Ghost Rider actor, Nicolas Cage , 58, and his wife Riko Shibata, 27, are expecting their first child together, and they already have a name picked out.
In a recent interview with GQ for the their April issue, Cage opened up about how his growing family, his love for his wife, and how she has been preparing for first-time parenthood.
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In case you missed it, Nicolas Cage, 58, tied the knot with Riko Shibata, 27, in March 2021.
The pair first met in Japan in 2020, but unfortunately, they were forced to spend the subsequent year maintaining a long distance relationship for the most part, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Once they were finally able to visit each other again, things started to get even more serious between the two.
“She left New York and went back to Kyoto, Japan, and I went back to Nevada and I haven’t seen her for six months,” Cage shared with his brother, Marc Coppola, on his Q104.3 New York radio station.
It wasn’t long before he decided to pop the question! But he did it in a rather unconventional way, given their circumstance.
He proposed to Shibata via FaceTime and mailed her an engagement ring by way of FedEx. A truly modern romance.
“I got her a black diamond engagement ring. Her favorite color is black, so she wanted the black gold and the black diamond. I customized and personalized it, and I actually sent it to her FedEx ,” he explained on the radio show.
The couple got married on February 16, 2021 — the same day as Cage’s late father’s birthday.
They hosted a “very small and intimate” ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas, in the outdoor Primrose Court area.
Now, just over a year later, the pair are starting a family!
This will be Shibata’s first child, while Cage already shares two sons with a previous partner, a 31-year-old, Weston, and a 16-year-old, Kal-El. This is also Cage’s fifth marriage.
Cage called the ultrasound printout of his and Shibata’s baby “so sweet” and compared the photo to “a little edamame” bean.
He also revealed that they already have a couple of potential names picked out, including Akira Francesco, and Lennon Augie.
“Augie was my father’s nickname. And my uncle [Francis Ford Coppola] has decided to change his name to Francesco,” he said.
He went on , gushing over his fifth marriage, assuring that it will be his last.
“I am a romantic, and when I’m in love, I want to give that person everything I can,” he shared.
“It’s my expression of saying, ‘I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you,'” he continued.
Cage is already a father to two sons.
Weston Cage Coppola, 31, is Cage’s eldest son. He’s followed in his father’s footsteps and pursued an acting career, appearing in a number of films including some which are currently in pre-production.
Kal-El Cage, 16, is Cage’s second son from his marriage to Alice Kim.
Kal-El famously shares a name with Superman. Interestingly, despite only being a teenager, Kal-El actually voiced another DC character, young Bruce Wayne, in Teen Titans GO! To The Movies.
Cage’s past marriages include some famous women.
He was married to Patricia Arquette from 1995–2001 and Lisa Marie Presley from 2002–2004. Prior to marrying Shibata, he married and divorced Erika Koike in 2019.
Cage declared that this will most definitely be his last marriage. “And this is it for me,” he said. “I mean, this is not happening again. This is it. This is it.”
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