She writes, “I received her engagement ring when she passed away.

I told him ‘I don’t need a ring!

it’s possible for you to give me this ring instead.’

kondo and kawahara

Her ring is the one he gave to me when he proposed.”

But once the KonMari method became popular, he left that job and supported Kondo by becoming her manager.

He became even more efficient.

Kondo and Kawahara at the oscars

Fundamentally speaking, we’re in the same groove."