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CW: Suicide, Self-Harm

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Terrace House& #39;s Hana Kimura:

Her Mother& #39;s Shocking 10-Hour Confession:

"Fuji TV Killed My Daughter"

Please read below.
Kyoko& #39;s opening testimony.
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*Learn more about the phenomenon of "yarase" here: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/03/02/national/media-national/in-pursuit-of-reality-tv-sinks-to-new-depths/#.Xv2poq2B2Rs

In">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003... this article, to describe "yarase/yaraseru", I will switch between the terms, "staged" and "pressure from higher-ups" for clarity.

*Also, "LINE" is a popular messaging app in Japan.
Based on the LINE messages, e-mails, contracts, etc. Kyoko Kimura provided, we conducted a thorough interview with the performers, friends, and people involved in the production of TH.

What emerged was the fact that the root cause of Hana& #39;s death was the "staged element" of TH.
"The staff told me that I should slap him in the face, but I just couldn& #39;t do it, and I struggled with pulling off his cap."

Actually, Hana not only confided in her mother about this.

She also confided in her friends about how staged Terrace House actually was.
A friend of Hana gives a testimony.

"Hana told me that the production staff instructed her to slap. Immediately after they recorded the scene, they did a cut and said & #39;that was great!& #39; Hana complained that she couldn& #39;t trust the staff."
Hana also sent an SOS directly to the Terrace House staff members via LINE:

"I want to die."

"I remembered it burning."

"Isn& #39;t it terrible to die?"

Despite that, Fuji TV did not stop broadcasting the episode.
Shooting this scene was hard for Hana. On Feb 16th at 3:50AM, Hana vented to her friend.

"I felt like I was hyperventilating, but the camera was still all over me...I& #39;m finally calmed down now. I& #39;ll go to sleep. *sobs*"

"I was supposed to go to sleep before 12, but it hurts."
On May 15th, the day after the video clips were released on YouTube, Hana held a birthday party for her grandmother with Kyoko.

Kyoko gives her daughter a ride back home. Hana breaks down and tells her everything.

Hana begins to open up about her experience on TH.
The next day, on May 19th, Kyoko brought a bento she made for Hana.

"Hana was running late when she met up with me, so I got angry and said, & #39;you& #39;re late!& #39; When I think about it now, I feel uneasy. Why did I get so mad at her...But I never knew that it would be our last time."
"I& #39;m sorry, mama. I can& #39;t take it anymore. It got too painful. Mama, live happily, ok?"
(photos are from a diff site)

"When Hana was little, there were times when I didn& #39;t have enough money. When the lights were out and the room turned pitch black, I pulled out a candle. Hana would say, & #39;it& #39;s Candle Day!& #39; with glee. I was saved countless times by her optimism."
When I was started to compete as a Heel, Hana would stand up, do an imposing stance at home and say, & #39;Why are you messing with me?& #39; angrily. (laughs) She& #39;d say, & #39;Mama isn& #39;t the only one who can face Anpanman. It wouldn& #39;t be fun if there weren& #39;t anyone like that around.& #39;
Hana started to get discriminated against because she was Hafu [half/mixed-race Japanese] in elementary school. She had a hard time making friends, and her struggles with making friends continued.

"Hana wasn& #39;t good at conforming to the image of a typical Japanese girl."
“By following the same path as me, our relationship as senior and pupil and as rivals got more intense than as mother and daughter...

I should’ve given her more compliments. It was said that this year, & #39;the Age of Hana would come& #39;.”
That& #39;s it for Part 1.

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