Manga artist Hinako Ashihara dies, comments on Shogakukan website. In January, he was found dead in Tochigi Prefecture.
He was the author of the popular manga "Sexy Tanaka-san," which was made into a drama on Nippon Television last year. In response to this, the company that serializes the work announced on its website that it is conducting an investigation. Meanwhile, Tomoko Aizawa, who was in charge of the script for the drama, posted a comment on her SNS on the 8th.