Studio Rejoices at the Birth of the First-Ever 'Mutual Love' King & Queen! Shimofuri Myojo's Seiya: 'I Seriously Want Them to Get Married' - Close Coverage of the New 'Mote' King & Queen's Final Night! Former AKB48's Mariya and Handsome Fighter Share Continuous 'Sound-Leaking Kisses'

New future TV "ABEMA" broadcasted the 8th (final) episode of the ABEMA original romance reality show "Love Power Kingdom 2" (8 episodes in total) on the ABEMA SPECIAL channel from 10:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Participating in "Love Power Kingdom 2" are 8 male members: Kota (Kota Iwaki/33), a company executive, actor, and Neppashi (sauna heat wave master); Taiju (Taiju Shiratori/30), a fighter and 5th RISE Super Lightweight Champion; Taisei (Taisei Riku/25), a model; Takashi (Takashi Sakaguchi/35), an internal medicine doctor; Naoki (Naoki Oguro/28), an actor and model; Yuki (Yuki Tanaka/30), a restaurant owner; Yuto (Yuto Oku/28), an actor; and Yukito (Yukito Harada/21), an actor. There are also 8 female members: Kano (Kano Takahashi/24), a talent; Seina (Seina/23), an exclusive model for Koakuma ageha who participated in season 1 of "Love Power Kingdom"; Noriko (Noriko Nishiyama/25), an overseas talent; Hazuki (Hazuki Kimura/25), an actress; Mariya (Mariya Nagao/32), a former AKB48 member, model, and actress; Moe (Moe Kawase/32), a talent and race queen; Yume (Yume Hayashi/30), a talent; and Rumi (27), a show dancer. A diverse group of 16 men and women with various backgrounds and professions, including those with past experience in romance reality shows, gathered together. The studio MCs are Seiya from the comedy duo Shimofuri Myojo, talent YOU, Fuma Kikuchi (timelesz), and talent Maria Tani.

Studio rejoices at the birth of the first-ever "mutual love" King & Queen in the show's history! ## Shimofuri Myojo's Seiya: "I seriously want them to get married" In the 8th and final episode, the popularity battle that unfolded in Malta finally came to an end. As a result of the "Final Mote VOTE," where participants vote for the "one person they were most attracted to," fighter Taiju and former AKB48 model/actress Mariya, who cast their favorite votes for each other, achieved a miraculous turn of events by becoming the 2nd King & Queen in a state of "mutual love." Seeing the two lined up wearing a crown and tiara, studio MC Seiya was highly excited about the conclusion, saying, "I seriously want them to get married." At the afterparty that followed, Taiju boldly confessed, "I love Mariya," and "I want to go on many dates when we return to Japan and get to know each other more," while Mariya smiled and hugged him, saying, "Taiju is my ideal person." Furthermore, the special video "King's Proposal," currently available exclusively on "ABEMA Premium," closely follows the couple's date after returning to Japan. Surrounded by a spectacular illumination display, Taiju, who had previously stated, "I want to date with the premise of marriage, thinking that far ahead," said, "We might discover more good things and bad things about each other, but I want us to stay together forever from now on...