JAPANESE film actor Haruma Miura has passed away from suspected suicide aged just 30.
The star, one of Japan’s top young film and television stars, was found unresponsive at his Minato ward home in Tokyo.
According to reports Haruma’s manager found him after he failed to turn up for work and went to his house to check on him.
The award-winning actor was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead upon arrival.
News reports have said Tokyo Metropolitan Police are investigating his cause of death as a possible suicide.
Haruma has a rich resume having debuted in Japanese film drama Agri in 1997, when he was seven years old.
The performer was also a founder of the band Brash Brats with some of his fellow classmates, however the group split in 2005.
Haruma won the newcomer award at the 2008 31st Japan Academy Awards for his role in Naoko.
The star also won the Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award at the Mainichi Film Awards a year later.
