Hinako Ashihara, a manga artist and author of the popular manga ``Sexy Tanaka-san,'' which was made into a TV drama, was found dead in Tochigi Prefecture.
The person who passed away was manga artist Hinako Ashihara, whose real name was Ritsuko Matsumoto. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, on the afternoon of the 28th, Ashihara's acquaintances and business associates contacted her and said that they were unable to contact her.
The Metropolitan Police Department was searching for her, but she was found dead in Tochigi Prefecture on the 29th. It appears that she committed suicide based on the circumstances at the scene.
The popular manga ``Sexy Tanaka-san'' was later made into a TV drama and became a hot topic.
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Differences in opinion regarding drama scripts Posted on SNS
Hinako Ashihara is 50 years old from Hyogo Prefecture. Her work ``Hourglass'', released in 2003, depicts her love life in the present, past, and future, and has been made into a TV drama and movie, and has become a hot topic of conversation.
``Sexy Tanaka-san'', which she has been serializing since 2017, is a story about Tanaka-san, a female accounting staff member at a company, and was made into a drama on Nippon Television last year.
Ashihara revealed in her own SNS posts this month that she and the production team had a moment of disagreement over the drama's script, and received a variety of reactions. I did. Ashihara has since deleted a series of her posts.
Nippon Television: ``We would like to express our deepest condolences.''
On the drama's homepage, Nippon Television said, ``We would like to express our condolences and offer our deepest condolences upon the news of Hinako Ashihara's death.'' At the time of the proposal, we received the opinion of the original author, Mr. Ashihara, through Shogakukan, the original agent, and discussed the script production process, and the script that we finally received permission was used as the final draft and will be broadcast. I would like to thank Mr. Ashihara for his efforts in producing this work."