Nicolas Cage to welcome a daughter with wife Riko Shibata

Nicolas Cage has revealed the gender of his first child with wife Riko Shibata.

‘I’m gonna have a little girl,’ the 58-year-old actor announced during his appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday, April 12.

Cage also dished that he and Shibata, 27, have decided to name their daughter, Lennon Augie, after the late John Lennon and Cage’s late father August ‘Augie’ Coppola.

Explaining the meaning behind the name, Cage recalled how his disc jockey father would blast The Beatles’ Let It Be album, particularly the song Across The Universe, at his radio station.

When the National Treasure heard the song for the very first time at just four-years-old, he was left ‘frozen, paralyzed by the music.’

Since then, Across The Universe – which was penned by John Lennon – has remained Cage’s ‘favorite song ever written’ and holds a special place in his heart.

‘Because of Across The Universe, her name is gonna be Lennon Augie, Augie after my father,’ he announced.

Cage noted that he expects he’ll be calling his daughter ‘Lenny for short.’

He continued: ‘I’m thrilled. It’s going to be the biggest adventure of my life [being a girl dad]’

It was revealed in January that Cage and Shibata were expecting their first child, and Cage’s third, after Weston and his 16-year-old son Kal-El from his third marriage with Alice Kim.

He was also previously married to Patricia Arquette (1995-2001), Lisa Marie Presley (2002-2004) and Erica Koike (2019).

Cage and Shibata met in Shiga, Japan, through mutual friends, while Cage was on location filming Prisoners of the Ghostland.

The couple kicked off this week with a special screening of Cage’s new film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

The 57-year-old Cage was all smiles while hitting the red carpet with his 27-year-old pregnant wife, who he married in 2021.

The screening in Los Angeles took place just days before the film opens in theaters April 22.

Cage stepped out wearing a classic black suit with a white dress shirt with the top button unbuttoned and no tie.

He also donned a black suit coat, black pants and black shoes for the red carpet event.

Riko stepped out with a full-length black dress and black pumps.