Reported on femalefirst, Akihiko Kondo tied the knot with the computer-generated singer Hatsune Miku in 2018 at a lavish wedding ceremony that was attended by 40 guests. However, their wedded bliss has hit trouble after Gate Box announced that it will no longer support the software for Miku - who has previously toured with Lady Gaga - and she has now been replaced by an error message. 

Kondo, 38, returned home from his job as a school administrator to find that his wife's image had been replaced by a message that read "network error". He said: "I believe we must consider all kinds of love and all kinds of happiness. When we're together she makes me smile. In that sense, she's real."  A heartbroken Kondo, who describes himself as a "fictosexual", has now turned to Miku dolls for comfort - including a life-sized one that he shares a bed with.

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