Popular Japanese Actress Yuko Takeuchi Dies In her Home; Suspected to be Suicide

2020 didn’t start well: after the death of NBA star Kobe Bryant in January, the death toll kept on increasing.

On 7 Feb, we lost 24-year-old Go Soo Jung, who is best remembered for her role in the hit K-drama Goblin, to a brain tumour.

on 22 March, 44-year-old Taiwanese dancer Serena Liu passed away after she underwent a heart valve repair surgery.

During our Circuit Breaker period, on 23 May, Japanese professional wrestler and Terrace House cast member Hana Kimura reportedly took her own life at the age of 22 due to cyberbullying.

On 16 June, 28-year-old K-pop idol Yohan reportedly took his own life.

On 28 August, Black Panther star 43-year-old Chadwick Boseman shocked the world when it was revealed that he had died after a very private four-year battle with colon cancer.

About two weeks ago, on 16 September, 36-year-old Alien Huang was found dead in his own house due to heart complications.

And today, 27 September, another high-profile celebrity has left our world.

Popular Japanese Actress Yuko Takeuchi Dies In her Home; Suspected to be Suicide

40-year-old Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi reportedly took her life today (27 September 2020).

The veteran actress, who debuted in 1996, had starred in both the small screen and the big screen, and had won the the Japanese Academy Award for best actress in a leading role for three years in a row from 2004 to 2007.

She’s currently more well-known as her role as the female Japanese Sherlock Holmes in HBO’s Miss Sherlock in 2018.

According to reports, she was found in a bedroom, hanging by the neck, in her apartment by her husband at around 2am.

No suicide note has been found, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department suspected that Takeuchi committed suicide.