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#SHOWBIZ: Tengku Ampuan Pahang visits Akiko Okumura's grave

#SHOWBIZ: Tengku Ampuan Pahang visits Akiko Okumura's grave

KUALA LUMPUR: The Tengku Ampuan of Pahang, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, recently paid her last respects to the late Akiko Okumura, also known as Aisyah Abdullah, by visiting her final resting place.
In a video shared on social media by Akiko's widower, entrepreneur and social media influencer Abd Ridzuan Abdul Mutalib (better known as Ridzuan Ridzokumura), Tunku Azizah is seen visiting Akiko's grave in Subang Jaya, Selangor.
Ridzuan expressed his gratitude in the caption, writing: "Thank you very much to Tengku Ampuan Pahang, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, who is willing to visit the grave of Aisyah Abdullah @ Akiko Okumura."
In the comment section, netizens fondly recalled how Tunku Azizah used to leave comments during the couple's live TikTok sessions when Akiko was alive.
One netizen commented, "If I'm not mistaken, Tunku Azizah used to comment when Akiko would prepare food for her family. She's lucky that, while people may not know her personally, many people still remember her, including a beloved Sultan's consort."
Another added, "Maybe Tunku also feels sad like all of us. Al-Fatihah for a good person, the late Akiko."
Akiko was confirmed to have died after falling from the fourth floor of a condominium in Subang Jaya on Feb 28.
She married Ridzuan in February 2009, and they have a 13-year-old son, Sky Taizo Okumura.
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