Nicolas Cage and his love of weddings: he is getting married for the fifth time
After being divorced four times, the actor married his 26-year-old Japanese girlfriend, Riko Shibata, in Las Vegas.
After four divorces, Nicolas Cage is still betting on love. The 57-year-old actor held a surprise in-tim-ate ceremony to formalize his affair with Riko Shibata, the 26-year-old girl with whom he has been in a relationship for twelve months. The wedding, which took place on February 16 but rose to prominence in recent hours, is the Hollywood star’s fifth marriage.
Just under two years ago, Cage married Erika Kookie, although the relationship did not prosper and, a few months later, they decided to go their separate ways. A year ago, the actor met Shibata (a Kyoto native) in Shiga, Japan.
The first meeting took place shortly after the dissolution of the actor’s previous marriage and the first time they were photographed together was in February 2020, when they visited the pyramid-shaped tomb in which Cage plans to be buried, in a cemetery in New York. Orleans. Last month, the couple decided to celebrate their union in a tiny, intimate wedding in Las Vegas. In a statement, the actor confirmed, “It’s true and we are very happy.”
According to the actor’s rep, the wedding took place on February 16 to honor the birthday of the groom’s late father. She wore a handmade Japanese bridal kimono, while he wore a Tom Ford tuxedo type suit.
During the event, the bride and groom walked down the aisle to the tune of Kiroro’s “Winter Song,” exchanged traditional vows, and read poems by Walt Whitman. “After the wedding, the couple met at a small party attended by Nicolas’ ex-wife, Alice, and their son Kal,” the manager confirmed of Alice Kim’s attendance, Cage’s third wife, whom he divorced. in 2016.
