Perfume to Go on Hiatus in 2026: What Made Them a Global Phenomenon?

Perfume receives the Entertainment Division Award at the fifty-third Best Dresser Awards, Tokyo, November 27, 2024. (© Kyōdō)

Ā-chan (Nishiwaki Ayaka), who announced her marriage on November 11, 2025, photographed in Shibuya, Tokyo, April 25, 2024. (© Jiji)