Kurassi Shacho (くらっし社長), the YouTuber and entrepreneur born Tsubasa Kurashima, announced on August 6, 2026 that he has married actress Chikana Ando (安藤千伽奈), a former member of the idol group NGT48. The 35-year-old shared the news on Instagram alongside wedding photos, and followed up with an announcement video on his YouTube channel the same day.
“To everyone who always supports me, and to everyone involved, I’m a little embarrassed to share personal news, but I wanted to report that I have married Chikana Ando,” Kurashima wrote on Instagram. “With gratitude in my heart for everyone who has always watched over us warmly, I will do my best to keep growing step by step. I hope you’ll continue to watch over us just as warmly.” On YouTube, he stated plainly: “Kurassi Shacho, also known as Tsubasa Kurashima, has gotten married.”
Kurashima, who takes on acting roles roughly once a year, explained that he and Ando, 25, first met about two and a half years ago at a gathering of actor friends. “It was a get-together my actor friend invited me to, and a lot of other actors were there too,” he said. “That’s when I first met her.” The two happened to be seated next to each other, and their connection began over a shared love of gyutan (beef tongue). “She said she liked gyutan, so I said, let’s go get some sometime — that’s how it started,” Kurashima recalled. After roughly three dates, the pair began officially dating.
He said his first impression of Ando was overwhelmingly positive, describing her as someone who is “serious and dependable, but not uptight — she has a bright, cheerful energy that lifts you up.” Despite a 10-year age gap between them, Kurashima said he has “never really felt a gap” and has yet to feel that they are mismatched. “Since I’m older, there are things I understand better, so I want to keep being there for her in whatever way I can,” he added, noting that the couple support one another in daily life. “The quality of life is really good, and right now, things are peaceful,” he said.
Who is Kurassi Shacho?
Kurassi Shacho is a Japanese YouTuber and entrepreneur with more than 830,000 subscribers on his channel, where he covers business, lifestyle and personal vlog-style content. Alongside his online career, he also takes on acting work on an occasional basis, appearing in productions roughly once a year — it was through this side of his career that he crossed paths with Ando.
Who is Chikana Ando?
Chikana Ando is a 25-year-old actress and former member of NGT48, one of Japan’s major idol groups formed as a sister group to AKB48 and based in Niigata. Since her time with the group, she has continued performing as an actress.
Author’s Comment
Ten years apart and the biggest scandal in this story is that their whole romance started over beef tongue — I mean that with love, truly. Japanese fans always hold their breath when a YouTuber with 830,000 subscribers announces marriage, half-expecting the comment section to implode over a stranger "stealing" their favorite internet husband, but this one landed soft because Kurassi Shacho did it the old-fashioned way: a slow build from a group hangout to grilled meat dates to three years of quietly dating before saying anything online. There’s something almost refreshing about a guy whose entire brand is hustle-and-business talk turning around and saying the height of romance is "things are peaceful now." No drama, no elaborate proposal spectacle, just two people who apparently like the same food and each other. I’ll take it — Japan’s YouTube world could use a few more boring, happy endings like this one.
