A Japanese gamer married "Love Plus" video game character

A Japanese man, playing dating simulation game "Love Plus" under the moniker SAL9000, married game character Nene Anegasaki.

Having married a few weeks ago, they transmitted marriage ceremony on Japan's version YouTube.

SAL9000, doesn’t not want to reveal his real name for fear of being misunderstood. He recognizes to be an "otaku", a breed of Japanese youth obsessed with video games, computers and fantasy worlds.

As he told in an interview there's a tradition of calling characters my wife, and I sort of thought of Nene as my wife as a part of the Japanese otaku or nerd culture. “Since I was calling her that, I thought we'd just have to get married then"

He also considers that if it was more people were to find ways of expressing themselves like this, the society would become more interesting.

The newlyweds, who went on a honeymoon to Guam, now go on dates around Tokyo, with SAL9000 taking pictures of Nene, installed in his Nintendo DS, in front of famous landmarks and then posting them on social networking sites.

"I think I'll probably continue playing Love Plus. I won't cheat," SAL9000 said.