Jim <eternal_dna@hotmail.com> wrote:

> In my experience, depending on the landlord, the guarantor can be just
> about anyone, they're just a contact in case you skip out of town after
> burning down the building.  I rented a place in Maruyama-cho in Shibuya,
> and a guy from work came with me to be the guarantor... but made it very
> clear to the real estate guys that he wasn't signing any paperwork or
> "guaranteeing" anything. They took his business card and that was it.

For guarantors, real estate agents/owners require a form to be filled
out as well as the copy of the guarantor's inkan shoumeisho.  Your work
friend was probably just a contact person for Japanese language if they
needed to explain something, etc.  That is not a guarantor.

-- 
Matt
matt@gol.com