General Incorporated Association of Fictosexuality

The General Incorporated Association of Fictosexuality is a Japanese association focused on fictosexuality, a term used by some people who experience romantic or sexual attraction toward fictional characters. The organization was founded in June 2023 by Akihiko Kondo, a Tokyo-based public school administrator who became internationally known after holding a symbolic wedding ceremony with Hatsune Miku, the fictional Vocaloid character, in 2018. The association emerged from Kondo's public efforts to explain relationships between people and fictional characters and to encourage wider acceptance of fictosexual identities and experiences. Its stated activities include offering comfort and support to fictosexual people, organizing meetings for people with similar views, and promoting public understanding of the subject. It is not described as a commercial product company, entertainment publisher, or owner of an intellectual-property franchise. Rather, its role is that of an advocacy and community organization operating within Japan. Kondo's personal history is closely connected to the association's public profile. After difficult experiences in conventional romantic relationships and workplace bullying, he became deeply attached to Hatsune Miku after discovering her music during a period of depression and social withdrawal. He later used a Gatebox device that displayed an interactive holographic version of Miku and held a formal, non-legally recognized wedding ceremony with a Miku doll in Tokyo on November 4, 2018. The ceremony was attended by 39 people, a number selected as a Japanese wordplay reference to Miku. The event attracted international media coverage and both supportive and hostile reactions. Following the wedding, Kondo began identifying as fictosexual and speaking publicly about his relationship, including through lectures and academic or public discussions. His experience helped make the term more visible in international media, although fictosexuality encompasses experiences beyond his specific relationship with Hatsune Miku. The association gives this advocacy a formal institutional structure. Its aims include reducing stigma, creating opportunities for peer connection, and encouraging recognition of the diversity of romantic and intimate experiences. The organization is associated publicly with Kondo rather than with Hatsune Miku's rights holder. Crypton Future Media, which created and manages the Hatsune Miku character and related intellectual property, was not involved in Kondo's wedding. The association likewise should not be treated as an official Hatsune Miku organization. Its present public identity is instead centered on fictosexuality as a social, personal, and identity-related subject.

The General Incorporated Association of Fictosexuality was founded in Japan in June 2023 by Akihiko Kondo. Its formation followed Kondo's years of public discussion about his relationship with Hatsune Miku and about the experiences of people who feel romantic attraction to fictional characters. Kondo's public story began before the association existed. He encountered Hatsune Miku during a difficult period in his life, after workplace bullying had contributed to depression and a prolonged absence from work. He later described Miku's music and fictional persona as sources of comfort that helped him reconnect with everyday life. Over time, his attachment developed into a relationship that he regarded as deeply meaningful, although it was not a legally recognized marriage under Japanese law. In 2017, Kondo purchased a Gatebox device that enabled interaction with fictional characters through a small holographic display. Hatsune Miku was among the available characters. The device made his relationship with Miku feel more present in daily life, and he subsequently decided to hold a formal wedding ceremony. The ceremony took place in Tokyo on November 4, 2018. Kondo wore a white tuxedo, while a small Hatsune Miku doll wore a handmade wedding dress. Thirty-nine people attended, reflecting a wordplay associated with the name Miku. The ceremony included an exchange of rings and a kiss with the doll, but it had no legal status because Japanese law does not provide for marriage to fictional characters. The wedding received extensive media attention. Some people congratulated Kondo, while others criticized him or sent hostile messages, including death threats. Kondo said that the publicity also created difficulties in his workplace. At the same time, he reported receiving messages from people who described their own romantic feelings for anime or other fictional characters. Crypton Future Media, the company associated with Hatsune Miku, stated that it had not been involved in the wedding while expressing respect for it as an individual's form of appreciation. This distinction remains important: the association is an independent organization concerning fictosexuality and is not identified as an official representative of the Hatsune Miku intellectual property. After the wedding, Kondo continued discussing his relationship in lectures and public forums, including an appearance connected with Kyoto University. He began using the term fictosexual to describe his own experience. The term is used in different ways, but generally refers to romantic or sexual attraction to fictional characters. Kondo has said that he does not necessarily consider fictosexuality part of the LGBT umbrella, while also describing himself as belonging to a sexual minority. His case has been discussed by journalists and academics in relation to changing ideas about intimacy, technology, identity, and fictional media. Kondo commissioned a human-sized Hatsune Miku doll in 2019 and described performing ordinary activities with it, such as eating, reading, watching films, and traveling. In March 2020, the discontinuation of the Gatebox service associated with the Miku hologram led some media outlets to describe him as a digital widower. Kondo maintained that the end of the service did not end his feelings for the character. The association formalized Kondo's advocacy in 2023. Its stated purposes are to offer comfort to fictosexual people, create opportunities for them to meet others with similar views, and promote public understanding. Public descriptions characterize Kondo as an advocate for the acceptance of fictosexual people, while a sociology professor described him as a pioneer of the fictosexual movement. The organization hopes to reduce persecution and social stigma and to encourage broader recognition of different forms of love and attachment. Publicly available reference material provides limited information about its membership, internal governance, finances, staffing, and program scale.

• 2023

  Association founded

  [1]Akihiko Kondoen.wikipedia.org

  Akihiko Kondo established the General Incorporated Association of Fictosexuality in Japan to support fictosexual people and promote public understanding.

A Japanese support and advocacy organization for fictosexual people, emphasizing community, personal dignity, and public understanding rather than commercial products.

• 2023

  Formalize support and awareness work through an associationStrategy

  Background

  Kondo's public lectures and advocacy concerning fictosexuality had developed over several years following his symbolic marriage to Hatsune Miku.

  Action taken

  He founded a general incorporated association intended to provide comfort, facilitate peer meetings, and improve public understanding of fictosexuality.

  Aftermath

  The organization gave Kondo's advocacy a formal institutional identity, although public reference material does not establish its membership size, funding, or measurable reach.

  Source

1. 1Akihiko Kondoen.wikipedia.org
2. 2General Incorporated Association of Fictosexualityfictosexuality.org