Marilyn Starr was married to Japanese businessman Bruce Akahoshi (and took his last name) from April 1994 through October 1997, when they divorced.
-----------------------------------Everyone in California knows the 'Berry Man' from fruit produce packets. What they don't know is that 'Berry Man' is Bruce Akahoshi, a Japanese entrepreneur who was in Canada on business when he dropped into the French Maid club in 1994, and tipped the stripper $20.
Star needed US papers; the couple had sex and tied the marital knot at a quickie wedding in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 1994. They stayed together three years, Akahoshi following his wife around America - 'I'm basically a fruit and vegetable man,' he says now, 'and she is a beautiful stripper ... the sex was great but it was heartbreak.' Once in America, Star signed up with Videotown Pictures in California, earning $100,000 for one feature - 'it sickened me,' says Akahoshi. His wife, he noticed, 'became more of a dark and secret person' and one day in 1997 left a note saying she had gone for good.