Singaporean actor-artist Chen Xi tied the knot with his Japanese non-celebrity girlfriend on July 14.

The son of Singaporean celebrity couple Edmund Chen and Xiang Yun posted on social media wedding photos with his wife, who is known only as Mami and is one year younger than him. Chen Xi, 34, had posted a snap of himself and her back view when he announced their engagement in May 2024.

“We decided, not a full-blown wedding ceremony in Singapore, but a small and heartfelt solemnisation with our closest family,” he wrote.

“We chose to keep things simple, sincere and true to us, and what better space than a charming Peranakan shophouse at Little Social, which also reflects a small dream Mami and I share for the future.”

He thanked his parents for their quiet sacrifices and for being his anchor. He also thanked his sister, actress Chen Yixin, 25, for helping out with the wedding.

“To my new Japanese side of the family, thank you for making the long journey here, even with little ones in tow,” he wrote. “Your presence truly means the world to us.”

Xiang Yun, 63, commented in Chinese under the post: “May you respect and love each other, and spend your lives together in happiness.”

Mami, who also goes by the nickname Mimi, also posted on social media wedding photos with Chen Xi, writing: “Registered our marriage. Blessed to be part of the family.”

Xiang Yun commented in Japanese under her post: “My new daughter, we are so happy to have you in our family.”

Chen Xi completed a master’s degree in arts and cultural management at King’s College London in England in January.

In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao in May 2024, he said he met Mami in 2020 through an online language exchange course. He told the Chinese-language newspaper then that they would hold a traditional Japanese wedding in her home town of Kyushu. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network