but its already an open secret so why not just make it official.
I'm pretty sure it's because his agency won't let them. They're worried about how it might impact his fame (and Arashi's) if he were to get married, because you know how protective of idols fans get. But it's a really stupid reasoning since most of his fans approve of the relationship and want him to get married precisely because it IS her.
He's 30 something. He (and Mao) have a right to life that includes a not-secret relationship, marriage & kids if that's what they want.
Fans demanding the pretense of virginal idols is ridiculous and really something the industry should stop promoting, but even more so when those idols are above a certain age (most definitely 30+). I guess teenage fans might worship their idols with such naivety but a teenager shouldn't be idol-worshipping a 30+ guy in any case. Seriously people need to get out of other people's private affairs and get a life of their own!
i agree with alua. matsumoto jun and inoue mao have every right to bee together. first they are both adults. second tv-networks should realise that actors and actresses are humanbeings not robots or zombies. life, heart, soul and mind changes trough time. you can`t fight against wen ou find your soulmate your true love and it only comes once in lifetime. I will root for them.
Happy for them! Love like that needs to be celebrated. And besides, correct me if I'm wrong, but Kimutaku managed to get hitched while still maintaining his and the group's popularity. So, Johnny & Associates need not give themselves unnecessary heartburn. :p
The only reason Kimutaku was allowed to get married was because Shizuka was pregnant, hilariously at the time she was the bigger name in the showbusiness. He almost got kicked out and blacklisted for it, not to mention the crazy fangirls who went all crazy.
Poor Shizuka is still one of Japan's most hated women just because of her marriage.
Haha I was young then. I remember the press conference where he announced he was getting married and I was like "nooooooooooo, you got cheated!!! She must have tricked you! Did it on purpose to have ur chill you poor thing"
Aw the days of youth, I couldn't see that he was just in love and getting married plus it was seriously none of my business haha
OMG! This is the mother of all my drama ships. I've been wanting these two to get together ever since the first season of Hanadan came out.:D
haha. Same here.
Wow! Nine years from HD. Gives me chills that they were able to survive the storm of success together. This is such good news. Thanks!
if i weren't this busy, i'd be rewatching HD this instant! happy news! ^_^
Good idea! I have spring break next week so I will be watching it again, for the nth time.
If they really are dating, they're doing a great job hiding it and a while back Jun was dating Shibasaki Kou.
I don't doubt that they're friends as we know she and Jun still keep in touch and both were at Shun's wedding.
Meh, we'll see, if they are a couple then I'll be super happy for them.
It's pretty much been confirmed that they're dating. It's just the wedding thing people are speculating about.
Actually it's not even been confirmed that they're dating. It just suddenly exploded in the J-ent news that they are engaged and getting married(Tokyo sports)
Rumors have been swirling for a few years but nothing has ever been confirmed and no pictorial evidence as with Inagaki Goro and Kanno Miho, Okada and Aoi Yu etc.
Congrats!
omg what. Congrats!
I like both of them. Hope the news is truth and if so, congratulations and much love in your lives together!