Voice Actress Aya Hirano, Actor Masashi Taniguchi Announce Marriage

by Vindstot
Jan 2, 10:58 PM | 39 Comments

Voice actress Aya Hirano and actor Masashi Taniguchi announced their marriage on their respective X (formerly Twitter) accounts on Wednesday.

"At this time, we, Aya Hirano and Masashi Taniguchi, have gotten married," Hirano and Taniguchi posted simultaneously. "We will continue to remember your gratitude and work even harder as artists. We look forward to your continued support and guidance."

Hirano debuted as voice actress as Momo in Otogi Story Tenshi no Shippo (Angel Tales) in 2001. She landed her breakthrough role as Haruhi Suzumiya in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) and began her music career under the record label Lantis in 2006.

Hirano's other notable roles include Konata Izumi in Lucky☆Star, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Misa Amane in Death Note, and Nobume Imai in Gintama' (Gintama Season 2). She is reprising her role as Ume Kurumizawa in Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season (Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Season 3) this year.

Taniguchi began his acting career as Nagare Tatsumi (Go Blue) in Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (Rescue Squadron GoGoFive) in 1999. He has since played in Kamen Rider Amazons as Jin Takayama (Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha) and Kamen Rider Saber as Bacht (Kamen Rider Falchion). Taniguchi and Hirano recently co-starred in the Chainsaw Man stage play as Kishibe and Makima, respectively.

Source: Oricon News

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Getting divorce just after 8 months of marriage...damn

Sep 30, 1:36 AM by Akane_Hoshitani

@MR-GRAYv2

Always pretty disappointing to find out an actor/actress you like is probably not a very good person. Similar to the time I went on a deep dive on Twitter to find out Wendee Lee (Haruhi's English dub VA) is also a psychopath asshole.

Sep 26, 11:02 AM by StewedBeefHaunch

And now they're getting divorced. On domestic violence accusations coming from both parties. This is miserably dissapointing, I didn't have a strong opinion on the 2011 scandal but this new event has changed how I view her, can't tell yet how much she is at fault but these accusations are vile if true that she was an abusive wife. She was my oshi for 12 years and now I just have to let it go. Still I wish the best for her.

Sep 22, 5:50 AM by MR-GRAYv2

Lol at Haruhi Suzumiya getting married to Taniguchi after all.

May 24, 12:08 AM by StewedBeefHaunch

@RobertBobert true to be fair if you're entering that kind of industry it's keep your pants on or lose your shirt didn't deserve the harassment though

Jan 6, 1:54 AM by yamiyugi101

@yamiyugi101 If you're talking about the quotes where she supposedly despises otaku etc, that was mostly circulated without a source as a means of harassing her after that scandal. She did get pretty salty later towards otaku, but that's to be expected considering the harassment that was started against her.

Jan 6, 1:30 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert I read it somewhere I honestly read so many things I don't remember where

Jan 6, 1:10 AM by yamiyugi101

@yamiyugi101 Where did you get this from?

Jan 6, 12:47 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Didn't she also talk about how much she hates anime fans or am I misrembering?

Jan 5, 11:55 PM by yamiyugi101

Good for Aya Hirano, I hope this is a happy marriage for her.

Jan 5, 3:55 PM by malvarez1

@VARice22 This was largely due to the fact that Japanese celebrities are often positioned as spiritual boyfriends or girlfriends to fans. ESPECIALLY after producer of AKB48 found a way to monetize it. So when stars have actual romantic lives, regardless of its “morality,” many fans become furious.

Jan 4, 4:16 PM by RobertBobert

@komic And like chocolates on Valentine's Day, it became such a huge and important tradition because of pop culture and the participation of a number of brands, rather than any national tradition.

Jan 4, 4:14 PM by RobertBobert

Omg, Dende is finally getting married... congrats!

Jan 4, 3:12 PM by IndexXx

congratulation both of you!

Jan 4, 10:38 AM by Harukawa7

@Piromysl She was in Akiba Maid Wars as the panda a little while back.

Jan 3, 10:29 PM by thereIwasnt

Man, it really does suck she got harassed for so many years because she slept with a few guys during the height of toxic internet anime fan bases.

Jan 3, 7:02 PM by VARice22

oh i remember her she was everywhere back then before she disappeared. congrats!

Jan 3, 12:24 PM by NEMA

Congratz to Hirano Aya san. She did such a great job voicing characters like Haruhi, Konata, Lucy.

Jan 3, 11:47 AM by MegamiRem

@Yubisoft
@Swagernator
@komic

i see now... although i wasn't being entirely serious lol

Jan 3, 11:19 AM by EcchiGodMamster

@EcchiGodMamster you forget. The new years is a major holiday in Japan and not to mention its right after Christmas which to Japan is the most romantic time of the year. People getting married around this time is the equivalent to getting married on valentines.

Jan 3, 10:04 AM by komic

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