On June 6, EXILE AKIRA announced his marriage to actress Lin Chi-Ling. The two co-starred in the stage play 'Red Cliff ~Ai~' back in August of 2011. Since then, they have gotten close and started dating last year. AKIRA commented, "She always puts her family and friends first. Moreover, through her work, you can tell that she treasures her fans and many people in Asia. I've watched her deliver love and courage. I was captured by that strong sens

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The stage play “Red Cliff –Ai–” starring AKIRA (29) from popular music group EXILE opened on August 8th at the Le Theatre in Ginza.  The play is a work inspired by the film “Red Cliff,” which was directed by John Woo and based on the “Battle of the Red Cliffs” recorded in China’s “Annals of the Three Kingdoms.”  AKIRA, who stars as the State of Wu General Zhou Yu, was enthusiastic about the opening day and stated, “We can deliver the best

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Kitagawa Keiko made a new blog entry on July 11th.  Keiko visited Taiwan, because her new movie "Matataki" was showing at the "Taipei Film festival." She wrote that she met Lin Chi-ling who Keiko co-stared with in drama "Moon lovers".  Keiko said on her blog entry, "Chi-ling visited my hotel today, even though she must be very busy.  She gave me flowers, introduced me to a good Taiwanese massage place.  In return for Chi-ling's kindness, I pro

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