Japanese actress Tekuchi Yuko was found dead in her Tokyo apartment early Sunday morning by her husband actor Nakabayashi Taiki. At the age of forty at the time of her death, she was the mother of two, including an infant boy born in January.
While Tekuchi took no note, death by suicide is being assumed. If confirmed, Tekchi’s death would be followed by other suicides earlier this month by well-known Japanese talents, including actress Ashina Sei, actor Miura Harmi in July and reality TV star Kimura Hana in May. Takiyu’s official website has not yet been updated on the Stardust promotion.
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1980, Tekuchi has amassed a long list of credits in TV dramas and films, as well as many local acting awards.
After entering the 1996 play “Cyborg”, Tekuchi reached the heights of industry with the lead roles in the hit 1999 NHK play “Asuka” and the 2001 TBS play “Love and Life in the White”.
Her film career began with a supporting role in the 1998 J-Horror hit “Ring”. Her first acting role was in the 1998 teen drama “Innocent World”.
Over the next two decades, Tekuchi was in high demand for TV and film roles, often playing characters on ridiculously fragile sides, such as the 2009 Nakamura Yoshihiro mystery drama “The Triumphant Return General of General Reggae”. But she was also cast in “Miss Sherlock,” a 2018 series co-produced by Hulu and HBO Asia and razor-sharp in 18 countries around the world.
In 2007, Tekuchi awarded her married lover’s young daughter the local best actress for playing the brass, free-spirited friend and surrogate mom in Negishi Kichitro’s “Dog in the Sidikar”. Most recently, she won the Best Supporting Actress award for her work in the Japan Academy 2014 play “Cape Nostalgia”.
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Tekuchi’s cozy, smiling, and feminine image also made her popular with advertisers, who used her as the face of many advertising campaigns among her more well-known clients, including Panasonic, Sentry, and Shisido.
His latest film, Kepar comedy “The Confidence Man JP: Princess” was released in July.
If you or the U.S. If you are thinking about any suicides you know, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit Speaking / Resources. In other regions, please call your local Suicide Hotline.
