FOX: TOKYO – Japanese Emperor Akihito’s oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, said Sunday she is getting married to a university classmate who won her heart with bright smiles and sincerity.
Mako and fiance Kei Komuro, both 25, said at a news conference that their relationship started when the princess sat behind him at a campus meeting five years ago at Tokyo’s International Christian University, where they graduated.
“First I was attracted by his bright smiles like the sun,” Mako said, smiling shyly. They talked for the first time at the event for students ahead of a study-abroad program, and then started dating.
Over time, she said she learned he is “a sincere, strong-minded, hard worker, and he has a big heart,” Mako said.
The couple had a long-distance relationship while studying overseas — Mako in Britain and Komuro in the U.S. — for one year. Then Komuro proposed to her after dinner in December 2013.
Mako has since introduced him to her parents, Prince Akishino, second in line to the Chrysanthemum throne, and Princess Kiko, as someone she wished to “share her future with.” MORE
SNIP: They’re a cute couple, but I hope she has some ‘royal status’ cash stashed away somewhere.
Best of luck to them both. It sounds like some pretty good reasons to tie the knot.
With their education and love, just move to America. They would probably assimilate well. We could use these types of immigrants.
Great story. God bless ’em! Level headed enough at 25 to realize they don’t want to end up like Prince Charles, a shriveled old imbecile spouting nonsense about global warming and wishing he was Camilla’s tampon.
Everyone has to obey the rules–unless your initials are BHO.
I bet if she gets pregnant and has a boy, they might reconsider taking her royal status away. Cute couple, they look happy.
Good for them. “Tokyo’s International Christian University”. That’s a good sign. Better than Whoa!Fats’ Starvation Indoctrination Center.
Japan’s crappy caste system. If your great grandfather was a sewage worker, your family is forever known as sewage workers.
Doesn’t She Carry The Blood of” The Yellow Emporer ” ? I Don’t Know How a Son Will Be Dealt With, if He Has The Blood Running Through Him !
It’s” The Blood Of God’s” According to their Written History !!!
I wish I Had an Eraser !!! She’s Japanese , So I Get the Dunce Cap Today !
So if the Emperor wants to change the rules, who tells him no?
What Half-Assed Patriot said. She’s giving up everything.
They’re both so sweet, I hope that they have all the happiness they can get. ♥
They oughta make a couple of million on the movie rights.