Eva lyricist Neko Oikawa’s ex-husband who melted down 300 million yen “could no longer live in Turkey!

Ms. Neko Oikawa, 63, is a popular lyricist known for hit songs such as Wink’s “Ai ga Stoppa Namae” and “Loneliest Tropical Fish” and “Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis,” the theme song of the anime “Neon Genesis Evangelion.

In 2004, she published “Breaking Marriage” (Shinchosha), a book about her 13-year marriage to her ex-husband, which caused a great sensation. In addition to the fact that her ex-husband, Mr. E, is a Turkish man 18 years younger than her, the book also describes in naked detail how Oikawa lost 300 million yen of her assets in a life-destroying love affair with Mr. E, his begging and trouble-shooting, and investments in a travel business, eventually leaving her with a debt of 70 million yen.

Mr. Oikawa and Mr. E divorced at the end of 2002. In her book, Oikawa recalled that she was “one step away from ruin,” but in an interview following the publication of the book, she laughed it off, saying, “I just bought a stimulating and interesting time with money,” which shows the deep pockets of a successful lyricist.

If she had any misgivings, it would be if, as she mentions in the introduction to the book, “After the Angel Left Me,” “He came to me in tatters and clung to me. Seven years after the publication of “Marriage Breaks Loose,” did Mr. E’s travel business, which brought in a huge amount of Oikawa’s money, succeed, and how was their huge financial trouble settled?

The “answer” came from an unexpected person. It was Oikawa’s ex-husband, Mr. E.

In 2003, she filed a lawsuit in Turkey demanding repayment of the money she claimed she had paid me (300 million yen invested by Mr. Oikawa). This was due to the fact that the travel business I had started with her support was no longer viable. I sold the home and office I purchased in Istanbul and the hotel in Cappadocia (which is being renovated prior to opening) to pay back the loan, staff salaries, and taxes, but I have not been able to refund all of the money. As for the progress of the trial, I am not in Turkey right now, so I don’t know for sure.”

Soon after their divorce, Mr. Oikawa filed a lawsuit against his ex-husband, and the case is still pending between the two. Moreover, Mr. E. says that he was forced to leave his native Turkey because of the lawsuit.

When the reporter was puzzled by this dynamic development, which was the same as the tension in “Marriage Breaks Loose,” Mr. E. interjected, “After the divorce, I went to Turkey to manage my friends.

After the divorce, I helped out at a travel agency run by a friend in Turkey, but when the trial started, I was driven emotionally and financially to move to Cambodia, where my brother was living. I now make a living by growing bananas and cashew nuts on a farm with my brother. The average daily wage in Cambodia is about $5. Compared to when I was in the travel business with Mr. Oikawa, traveling back and forth between Japan and Turkey, ……”