 According to "The Washington Times", which is owned by the Unification Church affiliated News World Communications, Sakurada joined the church in 1977.In August 1992, Sakurada was married to a Japanese businessman who is also a Unification Church member and an official within the church in a Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church in Seoul, South Korea along with 10,000 other couples representing 131 nations.Sakurada said to journalists that she felt "very happy" to have married a husband selected for her by Moon.