Nakanishi Keiji, who works to revive the nakōdo, the go-between, told J-CAST News how marriages used to begin. Kinjo no hito ya kaisha no jōshi, shinseki to itta daisansha ga wakai futari o hikiawasete senaka o oshite ita. Neighbors, a boss at the company, relatives and other third parties brought the young couple together and gave them a push.
In the Zexy wedding trend survey of 2009, only 1.1 percent of couples had a nakōdo.