'2025 IBJ Marriage White Paper' Analyzing Big Data of 20,000 Matchmaking Participants Released! 'Successful Marriages' Decide in 4 Months After Meeting 11 People. What is the 'Shortest Route' Revealed by Data?

IBJ, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kenjiro Tsuchiya), which creates the most marriages in Japan*1, will release the "2025 IBJ Marriage White Paper," analyzing the matchmaking big data of approximately 20,000 individuals, starting April 9, 2026. This report analyzes the characteristics, ages, and incomes of people who successfully marry from various angles, based on actual data from marriage agencies. It will be published in a serial format of 15 installments, delivered once a week every Thursday.

The first installment reveals the "reality of modern matchmaking," including the profile of a typical successful person and the peak ages for marriage.

Summary - Successful couples decide to marry after "11 meetings" and "about 4 months of dating." - The number of meetings for those who successfully married is about 2.7 times higher than those who did not. - The peak marriage age is 30 for women and 34 for men, a gap of about 4 years. - The number of matchmaking participants in their 20s has surged, with men in particular increasing by about 3.4 times over 5 years.

The "Typical Profile of a Successful Person" in Data As a result of analyzing IBJ's marriage data, the following trends became clear regarding the typical activity patterns of successful individuals.

Comparing the data for men and women reveals a very interesting commonality. That is, the "number of meetings: 11 times" and "days of dating: about 4 months (124 to 125 days)" among those who decided to marry are almost identical for both genders.

They set an activity period of about half a year to 9 months, focus their efforts, meet an average of 11 people to assess their partners, and once they decide "this is the person," they make the decision to marry in about 4 months.

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