Japan’s health ministry said 20,919 people in the country had died by suicide in 2020 – 750 more than the previous year. Last year she told Japan’s Mainichi newspaper that her daughter “had a lively personality, and she was always fussed over”. Kyoko Kimura, the late wrestler’s mother, has filed a suit seeking more than $20,000 in damages from the man, and this week announced the launch of Remember Hana, an organisation mandated to fight cyberbullying. Another said: “$80 is not the cost of a human being’s life.” “I am extremely upset the person who cyber-bullied Hana Kimura basically got nothing,” one fan page said on Twitter. Her death underscored the issue of cyberbullying, and the pressures that women face to conform to social conventions.Īfter the verdict was announced, supporters of Kimura expressed frustration at the perceived leniency of the punishment. With her pink hair, muscular physique and animated character, Kimura drew attention as a public figure in Japan. She drew broad public attention after the airing of an episode that featured an altercation between her and a male cast member.
Kimura, 22 at the time of her death, was one of six members of Terrace House, a Netflix reality show, also aired on FujiTV, which featured a disparate group of strangers living together.
