“It’s true, and we are very happy,” Cage told People in a statement.
The wedding was a “very small and intimate wedding at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas,” according to a representative for Cage.
It appears Shibata has taken on her husband’s famous moniker. A Clark County, Nevada marriage license lists Shibata as Riko Cage.
Cage first announced his engagement to Shibata in August on his brother Marc “The Cope” Coppola’s Q104.3 radio show, where he opened up about his non-traditional proposal amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“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 said during his Aug. 24 appearance. “We’re really happy together and we’re really excited to spend that time together so I finally just said , ‘Look, I wanna marry you’ and we got engaged on FaceTime.”
Cage said he sent Shibata a “black diamond engagement ring” via snail mail: “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 continued: “So we are engaged but we don’t have a date because of the world we live in currently. I’m hopeful… I would love to have a really beautiful Shinto wedding.”
TMZ and ET Canada also reported the marriage.
The choice of the wedding date was “to honor the birthday of the groom’s late father.” Augustus Coppola, who died in 2009, was born Feb. 16, 1934.
Shibata wore a wore a handmade Japanese bridal kimono from Kyoto, walked down the aisle to “Winter Song” by Kiroro, People reported. Cage wore a Tom Ford tuxedo, and the couple exchanged traditional Catholic and Shinto vows with poetry from Walt Whitman and haiku, according to the magazine.
Shibata is four years younger than Cage’s oldest son Weston Cage, 30, by ex-girlfriend Christina Fulton, according to Hollywood Life.
Cage’s last marriage, to Erika Koike, was annulled after four days in March 2019. Before that, Cage was married to Alice Kim for 10 years before they separated in 2016. The couple share a 15-year-old son, Kal-El Coppola, E! News reported.
Cage was also married to Lisa Marie Presley for slightly more than 100 days in 2002. His first marriage, to Patricia Arquette, lasted six years before they divorced in 2001.
In August 2020, Cage announced his engagement to Shibata but said the coronavirus pandemic prevented him from proposing face-to-face, E! News reported.
Cage got his wish. According to Barr, the newlyweds exchanged traditional Catholic and Shinto vows during their intimate ceremony at Las Vegas’ Wynn Hotel. Shibata honored her culture by wearing a handmade Japanese bridal kimono from her native country while Cage opted for a Tom Ford tuxedo.
The wedding ceremony was followed by a small reception attended by Cage’s ex-wife Alice Kim and their 15-year-old son Kal-El. Cage also shares son Weston, 30, with actress Christina Fulton.
Cage’s rep says the actor “remains very good friends” with Kim.
Cage was previously married to actress Patricia Arquette (1995-2001), singer Lisa Marie Presley (2002-2004) and Kim (2004-2016).
His fourth marriage to makeup artist Erika Koike in 2019 was his shortest: Cage filed for divorce after just four days.
