20200718 Haruma Miura

Saturday, 18 July

#Today I was so shocked. Yesterday I write about Japanese Drama, The Hours of My Life and today I read an article about the male leading role in that drama, Haruma Miura (as Takuto Sawada). I read about his death which caused suicide.

https://www.google.com/search?q=haruma+miura&safe=strict&prmd=inv&sxsrf=ALeKk01ce52x8vQh6ifZOlSVurYBVG8a3w:1595163447766&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxpab1rtnqAhUK7nMBHXFQAz4Q_AUoAXoECBwQAQ&biw=360&bih=588&dpr=2#imgrc=reqo_RxNfFRkDM

I can't believe it.  Yesterday I remember about him and I just finished posting a blog about his drama. And today...

https://images.app.goo.gl/gKHngVwkLRvX4jKx6

It liked the dream, and I hope that news lied. 😭😭😭

Haruma Miura (三浦 春馬, Miura Haruma, April 5, 1990 – July 18, 2020) was a Japanese actor and singer signed to Amuse, Inc. He made his acting debut in 1997 in the television drama Agri and rose to popularity in 2007 after starring in the film Koizora. In the following years, Miura has notably starred in the third season of Gokusen, Bloody Monday, Kimi ni Todoke, Last Cinderella, Attack on Titan, and Gintama 2. He also starred as Lola in the Japanese production of Kinky Boots. 

Miura made his acting debut in the television drama Agri when he was 7 years old. He was enrolled at the Tsukuba branch of Actors Studio and was concurrently a member of the dance team Brash Brats with two other students. Following the closure of Actors Studio, the three signed to Amuse, Inc. As Brash Brats went on indefinite hiatus in 2005, Miura continued his acting career. Early notable television projects that he appeared in include Ima, Ai ni Ikimasu, Unfair, Children, and 14-sai no Haha. His first starring role was Taiyō Sasaki in the 2006 film Catch a Wave.

In 2007, Miura starred in the film Koizora as Hiro, and he also appeared in the film Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge. Following the release of Koizora, Miura won Newcomer of the Year for his role in the film at the 31st Japan Academy Film Prize. In 2008, he was cast as Ryo Shiraishi in Binbō Danshi, Ren Kazama in the third season of Gokusen, and Fujimaru Takagi in the live-action television drama adaptation of Bloody Monday, as well as a guest appearance in a special episode of Galileo as a younger version of the main character, Manabu Yukawa. In addition, he appeared in the music video for "Umaku Ienai" by Yuzu. Miura later starred in the film Naoko and won the Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award at the 63rd Mainichi Film Awards for his performance. In October 2008, he released his second photobook, Letters. By the end of 2008, Miura's rise in popularity led him to ranking #3 on Oricon's annual list of "18-year-olds expected to be successful" in 2008. Oricon also ranked him #1 in a list of "most anticipated actors for 2009." He also ranked #1 in a list of "actors of interest" in a survey published by the magazine Ori-Star.

In February 2009, Miura was one of 7 recipients who won Newcomer of the Year at the 2009 Elan d'or Awards. In April 2009, Miura appeared in the film Crows Zero 2 as Tatsuya Bitō. In March 2009, he reprised his role in Gokusen: The Movie, which was later released in July 2009. From June 20, 2009, to July 26, 2009, Miura starred in his first stage production, Hoshi no Daichi ni Furu Namida. In September 2009, Miura was cast as Kotaro Mochizuki in Samurai Seventeen, which was later renamed Samurai High School; this was his first leading role in an NTV drama.

In January 2010, Miura reprised his role for the second season of Bloody Monday. His third photobook, Switch, was released on February 5, 2010. In the same month, Miura released an idol DVD with Takeru Satoh chronicling their trip to New York City, which was titled HT: NY no Chūshin, Nabe no Tsutsuku. The DVD sold 12,000 copies upon release, ranking #5 on Oricon's Weekly DVD Charts. In April 2010, he was cast as Shōta Kazehaya in the live-action adaptation of Kimi ni Todoke, which was later released on September 25, 2010. In September 2010, he made his runway debut modeling at the 2010 Kobe Collection Autumn/Winter Show.

In 2011, Miura starred in the film Tokyo Park. On November 11, 2011, Miura and Satoh released a second part of their video diary, titled HT2: Sekidō no Mashita de, Nabe no Tsutsuku.

Since 2011, Miura has also been cast in various leading roles for several television drama series such as Last Cinderella and Boku no Ita Jikan.

For his role in the 2013 WWII film The Eternal Zero, Miura was nominated for an award by the Japanese Academy. He was also cast as the lead in the 2-part live-action adaptation films of manga series Attack On Titan; both films were released in 2015.

In 2016, Miura was cast as Lola in the Japanese stage production of Kinky Boots. 

In early 2019, Miura starred in the Japanese stage production of Crime and Punishment as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. In June 2019, Miura announced he was releasing his debut single, "Fight For Your Heart", as the theme song for the television drama Two Weeks, which he also starred in. "Fight For Your Heart" released on August 7, 2019.

On Miura's 30th birthday on April 5, 2020, he revealed on an Instagram live-stream that he was releasing "Night Diver" as his second single in early Q3 2020, which contained three songs from different genres including a dance song and a love song. He also stated that he composed and wrote the lyrics for "You & I", one of the B-side tracks. Miura was set to debut "Night Diver" on Music Station on July 24, 2020.

Miura graduated from Horikoshi High School.in Nakano, Tokyo on February 19, 2009. From 2016 until November 2017, Miura dated choreographer Koharu Sugawara.

On July 18, 2020, at 1:00 PM (JST), Miura was found unresponsive after hanging himself in his closet at his home in Minato, Tokyo. His body was discovered by his manager, who had checked up on him after he did not arrive to work as scheduled. He was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival. Police believe Miura committed suicide and an apparent suicide note was found in his room.

Following his death, Miura's second single, "Night Diver", will be released posthumously on August 26, 2020.

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruma_Miura)

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