Hikaru Utada to get married to an Italian

1: 禿の月φ ★ 2014/02/03(月) 16:35:04.04 ID:???P

I will be getting married soon.

I was thinking of announcing this quietly after the wedding ceremony, but it seems that there are already some rumors circulating so I thought of announcing it now.

I even find it funny how unexpected this is of me, but my partner is Italian. He's a "regular person", and I would like to sincerely ask everyone to please refrain from reporting his real name in order to protect his and his family's safety and his rights to his privacy.

Thank you all for your warm support. And I would like to apologize for making everyone worry so much. He is an honest and sincere man who is loved by many friends. He comes from a large and happy family that seems like it jumped straight out of a manga. I myself am not getting any younger, so I would greatly appreciate it if you could silently look after us.

2013/2/3
Hikaru Utada

And... Since I'm still in mourning, I was thinking if I should postpone my marriage. But when I last talked to my mother, I remember her sounding really happy which made me think, "Wow, how many years has it been since I heard my mother sound this happy". I believe that my mother also gives her support to this marriage, which will make us proceed with the plans according to schedule.

Source: http://www.utadahikaru.jp/from-hikki/both/ 

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Athletes and the English language: Where did Keisuke Honda improve his English?

1： ：ブリーフ仮面φ ★ 2014/01/12(日) 18:07:00.85 ID:???0

"I understand my situation. And I think everybody expects a lot from me."

Keisuke Honda, who joined AC Milan on the 5th of January, answered the club's official interview in fluent English. He always asks questions about the things that are unclear to him, and makes sure to grasp the gist and provide his answer.

Tadashi Yasuda, author of the book Learn English like the Indians!, has this to say about Honda:
"Honda looked extremely confident with his English in that 5-minute interview. I can imagine that he's really skilled with the language. Though I can't say that he has a rich vocabulary, he was able to express his feelings and use the common answers like, "I'm so happy to come here", and even used 'because' and 'so' afterwards to further expound on that. "

Honda has been studying English ever since he was in the J-League because he always dreamed of playing overseas. His English skills drastically improved when he moved to play in the Netherlands when he was 21.
"Holland isn't in the Anglosphere, but it's a very rare case wherein about 80% of the population can communicate in English. Honda was able to answer interviews in broken English even when he was still with his team back in 2008. He even studied the language properly with the English instructor that the club prepared for him, even after training sessions. This is where his English improved". - (Europe-based journalist)

Honda also used English heavily with CSKA Moscow, which lucky for him, was a club with a lot of different nationalities. 
He talked to them in English during the match, and would answer Russian interviews through an English interpreter. 

But Honda still needs to learn Italian if he wants to succeed, like Hidetoshi Nakata who's always compared to him. 

Nakata learned the language in the blink of an eye following his transfer to the Serie A.

Source: http://gendai.net/articles/view/sports/147068 

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