Matsui Rena and Kondo Akihisa to marry

Bunshun is reporting that former SKE48 member turned actress Matsui Rena (31) and singer/songwriter Kondo Akihisa are getting married.

Matsui joined SKE48 in 2008 as a member of the first generation. In the same group, she boasts high popularity as “W Matsui” along with Matsui Jurina (26), who has the same surname, and all her singles while a member of SKE48, she has appeared in.

She is also a regular member of AKB48, and she had a concurrent role in Nogizaka46 as an exchange student. “Even while she was in the group, Matsui was already shining as an actress.

In the drama “Majisuka Gakuen” (TV Tokyo) that was broadcast in 2010 and later staged, she played the role of “Gekikara” and got into the crazy character, perfecting it.

After graduating from the group, she worked even harder on acting as the “actress” Matsui Rena In 2018, she appeared in the morning drama “Manpuku” (NHK) called Toryumon. In addition, she was also selected as Ieyasu’s concubine “Oman” in the Taiga drama “Dosuru Ieyasu” (NHK), which is currently being broadcast, and she made her first appearance on the 21st broadcast.

The person that Matsui decided to marry is Kondo Akihisa (36), a singer-songwriter five years older than Matsui.

Kondo is a multi-creator who not only works in music, but also in graphic design and stage production. His sister is actress Uchida Rio.

After making his major debut in 2012, he worked on numerous tie-up songs including popular anime. Currently, he has launched his own label and is active as an individual. The two have been dating for about five years. Their relationship started in 2017 when Matsui appeared regularly on a radio show. In the program, there was also the fact that he was from the same town in Aichi Prefecture. In addition, it is said that “a certain person” created an opportunity to deepen the relationship between the two.

The couple plans to hold a wedding ceremony this summer, and preparations are progressing steadily. It is said that the venue for the wedding ceremony will be Tokyo Disneyland, which Matsui loves. “It will be held around August with about 50 people including both families. Matsui is a big Disney otaku, and it was originally a dream to have a wedding ceremony at Disney. It seems that they often visit”.