Japanese Singer And Influencer Ryuchell Found Dead Aged 27 At Agent’s Office, Police Suspect Suicide

Japanese singer, activist, and model Ryuji Higa aka Ryuchell was found dead at her manager's agency office in Tokyo. Ryuchell, aged 27 was shortly declared dead with the police investigating the cause of her death, ruling out the possibility of suicide.

Ryuchell was an active face supporting the LGBTQIA community in Japan. The singer was known for her genderless fashion style and was a phenomenon across the island.

According to a report in News18, Ryuchell was found dead at her agency in Shibuya, Tokyo on Wednesday evening. Ryuchell was born in Okinawa in 1995. She then shifted to Tokyo after completing her high school and worked in several clothing stores around the Harajuku neighborhood. She then started her Instagram and Youtube channel and received a massive following over time and officially started working as a social media influencer.

Ryuchell's demise comes a day after their divorced wife Tetsuko Okuhira shared a picture of their son celebrating his fifth birthday on Instagram with a large cake. Tetsuko Okuhira is also known as Peco.

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The couple met when they were 18 and tied the knot in 2016. After two years the two had their first child, a son. However, in August last year, the duo officially announced that they will be taking a divorce since Ryuchell had revealed that they no longer identified as a male which led to a major outrage on social media.

According to a report in News18, Ryuchell shared the experience of their journey together and said, "Being able to fall in love with a woman allowed me to imagine a life completely different from the one I thought I would have and taught me joys I never knew existed. Somewhere along the way, I began to struggle with the concept of being the "ideal man" and the "ideal husband" and who I really was."

In their joint statement, the couple had earlier clarified that they were separating so that the duo could start their own 'new kind of family' that will help them raise their kid together peacefully.

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In their joint statement, the couple had clarified that they were separating so they could start a 'new kind of family' that'll help them raise their kid together.