Wedding of Susumu Takajima and Kagami Ochiai


 * This article is about the one that took place in the real world. For the fictional version, see Wedding of Susumu Takajima and Kagami Ochiai (Chuhou Joutai).

The Wedding of Susumu Takajima and Kagami Ochiai (高島進と落合鏡の結婚) took place on March 8, 2003, at Drillimation Studios in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan. The groom, Susumu Takajima, is the CEO of Drillimation Studios; the bride, Kagami Ochiai, is a J-pop singer and actress. Upon Ochiai's marriage, she became Queen Kagami Takajima of Drillimation.

Engagement
Susumu Takajima is the second son of Hiroshi and Miyuki Takajima and became CEO of Drillimation in 1997. He and Ochiai first met in 1992 at the age of 12 during the development of Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil when Ochiai was cast as the roles of Remilia and Flandre Scarlet. The couple began dating in the late 1990s, even after a three-year break from seeing each other. Ochiai became engaged to Takajima on October 12, 2002.

On the following day, Takajima wrote a blog on both the Japanese and English Drillimation websites stating that he would marry Kagami Ochiai in the spring of 2003. The ring that Takajima gave Ochiai was made of gold with a ruby on top of it, as Takajima was preparing to get Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire once it came out that November. During the engagement, Kagami was wearing her trademark purple gown since 1998, but not her trademark black gloves since the engagement took place at Shinjuku High School in Shinjuku.

Wedding Ceremony
Once the engagement was announced, Drillimation Studios staff had five months of preparation. Takajima commissioned Ochiai’s mother and the idol group she directs to make the outfits that all the groomsmen and bridesmaids would wear, including the gown Ochiai would wear at the ceremony and reception, which resembled the one worn by brides at Minecraftian Royal Weddings in The Drillimation Series. Takajima also asked Touhou Project creator ZUN to write the music that would be played at the wedding.

In order to stay true to scenes of The Drillimation Series, both the groom and bride wore the crowns worn by most Minecraftian newlyweds. The wedding took place at Drillimation Studios on March 8, 2003 at 8:00 PM JST. Takajima announced after the ceremony there would be a ball and banquet to honor the new queen consort, being the bride.