Nicolas Cage Expecting Third Baby, His First with Wife Riko Shibata

Nicolas Cage is already dad to sons Kal-El, 16, and Weston, 31, from previous relationships

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Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata are adding a little one to their family.

The couple is expecting their first baby together, a rep for the couple confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. This is Cage's third child as he is already dad to sons Kal-El, 16, and Weston, 31, from previous relationships.

"The parents-to-be are elated!" adds the rep.

Cage, 57, tied the knot with his wife during a "very small and intimate wedding at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas" on Feb. 16 of last year, honoring his late father's birthday.

"It's true, and we are very happy," he told PEOPLE in a statement at the time. The couple met in Shiga, Japan, through mutual friends while Cage was filming Prisoners of the Ghostland.

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Riko Shibata, left, and Nicolas Cage arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Pig", at the Nuart Theatre Riko Shibata, left, and Nicolas Cage arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Pig", at the Nuart Theatre
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The couple then posed for their first-ever magazine cover for Flaunt magazine, which debuted in October 2021.

The following month, the pair walked the red carpet of the 2021 GQ Men of the Year party in West Hollywood.

Cage and Shibata, 27, who is also an actress, made their red carpet debut last July at the premiere of Cage's film Pig.

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