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Popular Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi died at the age of 40.
According to Japanese news reports, her family found her unconscious at her Tokyo residence in the early hours of Sunday (September 27) and her death was confirmed at the hospital. The police suspect that suicide is the cause of death.
This is eight months after Takeuchi gave birth to her son with Japanese actor Taiki Nakabayashi, whom she married in 2019. Takeuchi has another 14-year-old son with kabuki and film actor Shido Nakamura II. He divorced Nakamura in 2008.
Takeuchi is well known in Japan and throughout the region. He had his big break with the morning drama series Asuka (1999) and went on to star in hit series like the ice hockey romance Pride (2004), alongside Takuya Kimura. She also starred in Miss Sherlock (2018), an HBO Asia and Hulu Japan adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes stories. It is available on HBO Go.
She received critical acclaim for her various film roles, including Yomigaeri (2003), for which she was nominated for a Japan Academy Film Award, the country’s most prestigious acting award.
Most recently, Takeuchi had been on hiatus from acting due to her pregnancy, but appeared at an event promoting an instant noodle brand earlier this month. She then said in an Instagram post, “How is everyone doing during summer break? I cut my bangs for the new school year.”
Yuko Takeuchi posted on her Instagram this month (September 2020) to promote an instant ramen brand. PHOTO: YUKO_TAKEUCHI0401 / INSTAGRAM
Comments from fans, many in disbelief, flooded his latest Instagram post.
There have been a number of suicides in the Japanese entertainment industry in recent months. Actor Haruma Miura was found dead in his home in July at age 30, while professional wrestler and reality star Terrace House, Hana Kimura, died in May at age 22. Actress Sei Ashina, 36 years old, and actor Takashi Fujiki, 80, were found dead this day. month in suspected suicides.
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This article was first published in The times of the strait.
