miyavi and melody. Tie the Knot

Already causing huge ripples in the Japanese music community as popular overseas representatives, rock musician miyavi and pop singer melody. have recently announced their marriage according to the website Sponichi. Atop this news, it is believed the pop star is pregnant with the newlywed couple's first child.

The unexpected news comes just after miyavi announced his departure from visual label PS COMPANY, setting foot into the music industry as an independent artist.

Both miyavi's official MySpace and melody.'s official MySpace offer comments on the news' premature leak to press sites, such as Sponichi and ZAKZAK. The official announcement from miyavi himself is expected to come at his April 5th concert at Hibiya Yagai Ongakudou.