小型“租友”行业的兴起与日本的社会经济变化密不可分。随着终身雇佣成为历史，人们越来越不情愿邀请同事来参加自己的婚礼。由于工作越来越忙，压力越来越大，很多日本人的朋友圈都很小。
When they marry, however, they are under pressure to match the number of their new partner's wedding guests.
但在结婚的时候，又不能让自己这边的宾客比对方少。
Office Agents, the largest provider of pretend friends, makes sure that its employees have done their homework and know all about the bride or groom before the wedding.
规模最大的租友公司“办公代理公司“要求其雇员在参加婚礼前做足功课，做到对新娘或新郎的情况了如指掌。
Hiroshi Mizutani, the company's founder, said the fake friends he provides must look happy, be well dressed and look like people with good jobs.
该公司的创建者弘水谷称，他的公司提供的假扮朋友看上去一定要开心，穿着得体，让人一看就是个工作体面的人。