The chairman of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. plans to resign from his position as president of the Takarazuka Music School, which trains Takarazuka Revue Company performers, following the apparent suicide of a 25-year-old member, sources said.
Shamed by an initial report into the suspected suicide of a rising star of the Takarazuka Revue, top-level entities of the all-female troupe will take over the task and set up another panel to investigate the young woman’s death.
The chairman of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue says he will step down over the recent death of one of its actresses, who a lawyer said committed suicide due to overwork and bullying within her troupe.
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