Actress Erika Sawajiri, 22, and media creator Tsuyoshi Takashiro, 44, tied the knot on Monday at Meiji Shrine in Yoyogi in front of friends and family, and also a large media contingent plus a thousand or so fans and onlookers.

The media throng of roughly 200 and the thousand or so onlookers got a glimpse of Sawajiri as she walked along the corridors toward the inner shrine. She wore a white kimono featuring embroidered gold cranes, a large headpiece made of lilies, and colored contact lens. The many people on the sidelines kept congratulating her and telling her she looked beautiful. Sawajiri kept her head slightly down, but was all smiles from start to finish.

The media got wind of their upcoming marriage just before Sawajiri and Takashiro returned to Japan from London in late December. The pair registered their marriage on Jan 7, which fell on the most auspicious of the days - or “taian” - according to the six-day “rokuyo” calendar, and they will hold a small reception in Hawaii for their close friends later this month.

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Japanese Name: 沢尻エリカ (さわじり えりか)
English Name: Sawajiri Erika
Nickname: Deco (childhood), Kacchan, Aachan
Professions: Actress, model and singer
Date of Birth: April 8th, 1986
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Ethnicity: Japanese/French-Algerian (Her mother is French-Algerian mixed)
Height: 160cm
Bust: 83cm
Waist: 58cm
Hips: 86cm
Blood Type: A