On September 27, the famous Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi was exposed to have died at home at the age of 40, and the cause of death was suspected to be suicide.
According to Takeuchi's husband, Daiki Nakabayashi, on the evening of September 26, Yuko Takeuchi and the two of them returned home from dinner and went to the second floor alone.
At 2 a.m., after entering the bedroom, Nakabayashi Dashu found his wife hanging in the walk-in closet, so he quickly called an ambulance, but it was too late, and Takeuchi's heart and lungs were in a state of cessation.
No suicide note was found at the scene, and the police have preliminarily determined that it may be a suicide caused by depression.
In January of this year, Yuko Takeuchi gave birth to her second child. Some netizens also speculated whether Yuko Takeuchi died of postpartum depression.
According to Japanese media reports, Japanese director Ito Revealed that Yuko Takeuchi was suspected of suffering from postpartum depression after giving birth. In past postpartum interviews, she herself revealed that the reduction in workload has caused her anxiety and is very worried that she will be disconnected from her work.
When she died, her 8-month-old son was around, and she still couldn't change her decision.
Yuko Takeuchi's former firm issued a statement on its official website, saying that all the artists and employees of the company were shocked and sad about her sudden death, and at the same time expressed deep condolences to Yuko Takeuchi's family and would stop the public activities of its artists.
Born on April 1, 1980 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Yuko Takeuchi began her acting career in 1996 as an actress in the TV series "New Kiyoki Strange Talk cyborg", and has since starred in several TV series and movies, such as "Asuka", "Midnight Bell", "Lunch Queen", "Ice Lover", "Now, I Want to See You", "Flower Shop Without Roses", "Goddess Detective Sherlock" and so on.
She has won the love of many audiences with her superb acting skills and extraordinary temperament, and has a high popularity in China, Japan and South Korea.
Most of her characters are pleasing and charming, and coupled with the warm and bright smile of Yuko Takeuchi herself, fans have crowned her the title of "Queen of Smiles".
On September 1, Yuko Takeuchi also attended the event and posted photos of the scene on her personal social platform. She still has a familiar smile in the photo, and she is in a very good state. She also revealed that she had made new bangs and asked everyone how they were doing during the summer vacation.
This dynamic became her last update.
In the face of the bad news of her sudden death, many fans have expressed that they cannot accept it. Some fans said heartbreakingly: "How I wish it was fake news." In the comment area of the relevant Weibo, in addition to the shock, it is the sadness that cannot stop the tears.
Yuko Takeuchi, who has achieved a lot of success in her work, has not had a smooth emotional life.
In 2004, Yuko Takeuchi and Shito Nakamura co-starred in the movie "Now, I Want to See You". Through this movie, Yuko Takeuchi and Shinoko Nakamura also walked from the play to the outside of the play, and the two began to fall in love.
Stills from "Now, I'd Love to See You"
On May 9, 2005, Yuko Takeuchi disclosed the fact that she was in a relationship with Nakamura Andong and admitted that she was three months pregnant, and the two submitted a marriage application in June. In November, Yuko Takeuchi gave birth to a boy.
However, in July 2006, Nakamura Shitong was detained by the police for drunk driving, and was subsequently exposed to marital infidelity. The resolute Yuko Takeuchi resolutely applied for divorce, and the two eventually reached an agreement to divorce in 2008.
In 2009, Yuko Takeuchi and Daiki Nakabayashi, an actor from the same firm, met for co-starring in the movie "The Triumph of the Blood-Stained General", and the two married on February 27, 2019, and the outside world also gave support and blessings. In January this year, the two sons were also born.
In July this year, Yuko Takeuchi's film "JP: Princess Chapter" was released in Japan.
On July 18, Haruma Miura, a popular actor with whom she worked on the film, was found hanging himself at home at the age of 30.
The Internet exposed a video of the two people shooting "JP: Princess" before the two lives, in which the two sat on the steps, laughing and talking while eating ice cream, and joking with the staff on the side. When he got up, Haruma Miura helped Takeuchi Yuko down the steps, and both of them smiled happily.
The video is still there, but the two people in the video have both passed away. Looking back at the group photo taken by the two people, it made people sigh.
Haruma Miura was born in 1990 and has many masterpieces such as "Love Void", "Extreme Path Fresh Master", "Five Minutes Before Midnight", "Blood Monday", "14-year-old mother" and many other masterpieces.
It is reported that on July 18, 2020, Miura Haruma's agent went to his residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward to pick him up on the set, but when he arrived at his home, he found that he had committed suicide and passed out, and he died on the same day after being taken to the hospital.
Four days before he left, he had also advertised his upcoming new work on Weibo, but he himself had not been able to get to the day when the tv series began.
Haruma Miura also has many fans in China, and his sudden death is also unexpected. As soon as the news of Haruma Miura's death came out, fans had only one hope, that is, he could come out to refute the rumors, but in the end they could not wait for a turning point.
Since July, four stars in the Japanese entertainment industry have been found dead at home. After the death of Haruma Miura, 36-year-old actress Ashina and 80-year-old actor Takashi Fujiki also left this world by suicide.
On September 14, Japanese actress Ashina was found hanging herself from her apartment in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward at the age of 36.
Ashina debuted as a model, and then participated in a number of film and television works, including "See You Again Nanase", "Cherish Myself", "Genji Monogatari: The Mystery of a Thousand Years", "Blood Monday", "Soba", etc.
On September 20, the well-known Japanese actor Takashi Fujiki was exposed to committing suicide in his son's home at the age of 80.
Takashi Fujiki was born on March 5, 1940 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and has appeared in dramas such as "Fugitive Lawyer", "Totsugawa Police Series", "Sumitsu", and "Blood Monday".
It is worth mentioning that Haruma Miura, Ashina and Takashi Fujiki all starred in the drama "Blood Monday". In other words, Haruma Miura has worked with three stars who have died later.
Four celebrity suicides in more than two months not only caused the Japanese film and television industry to lose a number of outstanding actors, but also made many people wonder, what happened to the Japanese entertainment industry?
There are reports that Japanese artists are controlled by their firms, and there is a chain of contempt within the firm, and idol artists are at the bottom of the chain of contempt. Not only do they have a small income, a large amount of business income is drawn by the firm, and they have no right to speak, and their own life and work arrangements are often tightly controlled.
Therefore, the artists supported by the firm are also saddled with high pressure and cruelty from the firm and the Japanese entertainment industry, and the criticism and accusations from the outside world will also be directly applied to the artists.
It can be said that there are many unknown pains behind them on the surface, and we do not know where the last straw that crushed them came from.
But for those who have passed away, we can only hope that they will go all the way. I also hope that everyone can cherish their lives well, and similar incidents will not happen again.
Author: One Zero Lin II
Editor: Yilin Lu