Who Is Nicolas Cage’s Wife, Riko Shibata?

NEED TO KNOW Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata got married in Las Vegas on Feb. 16, 2021 The couple met in Japan, where Shibata is from, while Cage was filming his movie Prisoners of the Ghostland Their daughter, August Francesca Coppola Cage, was born on Sept. 7, 2022 Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata have been married since 2021.

The couple tied the knot on Feb. 16, 2021, in a "very small and intimate wedding at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas," a rep for the actor told PEOPLE at the time. The marriage is Cage's fifth.

"I know five is a lot, but I think I got it right this time," he told the Los Angeles Times . Shibata and Cage went on to welcome their first child together, daughter August Francesca , on Sept. 7, 2022.

August was the actor's third child, and Shibata's first. The couple made a rare public appearance together on Nov. 4, 2026, when they walked the red carpet at the premiere of Cage's movie, Madden , in Los Angeles.

So, who is Nicolas Cage's wife? Here's everything to know about Riko Shibata. She met Cage through mutual friends Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata Credit: Gotham/GC Images Cage told Flaunt Magazine in October 2021 that he had met Shibata through mutual friends while in Shiga, Japan, where he was filming his 2021 movie Prisoners of the Ghostland.

The couple were later photographed holding hands for the first time in February 2020 when they both visited Cage's nine-foot tomb in New Orleans that he purchased for himself in 2010. She got engaged to Cage over FaceTime Riko Shibata and Nicolas Cage Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Cage revealed he had gotten engaged to Shibata on his brother Marc Coppola's radio show in August 2020.

"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 told his brother. (Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola.) "We were really happy together and we were really excited to spend that time together so I finally just said, 'Look, I wanna marry you,' and we got engaged on FaceTime," he said.

The actor added he gave Shibata a black diamond ring and mailed it to Japan after proposing. "Her favorite color is black so she wanted the black gold, and the black diamond," he said at the time. "I found it and I customized and personalized it and I actually sent it to her via FedEx." She wed Cage in 2021 The couple wed in Las Vegas in 2021.

At the time of his wedding to Shibata, Cage told PEOPLE in a statement, "It's true, and we are very happy." Among the intimate guest list was Cage's ex-wife Alice Kim, with whom he shares 16-year-old son Kal-El Coppola. Cage and Kim have remained good friends since their divorce in 2016.

Shibata's name on the marriage certificate posted on the Clark County Clerk's Office was listed as Riko Cage. She and Cage made their red carpet debut in July 2021 Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata Credit: Michael Kovac/Getty Following their wedding, Cage and Shibata made their red carpet debut in July 2021 at the premiere of Cage's film Pig .

Since then, she has supported her husband at other red carpet events, including the New York City premiere of Renfield in March 2023. In January 2024, on Cage's 60th birthday, the couple attended the Golden Globes in Los Angeles. "I'm just looking at this whole experience as one big birthday party," Cage, who was nominated for best performance by a leading actor in a musical or comedy, said on the red carpet.

"It's my surrealist birthday party. I'm excited to see everybody; everybody's invited to my birthday party." Two months later, the couple walked hand-in-hand down the red carpet at the Oscars . She has one child with Cage After announcing their pregnancy in January 2022, the couple welcomed their first child together on Sept.

7, 2022. Named August Francesca Coppola Cage, the baby was Cage's third child and Shibata's first. "Nicolas and Riko are happy to announce the birth of their daughter," their rep told PEOPLE following the baby's birth.

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