It's been reported that music group Couple's composer and producer Nindori passed away in early August due to pneumonia caused by COVID-19. 

The news of Nindori's death was released via Couple's Twitter account on September 9. In a joint statement, Kobayashi Momo and Nagata Ryoji commented, "We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported Couple until now. We are planning to continue Couple's activities, so please watch over us warmly until the day we meet again." 

Couple is a music group that carries out their activities as an "omnidirectional almighty pop group." They released their debut work "Brief pop" on cassette tape, which sold over 1,000 units. Then, they sold all 300 copies of their vinyl record "Hands." 

Our condolences go out to Couple as well as Nindori's loved ones during this time.