It's been reported that actress Nakajo Ayami (25) is in a serious relationship with Ichihara Sougo (36), the president of IT company AViC which specializes in digital marketing. 

According to persons who know the two, they hit it off after meeting through a mutual acquaintance in summer of last year. They've been dating seriously for over a year, and recently started living together. Reportedly, Ichihara has been telling people around him that he and Nakajo will be getting married next spring. 

Sponichi interviewed someone close to Nakajo who commented, "It's true that they are dating." Meanwhile, her agency neither confirmed nor denied the reports stating, "We leave private matters up to her," and "They are not living together, and we have not heard anything concrete about marriage."