Japanese actor arrested for allegedly assisting mother’s suicide

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TOKYO – Japanese kabuki actor Ennosuke Ichikawa has been arrested by the Japanese police on Tuesday for allegedly assisting his mother’s suicide. On May 18, his parents were found lying in the living room on the second floor of his Tokyo apartment with no external...

The police suspected that he assisted in his mother’s suicide, including giving her sleeping pills. His father’s death is still under investigation by the police.

Born into a kabuki family, Ichikawa’s original name was Takahiko Kinoshi. He later adopted the stage name Ennosuke Ichikawa IV. He has starred in TV series such as the popular Hanzawa Naoki and the historical drama The 13 Lords Of The Shogun .PHOTO: AFP In the second season of Hanzawa Naoki aired in 2020, Ichikawa left a deep impression on viewers with his role as Taiji Isayama, head of Tokyo Chuo Banking Corporation’s equity sales department and the antagonist to the titular banker played by Japanese actor Masato Sakai.

Ichikawa is also the cousin of another famed Japanese kabuki actor, Teruyuki Kagawa, who played Isayama’s mentor and bank director Akira Owada in the show.Samaritans of Singapore: 1800-221-4444 /1-767 Community Health Assessment Team 6493-6500/1Online resources

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