In memoriam, Ryuhei Ueshima told this magazine, “I wish I could bloom one more flower.

The news of the death of Ryuhei Ueshima (aged 61) of the “Ostrich Club” in the early morning of May 11 came out of the blue and was a great shock. According to his office, his family found something wrong at his home in Tokyo, and he was confirmed dead at the hospital where he was taken. What was even more surprising was that the cause of death was suicide. Immediately after the news report, one of his friends told this magazine, “He rarely went out drinking these days.

It seems that he hardly went out drinking these days. It seems that Shimura Ken’s death from the new type of corona was a real shock to him, and he refrained from going out, thinking that he too might get corona. He was a man who liked to drink a lot, so he may have been feeling depressed.

The death of Ken Shimura and the restrictions on eating out due to the COVID-19 crisis caused Mr. Ueshima to lose his energy. Another thing that caused Ueshima the most pain was the “restriction of his reaction performance. Kissing after a fight. Don’t push! Don’t push me! and falling into a bath of boiling water after a “Don’t push! In a guest appearance on the April 2020 radio program “Teruyuki Tsuchida: Sunday’s Navel” (Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.), Ueshima said, “Even if I had been asked to do something, I wouldn’t have been able to do it.

Even if I were to be invited to something, I wouldn’t be able to kiss and tell them. This is a matter of life and death.

This is a matter of life and death. Nevertheless, last September, in an exclusive interview with this magazine on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Ueshima said, “I’m not going to be able to kiss him.

I want to make the three of us in the “Ostrich Club” bloom once more. Don’t forget to be aggressive. It’s tough in this day and age, but I’d like to take a hot bath or have hot oden again someday.

He smiled. ….

On June 17, Katsuhiro Higo (59) and Jimon Terakado (60) appeared in the media for the first time since Ueshima’s death. They appeared together live on “Fumio Takada’s Radio Beverly Lunches” (Nippon Broadcasting System).

Higo said, “Now that Ueshima is gone, it’s just the two of us. We are a blabbermouth duo. Yes! or moush-mu-mu-mu-mura, but I don’t know how to say “please come in. I don’t know how to do it. I don’t know the right answer. It’s a real problem.

He lamented, “I’m really in trouble. However, on November 5, Higo and Terakado appeared in the special unit “Jun-ryei Dacho” in “Ariyoshi Dasareta 100,000 yen: Handsome Men & Legends Join SP! They performed a hot water bath at the live performance of “Junrei” and got a lot of laughs. In addition, they also performed in a special unit called “Junryu Dacho.

In addition to the “Junryuke Dacho,” Hiroyuki Ariyoshi (48), who was a major member of the “Ryuhei Kai,” will join the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen this year. It is not impossible that Ariyoshi will join the group for a hot bath.

Tears do not suit Mr. Ueshima. I would like to send her off with a big smile at the end of this year.