Miura Haruma Left a Note as Friends Share Anecdotes of His Emotional Sensitivity and Depression Since 2 Years Ago

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• May He rest in peace.

  • i am a big fan. thank you for all the joy. May you find the peace you are desperate for. Bloody Monday is one of my fave jdorama. Sigh... may he rest in peace.

• This is just so sad. Prayers for his family and fans. Please if you are depressed or feel like ending your life reach out to someone. Don't hold the pain inside. Let it out. A number to call in the US is the suicide hotline. 1-800-273-8255.

  • please be in peace...

• Still extremely sad and shocked by this. I pray that he's found his happiness where ever he is. Don't suffer the pain he had in this world. He is one actor I'll never forget. I have been watching his projects since high school. His untimely death is heart piercing. Speak up, listen, protect those who are going through this. Please.

• Koala, please add suicide hotlines when posting stories like this.

  • Agree.

    So sad seeing news like this. Hopefully this is the last one.

• Agree.

  So sad seeing news like this. Hopefully this is the last one.

• So sad. Depression is still an looked in many Asian cultures and viewed as taboo. We really need to do better as a community in helping our loved ones find help. My heart is still broke with his passing. ?

• RIP Miura Hamura. Still having a hard time this is true.

• I first blame to his agency Amuse. Amuse is one of the biggest agencies in Japan. They have been with him for 16 years. They consistently gave pressure on him for many years. They didn't allow him when he wanted to study more time in London.
  It was true that his career had ahead of everyone in his age group around 10 years ago. First, when his breakout as a male lead, he was only 17 years old.
  Later, newcomers and even his real-life best friend Sato Takeru were rising to the top. He was not as trendy as he used to be. J-netizens always were comparing him with Sato Takeru. He probably felt this kind of embarrassment. I knew Sato Takeru first through Haruma as being Haruma's best friend. In recent years, they called Haruma, being Sato Takeru's best friend. You see the difference? People only say good things about you when you are at the top. Later, when you become not doing so well as you used to be, they took him down all the time.
  Haruma was a kind and beautiful soul. No doubt, he was extremely talented.
  He is my all-time favorite Japanese actor. Rest in Peace Haruma. You were never be forgotten.

  • Sounds legit. Satoh had definitely gained more popularity in recent years. Plus there were lot of hate comments towards Attack on Titan live action. Then there was that controversial comment by him when Watanabe Anne was cheated by Higashide who was badly criticized by netizens. Miura said that people were too harsh and could have said a few comforting words as it went a long way in recovery. Partly I feel he was referring to himself. But fans completely took it regarding to Higashide and responded in negative. This depressed Miura even more.

    • You're right, that AOT ruined his career partly. After AOT, he didn't have any hit movies/dramas. AOT fans were always aggressive towards him and blamed him for that mess. Clearly not his fault.
      I didn't know about that comment, sounds so sad how he said "a long way in recovery".

    • What did he say exactly about Higashide's affair? I couldn't find any article about it. Thanks

    • What?? Cyber bullying ..again?

  • Sad but true, what you have mentioned the pressure on a certain person by an agency is so hard, as pushing him to do things like this.
    If he had been suffering depression, where are they to support him, emotionally.

    • What I mean is that I blame Amuse first. Of course, not all their fault. They should have supported him more in mental/emotional support. There are also many rumors running around Amuse for not doing their jobs right.
      When I read about Haruma's Chinese Friend in London saying stories about Haruma, it crushed me.

  • Do you happen to know what he studied in London and for how long? Thanks

    • He studied at London in 2017 for a couple of months. I think he studied English courses and others (I don't know exactly). He wanted to study more time in there. But, His agency called him back saying he was wasting his time and forcing him to back to work. It's just so sad. They should have let him. He needed his personal life.

• He was the reason why i got in to Japanese things. To think that he was that depressed without any help makes it more heartbreaking! More light should be shed on these matters!
  Rest in peace ??

• He was my introduction to japenese dramas on a whole. My introduction to Japanese movies as well. From Koizora to Kimi no Todoke, I spent my teen years watching all of his work and he was a major part of my teenage years. I’m really sad. RIP ??