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Rest in peace: Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi, pumanaw na sa edad na 40

Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 2:47 PM by Chris Franco 2 min read

- Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi has suddenly passed away at the age of 40 on Sunday, September 27

- The award-winning actress was found unconscious by her husband, Taiki Nakabayashi in a bedroom in their apartment

- While no suicide note has been left by the actress, authorities are suspecting suicide as her cause of death

- Following this news, the actress's fans in Japan have flooded her last post on Instagram with various comments

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Award-winning actress Yuko Takeuchi has passed away at the age of 40.

Her husband, Taiki Nakabayashi, found the actress unconscious in their apartment early Sunday morning.

Following this news, KAMI learned that the Miss Sherlock lead actress was sent to the hospital where she was eventually confirmed dead.

Photo from Yuko Takeuchi's Instagram
Source: Instagram

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According to the reports done by Japan Times (authored by Jiji Kyodo) and Strait Times (authored by Jan Lee), authorities are suspecting suicide to be the actress's cause of death.

It can also be worth noting that no suicide note has been left by the actress as written in the report done by Variety (authored by Mark Schilling).

Yuko is a well-known actress in Japan who received a number of film awards during her time in the film industry.

The 40-year-old-actress is a mother of two and actually gave birth to her son with Taiki back in January 2020.

Following the news of her death, fans of the actress have flooded her last Instagram post with comments.

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Yuko Takeuchi is a Japanese actress who made her big break in the film industry with the series, Asuka back in 1999. Yuko was also the lead role for Miss Sherlock, a female-led adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.