Sei Ashina has sadly died at the age of 36. The Japanese actress was found dead in her apartment on Monday (September 14) in Tokyo, her management company confirmed on Tuesday (September 15), People reported.
Her death was confirmed to be due to suicide by both Tokyo police and her agency, Variety reported. She was born in 1983 in Fukushima Prefecture as Igarashi Aya, and came to Tokyo as a teenager, working as a fashion model.
She made her acting debut in 2002 in the TBS network drama The Tail of Happiness (Shiawase no Shippo). She was also cast alongside Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley in the 2007 François Girard historical drama Silk, a Japanese, Canadian and Italian co-production.
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