IYO SKY said on Twitter on May 17, 2026, that she and NARAKU are now married, turning a long-running relationship between two Japanese wrestling stars into a public announcement that landed just as both are building momentum in WWE.

The news matters because the couple had been together for several years and were already engaged. SKY wrote that their connection began long before they shared the same stage in the United States, and that from now on they will support each other in daily life as a married couple while also pushing one another as WWE Superstars.

In her post, SKY said that she and NARAKU started their professional wrestling careers in Japan before eventually finding themselves on the same stage across the ocean in WWE. She described that path as one that began in early summer for this next chapter, with both now taking on WWE together after years spent building separate careers in their home country.

SKY framed the marriage as both a personal and professional partnership. She said the pair would share “the lonely darkness and the glory,” lifting each other up and striving to shine even brighter. It was a statement that read less like a formal announcement than a glimpse into how two wrestlers see the grind of the job and the home life that sits behind it.

The announcement also arrives at a moment when NARAKU is still settling into his new WWE identity. The former NJPW star made his NXT in-ring debut on the May 12 episode and defeated Lince Dorado in dominant fashion, an early showing that gave him an immediate presence under his new name. SKY, one of WWE’s top women’s division stars and formerly known as Io Shirai, has long carried the bigger profile, but the post made clear the two are now stepping into the spotlight together.

That contrast is part of what makes the announcement land. NARAKU has already made an impact under his new WWE name, while SKY is one of the company’s most established Japanese stars. The marriage links two wrestlers whose careers have tracked through the same industry but not always at the same pace, and it places their personal news directly beside a period of active professional change.

For fans, the headline is simple: two wrestlers who have spent years together are now married. For WWE, it is a reminder that the personal and professional lives of its stars often move in parallel, especially when both people in a couple are working the same schedule, on the same roster and under the same lights. SKY’s message did not hint at any interruption to that path. If anything, it suggested the opposite: the marriage is meant to strengthen it.

The immediate next step is less about ceremony than continuity. SKY and NARAKU are now married, and both appear set to keep building their WWE careers while carrying that new status with them.