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>Then, after the main backstage comments, the players and staff were called together for an "emergency meeting. All the press who had left their belongings backstage were locked out. I had expected that Ogawa's retirement from the EP would be officially announced at the meeting, and that he would make a speech. Let's hear what Ogawa had to say.
>I was about to leave the ring and go backstage when a staff member stopped me and took me to a room (separate from the waiting room). There was a lawyer and a woman in charge of legal affairs there, and they handed me a piece of paper. They told me that my contract was terminated today. That was the end. They put me in a cab prepared by the company and sent me home. It was like a drama. I didn't know such things could happen..."
>Mr. Ogawa was not present at the "emergency meeting. After the meeting, Taro Okada, president of Bushiroad Fight, announced to the press that Ogawa's contract would be terminated on February 4. At the same time, he also informed the media that they should wait for the official announcement of the organization before reporting the news. This was done in consideration of the fact that they did not want the focus of the match to be on events outside of the ring. The next day, an announcement was made on the official homepage, revealing that Ogawa's contract had been terminated, or in other words, that he had been fired.
>A month later, I visited Mr. Ogawa. I asked him to reflect on the events of February 4 in Osaka.
>He said, "All the injured players were there that day. It certainly didn't feel right. But I only had to act as a second for them. I wanted to take a commemorative photo since I had come all this way, and since it was the 13th anniversary of the event, I thought it would be a good idea. I wanted to make it a memory for myself. Were you aware that you were leaving the group? Of course I was aware of it. But I never thought it would really be the last time.
