One year after the shocking death of Sayaka Kanda, the lament of her lover, Takehisa Maeyama

Making up for a fight they had had before leaving Tokyo, the two decided to go out to eat some of Sapporo’s delicious food.

Sayaka Kanda requested sushi on line to her boyfriend, Takehisa Maeyama (31). She apologized again for getting into a fight and thanked him for accepting to live with her from February after the new year. Maeyama replied, “It’s okay!

I’m fine!　We’ve had some surprises, but we’ll do our best to keep smiling at each other.

The next day, Maeyama suggested that the three of them, including Sayaka’s manager, go out for Genghis Khan. He sent her the URL of a restaurant with a good reputation on a food log via LINE, but it was fully booked, so Sayaka suggested ramen instead.

However, this date did not take place. Sayaka returned to her hotel room saying, “I don’t feel well,” and opened the window and fell to her death at ……. It was December 18 last year.

One year later, Maeyama is still living in a world that has lost its light.

The day after Sayaka’s death, two investigators from the Hokkaidō police came to Gōkyū’s room and asked him, ‘Were you in a relationship? According to the Shukan Bunshun, a “suicide note” was left on the desk in Sayaka’s room, in which he said, “Don’t use too strong words with women. I wanted to live in Katsudokoro with her, to be close to her, and to have and raise a child together. I just love you with all my heart.’ The investigators clearly stated to him, ‘There was no suicide note. They also said, ‘There is no case,'” (Maeyama’s friend).

Maeyama immediately returned to Tokyo. Some media wrote that he “ran away,” but according to the friend, “his agency, Watanabe Entertainment, called him back to respond to inquiries from a weekly magazine. A fellow actor in Maeyama confides.

Gohisa was canned in a hotel for about a week and then shut up at home. His mother and sister took turns coming to Tokyo to support him as he kept mumbling, ‘Say (Sayaka’s nickname), why are you doing this ……? I think they also had the purpose of monitoring him so that he would not commit suicide. The shock of losing your girlfriend three days before proposing to her is immeasurable.”

Three days after Sayaka’s death, Maeyama made a reservation for a restaurant dinner on the evening of December 21. As reported in this magazine, he was planning to propose there by giving her a Tiffany engagement ring.

He chose December 21 because it was the birthday of Sayaka’s father, Masateru Kanda (71). He said, “Due to family reasons, I could not greet her family. So, by proposing on this day, I wanted to connect the two of them.

The couple had already signed and sealed their marriage certificate, but their newlywed life, which was supposed to begin in February, came to a halt. By early April, when Sayaka’s mother, Seiko Matsuda (60), resumed her dinner shows, Maeyama had dropped all work, and his contract with his agency expired at the end of June, when Seiko’s national tour began.

Gokyu has been eating his way through his savings, occasionally helping out at his friends’ jobs. Sayaka encouraged him, saying, ‘You have talent! However, he is in despair because the slander has not stopped and he has even received threatening letters. The only support he has is the fan letters he received from his family, friends, and his agency until he left the company, saying, ‘I want to see your play again.

Sayaka’s manager, with whom she had dinner the night before her death and with whom she had consulted immediately after her death, resigned his position and stopped responding to her messages asking to visit her grave.

While Seiko was in the spotlight at a 50,000 yen dinner show just before the anniversary of her death, Maeyama has yet to take the next step. He is still holding the engagement ring, which is carefully tucked away in a box engraved with Sayaka’s initials.

From the December 30, 2022 issue of FRIDAY