A screenshot of an exchange between Nakazawa and Nishida that appeared on a social networking service around June 2021; Ms. A’s discovery of their conversation triggered the trial.On May 23, Ms. A and Nakazawa “directly confronted” each other in closing arguments at the Tokyo District Court. In court, Nakazawa consistently insisted that they were not engaged.   Statement of a former record company employee contradicts Nakazawa’s testimony. Mr. A, who appeared in court, and the president of the company where Nakazawa worked, who also acted as his father, testified that “Nakazawa came to me on September 24, to tell me about the marriage. We were discussing registering on April 7 last year. It was decided that they would get married, so I decided to write the marriage certificate. I asked for the necessary information (from Nakazawa) and wrote it down,” but Nakazawa reiterated that “I did not clearly say marriage.” Nakazawa further stated that Ms. A wrote the marriage certificate and exchanged photos to confirm the contents, “I can only wonder if it was for the plaintiff (Ms. A) to satisfy herself. In addition to this photo, she had also shown me the one that came with the appendix of (marriage information magazine) Zexy, and I thought it was an extension of that,” he testified. As for why his feelings for Ms. A had faded, he testified, “I had feelings for the plaintiff (Ms. A), but being a singer is a special kind of job, and I thought that if she had such feelings for marriage after making various preparations, but there were many times when we lost contact or she suddenly told me she was going to leave me.” He also cited the act of Ms. A giving him a screenshot of a LINE message on SNS last June, which triggered the trial, and said, “This was the second time (last June) that she looked at my phone. It happened once in the past, so I wondered if continuing the relationship any longer was a good idea considering that kind of thing.” he revealed.   In addition to the courtroom exchange, FRIDAY Digital directly contacted the former record company to which Nakazawa belonged until last October, and obtained a significant testimony from one of the employees. “On February 26 of last year, I was approached by someone from Nakazawa’s office and we had dinner in Tokyo. At that time, he (Nakazawa) told me that he was getting married. We even discussed how to make the announcement. Although the name of the woman was not mentioned, judging from her residence and age, we are certain that she is Ms. A, who filed the lawsuit this time.” This was a well-known fact among some people involved in enka, and the more Nakazawa insisted in court that they were not engaged, the more the contradictions stood out. Nakazawa was asked by the judge, “Is it true that you had sexual relations with someone other than the plaintiff while you were still in a relationship with her? Am I correct in my understanding that you are at fault?” In response to the question, “I apologize for the fact that I hurt a woman with whom I had no relationship at all,” he apologized, but no words of apology were offered to Ms. A., who ultimately led to the lawsuit, until the very end.