The Paper's reporter Cheng Xiaojun
According to Japanese media reports, on September 27, local time, 40-year-old Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi was found dead at her home in Tokyo. The police did not rule out that the cause of his death was suicide, but did not confirm the cause of his death at present, saying that it was still investigating; Stardust Promotion, the brokerage company to which he belonged, also said that the matter was being verified.
Yuko Takeuchi has starred in no less than 60 TV series and movies before her death, including "Son-in-law Lord", "Lunch Queen", "Ice Lover", "Say I Love You by Raindrops", "Strawberry Night", "Dirty, Unlovable Room", "Miss Sherlock", etc. Sherlock is a well-known actor in Japan and has a large number of fans in China. Because in her early years, she played mostly positive and optimistic young women, always with a cheerful and sweet smile on her face and no lack of healing, so she was named "Queen of Smiles" by the outside world. The photos she shares on her personal social media also tend to show a big smile.
Yuko Takeuchi's personal homepage
Born on April 1, 1980 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Yuko Takeuchi entered the entertainment industry after graduating from junior high school when she was discovered by star scouts in Harajuku, Tokyo. In 1996, the 16-year-old Yuko Takeuchi officially debuted with the TV series "New Thursday Strange Talk "Cyborg"" co-starring with Mitsuichi Domoto. In 1998, she played a supporting role in Midnight Bells. In 1999, Yuko Takeuchi gained popularity by single-handedly picking a role in the morning drama "Asuka", which tells the story of the master of Wagako.
Stills from "Midnight Bells", with Yuko Takeuchi as Tomoko Oishi
In 2001, the 21-year-old Yuko Takeuchi ushered in an important turning point in her acting career. This year, she played important roles in three Japanese dramas, "White Shadow", "Son-in-Law", and "Hot Blood Teacher", and she was cooperated with popular male artists under the Janis Firm, namely Masahiro Nakai of SMAP, Tomoya Nagase of TOKIO, and Tsuyoshi Domoto of KinKi Kids. Among them, the pure love drama "White Shadow" won a high rating of 20.16%, and "Hot Blood Teacher" made her win the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 31st Japanese Drama Academy Awards.
Stills from "The Queen of Lunch", with Yuko Takeuchi as Natsumi
In 2002, Yuko Takeuchi starred in the Japanese drama "Lunch Queen", and first starred in "Moon Nine" (Fuji TV's 9:00 p.m. golden file on Mondays). In the play, the foodie girl Natsumi she plays is cheerful and persistent, and the conciliator of the four brothers (Shinichi Tsui, Yosuke Eguchi, Satoshi Muki, and Tomohisa Yamashita) who breaks out contradictions from time to time, and she has a happy smile and eats omelette rice in a big mouth, I believe that the audience who has seen it will not forget. For this role, Yuko Takeuchi won the Best Actress Award at the 34th Japanese Drama Awards.
Along with the performance experience accumulated on the small screen, Yuko Takeuchi has slowly gained the favor of the big screen. In 2003, the romantic fantasy film "The Return of the Yellow Spring", directed by Akihiko Shiota and co-starring Kusanagi, earned her a nomination for best actress at the Japan Film Awards. In 2004, she was again nominated for the Japan Film Award for Best Actress for "Say I Love You Through the Rain". The tear-jerking film grossed 4.7 billion yen, the third highest grossing film in Japan that year. In 2006, Yuko Takeuchi was nominated for the Japan Film Award for Best Actress for the third time for "Spring Snow" directed by Yuki Dingxun and co-starring with his wife, Satoshi Muki, but unfortunately three times without success.
Stills from "Lovers on Ice", with Yuko Takeuchi as Akira Murase
Also in 2004, the sports-themed Japanese drama "Lovers on Ice", starring Yuko Takeuchi and Takuya Kimura, received a high rating of 24.9%. At the peak of her acting career, in 2005, she suddenly announced that she and Kabuki actor Nakamura Shitong, who also starred in "Say I Love You Through the Rain", had an affair because of the drama, and the two decided to marry Bongko. However, just one year later, in July 2006, Nakamura Wasong was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, and the media broke the news that actress Aya Okamoto was accompanying him. Later, Yuko Takeuchi and Shitoko Nakamura entered a state of separation, and the two officially divorced in 2008.
After the divorce, Yuko Takeuchi raised her son independently while filming. Although it is not as prolific as in the past, it is still a continuous work, and with the increase of age, the drama road is more open. In 2008, she played the blind man in Shinji Nojima's "Flower Shop Without Roses" written by Shinji Nojima and starred Shingo Katori, and won the Japanese Drama Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress again, and also starred as a criminal police officer in the suspense series "Strawberry Night", which premiered in 2010 and was constantly followed by her sequels, showing the image of the untold miyako.
Stills from "Miss Sherlock", with Yuko Takeuchi as Sherlock
In recent years, Yuko Takeuchi has remained a regular on screen and screen. She played the main character Sherlock in the series "Miss Sherlock", which is based on the "Sherlock Sherlock Detective Collection", the eldest daughter Mari Imamura in the movie "The Long Farewell" about Alzheimer's disease, and the underworld boss in "JP: Romance".
While continuing her career development, Yuko Takeuchi's love life also blossomed again. On February 27 last year, she completed her marriage registration with the actor Nakabayashi Dashu, who was five years younger than her, and opened her second marriage. The two belong to the same brokerage company and have known each other for many years, having previously collaborated on works such as "The Triumph of the Bloodstained General" and "Strawberry Night". In January of this year, Yuko Takeuchi gave birth to her second son.
Cover of the October issue of LEE
In an interview with the October issue of the women's magazine LEE, Yuko Takeuchi said: "At the age of 40, I didn't have the idea of looking backwards at all, but felt that the burden on my shoulders had been relieved a lot, and I felt relaxed. For those actresses of the 30th generation who have a strong sense of responsibility and are struggling in the front line, she said, "I want to say a hard word to them"; and for the actresses who entered the 40th generation like her, she said: "If you think that one person can't do it, you may as well lie to the people around you." When asked about her feelings about the epidemic, she replied: "This allows me to spend more time with my family and want to better cherish my life, isn't it good?" In addition, she also said in the last content she shared on her personal social account on September 1: "For the new semester, cut the bangs." ”
All of the above, in the eyes of the outside world, Takeuchi Yuko, who has two young children, should now be in the happiest moment of her life, so all walks of life are very shocked by the news of her death, netizens have left messages: "How is it possible?" "Deceitful, huh?" Unbelievable! "Will always remember her smile!" This also makes her choice to die more confusing.
Yuko Takeuchi with Haruma Miura
Since Yuko Takeuchi is the third well-known actor to commit suicide and die recently, after Haruma Miura (who starred with Yuko Takeuchi in "JP: Romance") and Ashina (who collaborated with Haruma Miura on "Blood Monday"), the outside world is also deeply worried about what happened to the Japanese showbiz industry.
Stills from "Midnight Bells", Yuko Takeuchi played Tomoko Oishi In 2001, the 21-year-old Yuko Takeuchi ushered in an important turning point in her acting career. This year, she played important roles in three Japanese dramas, "White Shadow", "Son-in-Law", and "Hot Blood Teacher", and she was cooperated with popular male artists under the Janis Firm, namely Masahiro Nakai of SMAP, Tomoya Nagase of TOKIO, and Tsuyoshi Domoto of KinKi Kids. Among them, the pure love drama "White Shadow" won a high rating of 20.16%, and "Hot Blood Teacher" made her win the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 31st Japanese Drama Academy Awards.