Nocchi, a member of the Japanese technopop trio Perfume, has married actor Kento Shibuya, with both performers' agencies confirming the marriage on Sunday 8 November, according to Anime News Network and The Hive Asia. Nocchi, whose real name is Ayano Omoto, announced the news in her own statement, writing, "I would like to announce that I have gotten married."
Her agency Amuse wrote on its official website, "We would like to inform you that Nocchi (Perfume), who is affiliated with our company, has married actor Kento Shibuya," according to The Hive Asia. Shibuya's agency, Players Agency, also explicitly named Nocchi as his spouse, according to Heyday News. Readers should note that 8 November is the date of the announcement; the reports do not say when the couple registered their marriage or whether or when they held a wedding, so this article does not treat it as the wedding date.
Omoto is the second Perfume member to announce her marriage. In November 2025, fellow member Ayaka Nishiwaki, known as A-Chan, announced she had married a long-time friend and fan of the group, according to Anime News Network. Shibuya's social media post about the marriage received 592 comments and 35,200 likes as of press time, most of them congratulations from fans, according to Anime News Network.
The announcement comes with Perfume already on a temporary break, following the group's appearance at the 76th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen last year, according to The Hive Asia. The group announced in late September that a hiatus would start in 2026, according to Anime News Network. Shibuya has appeared in productions including Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo: Majutsu Ressha Satsujin Jiken and the live-action Angel Heart television series, according to Anime News Network.
The photograph with this article shows Nocchi at the opening ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015. It is an earlier portrait, not a photograph of the wedding. (Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.)