Ryoko Hirosue announces her restart!　Compensation for the film that has been in the works: “A deal has been reached” and the popularity of the film has led to a string of offers.

She will return to work after “discussions have been settled.

I am pleased to announce that I will resume my activities gradually from April 2026.

On April 1, actor Ryoko Hirosue (45) announced the resumption of her activities through the official website of her agency, R.H. Inc.

On April 7, 2013, Hirosue was traveling at 185 km/h on the Shin-Tomei Expressway when she rear-ended a trailer. She was arrested for assaulting a nurse at the hospital where she was taken to the emergency room. Although the charge of injury to the nurse was later dropped, he was summarily indicted in December of the same year on the charge of violating the Automobile Operation Death and Injury Punishment Law, and was given a summary order by the court for a fine of 700,000 yen. In May of the same year, she announced that she had bipolar affective disorder and hyperthyroidism, and suspended her activities.

Hirosue,

[Joon’s absence from work] gave me the opportunity to slowly face myself in addition to recovering from my physical condition, and gave me an important time and chance in my life. I would like to find a way to work and be involved in artworks that I can do, while being fully aware of my own weaknesses and characteristics. I would like to ask for your continued support.

He called on the audience to join him, and added his autograph.

As for the reason for her return, while her physical condition is of course recovering, a person involved in the film industry said, “The accident in April of last year was not the only reason for her return to acting.

The accident in April last year was on the way home from the filming of the movie “On Departure” in Nara City, where she was scheduled to appear. As a result, the movie was cancelled.

Incidentally, the film was later restarted as a documentary film with a new production team. The film is scheduled to be released in December this year after raising production costs through crowdfunding.

At the time of the accident, filming had just begun, but we had to spend a lot of money even in the preparation stage. Including expenses, the production side at the time was claiming compensation from Mr. Hirosue’s side. A few days ago, I heard from a source on the production side that they had reached an agreement. I don’t know the amount, but it seems that Ms. Hirosue’s side paid the compensation.

It’s better than not going out.

Whenever there is a scandal involving a celebrity, there is always talk about compensation for damages and other penalties, but when Hirosue was involved in a “double affair” with chef Shusaku Toba (47) in 2011, four commercials were terminated and a large amount of compensation was reportedly paid. The cancellation of the production of the film was also reported to have resulted in a large amount of compensation. A claim for damages was also reportedly filed in connection with the cancellation of the film’s production. The legal issues have been resolved, and the company is now able to restart the project. However, there were not a few negative comments on social networking sites about the announcement of the restart, such as, “It’s too early for that,” and “I wonder if they are too scared to use it. However, there were not a few negative comments on social networking sites about the announcement of the relaunch.

Many of the staff, including the producer of “On Departure,” in which Hirosue was scheduled to appear, have said they have had enough of this fiction film. There was a staff member who has been a fan of Hirosue’s work for a long time, but he has been spoon-fed the film.

However, there are some staff members who said, ‘I want to do it again with Hirosue-san,’ and they are starting to work around those people. I have heard that multiple offers have come in, and some have already been accepted by the Hirosue side. However, under the current circumstances, he probably won’t be paid as much as he was before, but it is more important for him to continue to appear than not to appear, so he accepted the offer.

We contacted Hirosue’s agency regarding payment of compensation and the specifics of her restart, but received no response.

It is a well-known fact that there are many Hirosue fans in the industry, and no matter how many scandals she is involved in, she continues to be active without disappearing. Eventually, she is widely recognized as “that kind of person,” and her fan base grows. There is no doubt that there is something immeasurably attractive about her, and this is sometimes said to be the mark of a great actress. I believe that Hirosue is one step closer to that level.