, better known as , was a Japanese gravure idol ( glamour model) and

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who gained popularity as a "poverty idol". She was represented by Platinum Production.

Biography

Life

Uehara was born on the island of Tanegashima in

Kagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...

, the youngest of 10 siblings. She attended high school in Kagoshima for a brief time before dropping out. She moved to Tokyo at the age of 17, and began glamour modeling while working as a hostess at a Tokyo hostess club."Uehara's Fierce Life, 'A Reembark' Ends Up Forlorn..."
13 May 2011, '' Asahi Shimbun'' She began to be known as a "poverty ooridol" because of her poor background, and after featuring on the cover of the '' Weekly Playboy'' magazine, she released her first

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, ''Hare Tokidoki Namida'' (lit. "Fair, then Occasional Tears") in July 2009. She had appeared in a total of 445 television programs and two television commercials by May 2011.

Death

Uehara died at her apartment in Meguro, Tokyo early on 12 May 2011 at the age of 24, after apparently committing

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by hanging. Police reported that no suicide note was found but there were some illegible messages scribbled possibly by her."Miyu Uehara dies, 'Reason not found', her agency states"
12 May 2011, '' Oricon News''

Works

Films

* '' Yatterman'' (2009)

Books

* (May 2009, Poplar; )

References

External links

Platinum Production agency profile

Official blog
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