This saying took place about a week before the accident, when Ms. Sakai wanted to express her won't lose the battle of cancer by showing the example of Shiozawa Toki.

In fact, her doctor was optimistic as well. The outcome of the therapy wasn't bad, the tumor had become smaller. Ms. Sakai said she must recover her health soon. So she would take a walk in the hospital when her body's condition was good. And recently, she wished she could be recovered soon so she could go travelling with her family.

Ms. Sakai's mother said she often took walk with T-Shirt and boots. The place where the accident occured is the one where Ms. Sakai would rest after taking a walk. As for the reason for the accident, her mother said it was the big side effects of the anti-cancer drugs she was taking that made the accident happened. The side effects included vomiting, anemia and loss of appetite. She assumed Ms. Sakai fell because of sudden anemia when she rested in the platform. And that platform wouldn't be an easy place to commit suicide.

According to her office's related people, Ms. Sakai was rather optimistic and strong, completely unlike what ordinary people would do, fighting the disease. When she was good enough, she often went to gallery for art exhibit and Noh plays. Others wouldn't think she was ill. When the cancer recurred, she could even comfort her grief mother instead. For related people going to hospital visting her, she would say "Thank you for visiting me" in a bright and full-of-energy voice. Ms. Sakai didn't plan a marriage in the first place but concentrated in music instead. In order to show her filial piety to her parents, she lived with them in a newly-built mansion in Tokyo. Even when she was ill in bed, she wrote lyrics while she was free, hoping for a comeback. Saying a member of her company, she planned to release an album this autumn and hold another tour. Ms. Sakai also expressed her will to hold another concert in Budokan again for several times. But, all these have become a dream that can never come true.