SeraMyu (SM Musical) actress passing
Twilight Ghost
3rd Sailor Moon Musical Actress Kanbe Dies at 24
posted on 2008-06-21 05:46 EDT
Battle Royale II actress, Pichi Pichi Pitch singer was in poor health
since 2007
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Miyuki Kanbe, an actress best known as the third Sailor Moon in the
Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon musical and Kyoko Kakei in the Battle
Royale II: Requiem film, died suddenly of heart failure at a Kawasaki
City hospital on June 18 at 4:08 a.m. She was 24. In February of 2007,
she had to step down from her upcoming role of Eponine in the Les
Misérables musical due to poor health, and she had been in and out of
the hospital in her hometown ever since.
Kanbe won the role of Usagi Tsukino and her magical girl alter-ego
Sailor Moon in an audition with 500 other applicants. She would play
the role in this stage adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi's manga from 2000
to 2001. She then appeared in several television series and movies. In
particular, she played Kyoko Kakei in 2003's Battle Royale II: Requiem
and played Hinaka Tachibana in the Kamen Rider Hibiki television
series and film from 2005 to 2006. She also sang the first two opening
themes for the 2003-2004 anime series Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi
Pitch. She was said to be in good spirits when she met with her
agency's head in Tokyo's Shibuya ward on June 9. Even though she left
the Les Misérables production before it opened, the producers at TOHO
reportedly left a standing offer for her return by saying, "We want
you to come back when you get better."
Source: Sankei Sports
Thank you to Lori Lancaster for the news tip.
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Time was something like this would be posted here at a.f.s-m quickly.
My condolenses to the family.