Amuse announced on 8 November 2026 that Nocchi, a member of the Japanese music group Perfume, had married actor Kento Shibuya. The notice carries a separate message from Nocchi thanking the people who have supported her. The date at the foot of the notice identifies the day the agency made the announcement. For readers who came across the actor's name through search, the agencies' public profiles are the best starting point for distinguishing the announcement from either person's professional work. Amuse announcement.
Which facts come from the announcement
The Amuse page contains two voices. The opening part is the agency's confirmation, while the message beneath it is signed by Nocchi. The agency identifies both people and states that they have married. Nocchi's message thanks supporters and expresses a wish to keep making enjoyable experiences with them. Those are the public facts to carry into a summary. The post date can be reported with confidence as the announcement date. Readers should consult the notice itself for the wording and leave personal details outside a career guide. Amuse announcement.
The actor's name is presented family name first in Japanese. Readers searching in English will also encounter Kento Shibuya. His current agency lists him under the Japanese spelling on his public profile, while Perfume's site displays NOCCHi and the Japanese stage name. Keeping those official pages handy helps distinguish an artist profile from an unrelated result with a similar spelling. Players Agency profile and Perfume official profile.
Start with the official credits if you know only one of the names
The announcement is brief because it has a narrow purpose. A reader who wants to learn about the two careers should move from the notice to the separate official profiles. Perfume's profile is organised around a group history and three members. Players Agency presents Shibuya's work across several media. Each is a different kind of record. The group page is a useful introduction to Nocchi's work with Perfume, while the agency page helps identify a particular drama or film in which Shibuya appeared. Perfume official profile and Players Agency profile.
If you are saving references for later, keep the announcement separate from the profiles. Save its date and source in one note, then make a second note with the title of a recording or production that you want to find. This is particularly helpful when reading in translation. An artist's name may be written in Japanese script or romanised in different ways, and a title may have an international name as well as the original Japanese one. An official title and the credited year make a better search pair than a translated headline about a person.
A starting point for Perfume's music
Perfume's official profile identifies the trio as a-chan, Kashiyuka and Nocchi. The group dates its formation in Hiroshima to 1999 and its major-label debut to 2005. Those dates describe different milestones. Someone counting years from the group's formation is measuring a longer history than someone counting from the debut. The profile also highlights the 2007 single “Polyrhythm” as a breakthrough. That makes it an accessible starting point for a listener who wants to hear a specific track before exploring the rest of the catalogue. Perfume official profile.
A single and a live recording offer different ways to get to know the group's work. With a single, you can listen for the arrangement and the way phrases recur. In a concert performance, look for the relationship between those sounds, the performers' movement and the timing of visual changes on stage. A studio recording lets you return to the same musical detail. A concert recording supplies the additional context of choreography and staging. The official release and media listings give you a way to check what kind of item you have found before choosing where to start. Perfume releases and Perfume media announcements.
The group profile also lists appearances at Coachella in 2019 and Primavera Sound in 2023, followed by an Asia tour in 2024. For a listener who first encountered the group through a festival clip, the event and year are useful identifiers. A concert excerpt that circulates later can be labelled by its upload date, which may be different from the performance date. Check the event name against the profile before treating the upload as evidence of a new appearance. This also lets you place an older clip alongside the studio releases without mixing up the chronology. Perfume official profile.
How to read the group's pause and release announcements
Perfume used the term “cold sleep” in a message dated 21 September 2025 about pausing group activity from 2026. The message is about the trio and its work. It comes from a different source and year from the marriage announcement. The companion notice issued that day distinguished work during the remainder of 2025 from information that would be released in 2026. A group announcement from September 2025 and an artist notice from November 2026 should therefore be kept as two separate entries in any timeline. Perfume's message to supporters and the accompanying activity notice.
Several kinds of releases can appear around a pause. A documentary can look back at earlier work. A recorded concert can preserve a show that has already taken place. A compilation can collect previously released material. The date on a news post tells you when that item was announced, while the product date tells you when it is scheduled to be released. For instance, the official site announced a member-selected album for 23 December 2026 in a release notice dated 21 September 2026. The two dates answer different questions, and a product listing cannot establish a schedule of new group performances. Perfume album announcement.
The documentary page is another useful stop if you want to explore the group's history through a longer work. It has its own title, production credits and distribution information. The film and the group's message both use the phrase “cold sleep,” but their pages describe different things. One presents a film and the other communicates a decision about group activity. If you are looking for a screening or viewing option, begin with the distributor or official film page and check the region and date before relying on an old ticket or programme notice. Official Perfume documentary page.
A starting point for Kento Shibuya's screen work
Players Agency says Shibuya began working as a child actor and lists a lead role in the 2002 educational television drama “Docchi ga Docchi!” It also lists work in later television productions and credits in film and theatre. The agency's profile provides a route into that work without requiring a reader to infer his role from a thumbnail or a description attached to a short clip. Start with the medium you are interested in, then note the title and year. Players Agency profile.
The profile includes the 2026 historical television drama “Toyotomi Kyodai!” as well as the film “Taiyo to Bolero.” Those examples sit in different parts of the agency's listings. If you want to follow a particular screen role, use the broadcaster or distributor's own page to check the character or programme information. The agency credit establishes the professional connection. A programme page can give the episode, cast list or description that helps a viewer decide where to start. Separate a role listed in one programme from a guest appearance promoting it.
A long profile can include regular parts, individual episodes, films and stage productions. That range is more useful than trying to decide which one title represents an entire career. A television viewer might start with the most recent production they recognise and then work backward to earlier credits. A film viewer might instead look through the film list first. Keep the original Japanese title beside any English rendering you use. It makes the item easier to check when an English-language catalogue chooses a different spelling or translation.
Check which date belongs to which item
Entertainment search results often put several types of information on the same screen: a fresh notice, an artist profile, a release announcement and an old video. A profile may be updated without changing the year attached to a credit. A release announcement may contain both a publication date and a future release date. A clip may circulate long after a performance. Before combining facts from those results, identify the date that belongs to the specific statement you are making.
For a short note about the marriage, the dated Amuse page is the direct source. For a sentence about when the group formed, the group profile is the better source. For a sentence about a particular screen credit, start with Players Agency and check the relevant production page if you need a character or episode detail. Using a different source for each sentence keeps the announcement and professional histories distinct. It also makes it easier to correct a detail if a page is updated, because the claim remains tied to the record that supports it.
Readers interested in another Japanese entertainment profile can see our guide to Haruna Kojima and Her Lip To, which also uses official material to distinguish a public announcement from professional context. The same method applies here. A notice is useful for confirming what was announced, while a dated catalogue or profile is where to verify titles, dates and credits.
What appeared in Japan's search snapshot
The captured Japan view of Google Trends on 8 November placed Shibuya's Japanese name second among the preceding 24 hours of results sorted by search volume. It displayed 500K+ and an Active label. The grouped terms included Nocchi and Perfume. That makes the agency announcement relevant to the search, but the snapshot cannot tell which result each person opened or whether someone was looking for the news, a role or a song. The volume band belongs to the snapshot and should stay separate from claims about how many people read a particular notice. Google Trends Japan.
If you arrived through the name and only need the confirmation, read the dated notice first. If you want something to watch or listen to, follow the group and actor profiles from there. Start with one named track, performance or production, then use its official credit or release page to continue. Those pages answer the questions a short announcement leaves open about the work itself.
Build a short listening and viewing list
For a first listening session, pair the group's breakthrough single with a performance from a separately identified year. You can hear the recorded arrangement first and then see what a live production adds. In the official release listings, look for wording that identifies a concert recording, an album or a single. Keep the title of the show with a concert item. With a compilation, check which tracks are included when the complete listing becomes available. Those steps help you find the recording you intended even if different editions have similar names. Perfume releases.
For Shibuya, try choosing one television credit and one film credit from the agency page. This keeps the search small enough to verify. If a title turns up in several versions, check the year and medium. A television title may have a film extension, a special episode or related promotional material. The label in the agency's list tells you where to begin, and a current programme or distribution page is needed for any claim about viewing availability. An official historical credit remains useful even when a stream or screening is no longer listed. Players Agency profile.
If you share the list, put the two recommendations under the person or group whose work each item represents. The announcement explains why the names were being searched together, while the credits show the work each person is known for. This gives someone unfamiliar with Japanese entertainment a place to start without asking them to interpret a list of unrelated headlines. It also leaves room for them to choose whether they want a song, a live production, a drama or a film.
Sources consulted 8 November 2026, Bangladesh time.