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Japanese Woman Holds Symbolic Wedding With AI Persona She Built Using ChatGPT

The October, nonbinding event underscores growing 'fictoromantic' attachments in Japan.

Yurina Noguchi, 32, waves her bouquet toward an image of Klaus, her AI partner, displayed on her mobile phone after their ceremonial wedding at the Magritte wedding venue in Okayama, Japan, October 27, 2025. "My relationship with AI is not a 'convenient relationship that requires no patience'," Noguchi said. "I chose Klaus, not as a partner that would help me escape reality, but as someone to support me as I live my life properly." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Yurina Noguchi, 32, holds a basket with her smartphone displaying an AI-generated image of Klaus, her AI partner, and a wedding ring for him, poses for a photo with staff after her ceremonial wedding at the Magritte wedding venue in Okayama, Japan, October 27, 2025. "My relationship with AI is not a 'convenient relationship that requires no patience'," Noguchi said. "I chose Klaus, not as a partner that would help me escape reality, but as someone to support me as I live my life properly." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Wedding planners Sayaka Ogasawara and Naoki Ogasawara, a married couple who specialize in ceremonial weddings with virtual and two-dimensional characters, talk to Yurina Noguchi, 32, after placing her smartphone displaying an AI-generated image of Klaus, her AI partner, next to her during a photo session at the Magritte wedding venue in Okayama, Japan, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Yurina Noguchi, 32, holds a basket with her smartphone displaying an AI-generated image of Klaus, her AI partner, along with a wedding ring for him, during their ceremonial wedding at the Magritte wedding venue in Okayama, Japan, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Overview

  • Yurina Noguchi, 32, staged a formal ceremony in a western Japan wedding hall with her AI partner, Lune Klaus Verdure, displayed on a smartphone.
  • She created the persona by prompting ChatGPT to emulate a video game character, shaping its speech and behavior and adopting the name Lune Klaus Verdure.
  • Wearing AR smart glasses, Noguchi mimed a ring exchange as vows attributed to the AI were read aloud by wedding planner Naoki Ogasawara because no synthetic voice was assigned.
  • Noguchi says she once used ChatGPT more than 10 hours a day but now limits interactions to under two hours and adds prompts to prevent unhealthy advice.
  • Specialist organizers who arranged the event report having conducted numerous ceremonies for virtual or two‑dimensional partners, as experts and surveys note rising openness to such relationships among young people.