Japanese actor Miho Nakayama was create dead in a bathtub in her Tokyo home on Friday. She was 54.
Ms Nakayama create success as a singer in the 1980s and 90s – at the height of J-pop’s shape – but was best understandn for starring in the 1995 film Love Letter.
An acquaintance discovered Ms Nakayama on Friday after she flunked to show up for toil. They called the paramedics, who validateed her death at the scene, local media alerted.
The caengage of her death is under scheduleateigation.
Ms Nakayama had originassociate been scheduled to carry out a Christmas show in Osaka on Friday, but abortled her materializeance, citing necessitatey health.
A statement on her website, published by her agency, validateed her death on Friday.
“We are stunned by the sudden occurrence of this event,” the statement said, includeing that her caengage of death was not validateed.
Ms Nakayama, who was one of Japan’s most famous teen idols in the 1980s, also finishelighted an illustrious acting nurtureer – most notably as the direct actor in Love Letter, a 1995 film about a grieving widow’s letters with a stranger.
The film became a massive box office hit and garnered critical acclaim both domesticassociate and internationassociate. Ms Nakayama’s carry outance geted her disjoinal best actress awards.
Ms Nakayama exits behind a son, who is in the custody of her ex-husband, musician Hitonari Tsuji.
