Utada Hikaru Reveals To Be Engaged

Through a message on her official website this morning, Utada Hikaru announced that she is engaged to be married.

Hikaru revealed that she is in a relationship with a non-celebrity, Italian man. The singer implored people to respect the pair’s privacy, especially considering his non-celebrity status.

Hikaru was originally going to quietly get married without alerting the public. However, because rumors had begun surfacing, she decided to go public with her engagement.

“Thank you for your warm support. I’m sorry to make you worry about me so much. He is a well-loved man with many friends and a large, cheerful family. I’m at a good age, so it would bring me happiness if you watched over me quietly,” the singer wrote.

With the death of her mother still fresh in her mind, Hikaru was going to put off getting married as she continued to grieve. However, thinking about how happy her mother was when they last spoke made her reconsider her own happiness.

“I believe my mother is supporting me, so I decided to get married as planned,” she said.

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