Japanese talent agency 81 Produce has announced on Monday that voice actress & singer Miyu Matsuki has died due to an undisclosed illness on Tuesday, October 27. She was 38 years old.
It is not known if her passing was related to Acute Pneumonia, which was the reason for her hiatus since July. She was receiving treatment after experiencing a fever that would not recede, and discovered the illness after multiple hospital check-ups.
Miyu Matsuki was known for portraying characters including “Yoriko Sagisawa” in D.C. ~Da Capo~, “Isumi Saginomiya” in Hayate the Combat Butler series, “Harumi Fujiyoshi” in Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei series, “Yoshinoya-sensei” in Hidamari Sketch series, “Ku-ko” in Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, and more recently, “Magical Sapphire” in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya series & “Anna Nishikinomiya” in SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist.
She also performed theme songs for Love Love?, Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei and Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.
Fellow cast members & colleagues in the industry has expressed their shock and condolences on Twitter for the late voice actress:
Yui Sakakibara
とうとう発表された…本当にもう会えないんだという実感が。みゆみゆとの長い間の沢山の思い出は、あたしの中で大切に生きてる。本当によく頑張ったよ。知った日からいっぱい泣いたけど、まだ悲しすぎて今はこれ以上何も言えない。
— 榊原ゆい (@YuiSakakibara) November 2, 2015
“It’s finally been announced… I still can’t believe we won’t ever meet again. The many memories I had with Miyumiyu throughout these many years are living preciously in my heart. She tried so hard. I’ve been crying since the day I found out what happened, but I’m still so sad that I can’t say anything.”
Megumi Ogata
ことばが、うまく、でてきません。
なんで、こんなに、早く、、、
— 緒方恵美@25thAnniversary (@Megumi_Ogata) November 2, 2015
“I can’t… put it into words…”
“Why… did she go… this early…?”
Satomi Akesaka
チェリーベル大好きでした…御冥福をお祈りします。
— 明坂聡美(あけさか さとみ) (@akekodao) November 2, 2015
“I loved Cherry Bell… I wish her peace in the after life.”
Madoka Yonezawa
松来さん、大好きな先輩です。。すごくすごく悲しい……
— 米澤 円 (@yone_mado) November 2, 2015
“Matsuki-san was my beloved senpai… I’m really, really sad…”
Ayana Takenatsu
え、うそ。
— 竹達 彩奈 (@Ayana_take) November 2, 2015
“Huh? No way.”
Mai Aizawa
今年の2月にイベントでご一緒した時はとてもお元気そうだったのに・・・ショックすぎて言葉が出てきません。
— 相沢舞 Mai Aizawa (@moririnmonson) November 2, 2015
“I was at an event with her in February, and she seemed so full of life… I’m in so much shock that the words won’t come.”
Shimizu Ai
検索のトレンドに名前あったからご結婚かと思ったのに
— 清水 愛❤釣り❤サバゲ❤プロレス❤ (@aitter_smz) November 2, 2015
“When I saw her name trending on Twitter, I thought she finally got married.”
Saki Nakajima
“Saki Kijima” in Hayate the Combat Butler
え、未祐ちゃん…？！えっ、え？！嘘でしょ…
— 中島沙樹☻うさたま⌒( ó × ò)⌒ (@sakicchons) November 2, 2015
“Huh. Miyu-chan…!? Huh? Huh?? This is a lie, right…?”
Kana Ueda
“Sakuya Aizawa” in Hayate the Combat Butler, “Rin Tohsaka” in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
もう伊澄にもツッコミできないし、サファイアにも叱ってもらえない。
— 植田佳奈 (@uedakana) November 2, 2015
“I can’t play straight man to Izumi, nor get scolded by Sapphire-chan again.”
Ryoko Shirashi
“Hayate Ayasaki” in Hayate the Combat Butler
大好きなみゆさん
可愛くて優しくてほんわかやわらかくて
癒される素敵な女性でした
感謝の言葉をどれだけ並べても足りないくらいとってもとってもお世話になりました
本当にありがとうございました
でもかなしいです
まだ信じられない
— 白石涼子 (@RyokoShiraishi_) November 2, 2015
“My beloved Miyu-san
You were cute, kind, warm, and soft
You were a beautiful woman with a healing presence
I am deeply in your debt
Thank you so very much
But this is still so sad
I still can’t believe this”
Matsuki’s very last post on her blog was on September 14, her 38th birthday, which she said “If I can get better, I want to get married.”
SOURCE: Yaraon, Hachima Kiko via Anime News Network
Translations for the tweets has been provided by Anime News Network and a colleague, Thank you very much for the help.
