Fans buy Ken Shimura's car to pay for the pension of three people who are close to Ken Shimura

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May 16 marks the 77th anniversary of Ken Shimura (aged 70), who died of the novel coronavirus on March 29, and the day of the identification of the new owner of Ken Shimura's car, a Rolls-Royce Black Phantom, which was sold through a dealership.

Released in 2003 as a seventh-generation Black Phantom, this car is a super premium car with a new price of at least 50 million to 60 million yen. Ken Shimura bought it in 2007 as a special car when going out to shoot, and equipped it with a driver. Ken Shimura often parked the car next to him when drinking at night markets such as Ginza in Tokyo, which was very conspicuous.

Because Shimura Ken loved the car very much, he traveled nearly 140,000 kilometers in 13 years, but because it was regularly sent to the dealer for maintenance, people who sat there said that the car was very well maintained, and the market price was about 10 million yen.

According to the Sports Daily, Shimura's relatives approached the dealer to discuss selling the car, and the person concerned said: "Since it is not a car that ordinary people can easily drive, it was decided to use the cost of selling the car to pay for the pension of the 3 retinues of Mr. Shimura, who has always been a supporter." "There were a dozen people who wanted to buy the car, which was eventually bought by one of the male fans.

The president of the dealer said in an interview on the 16th: "Due to the personal privacy, I cannot disclose any information," and the relevant person said that the buyer was a male fan living in western Japan.

*Mirage Rolls-Royce was released in 1929. Rolls-Royce was acquired by BMW in 2003 and sold in its seventh generation, it is the highest class of Rolls-Royce sedan, featuring a countertop designed with the Parthenon temple as an element. The total exhaust capacity of the seventh generation is 6794cc. Japanese artists Takeshi Naka kitano and Kenichi Mikawa own the same vehicle, which is now in its eighth generation.

(On May 10, relatives held a ceremony, and the 16th is the 77th death day) and the 16th is the 77th death day of Ken Shimura. Shimura's older brother, Shimura, conveyed over a walkie-talkie in his home in Higashimurayama City that his relatives had completed the 77th Death Day ceremony on May 10, and "the ashes have also been buried in the tomb in the city." (uu/translation)