Terrace House Season Cancelled, New Episodes Pulled From Netflix After Hana Kimura's Death

By Rachel Yohannan on 29 May 2020

Senior Digital Editor

Crazy cat lady who loves afternoon tea, kawaii Japanese fashion, and all things Sanrio.

Following the unfortunate sudden death of cast member Hana Kimura, Fuji TV has decided to stop filming for reality TV show, "Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020", effectively cancelling the rest of the season.

Upcoming new episodes that have yet to be released will also be pulled from streaming sites, including Netflix.

Read on to find out more.

Photo from Netflix

Terrace House is a Japanese reality TV series where 6 strangers - 3 men and 3 women - live together in the same house for a given time. During this period, they have unscripted interactions with each other and also attempt to find love.

Fans of the show were met with shock and sadness last Saturday, 23 May 2020, when news of Hana Kimura’s death broke out. The cause of death has not been explicitly confirmed, but is widely speculated by fans and co-stars to be suicide.

Photo from @hanadayo0903 via Instagram

The pink-haired 22-year-old from Yokohama was constantly on the receiving end of cyberbullying. On the day of her death, she wrote on Twitter, "I have received nearly 100 honest opinions every day and I cannot deny that I got hurt."

In her last Instagram update on the same day, she posted a photo of herself with her pet cat, accompanied by the words, “I love you, have a long, happy life. I’m sorry”.

Photo from @hanadayo0903 via Instagram

Hana also wrote a note to her mother, wrestler Kyoko Kimura, before she died. Part of it said, “Thank you for giving birth to me, Mom. I wanted to be loved in life.”

Like her mum, Hana was also a professional wrestler. Kyoko has yet to make any public comments regarding her daughter’s death.

Photo from @tawatariryo via Instagram

Other Terrace House stars have also been targets of online hate. Ex-cast Ryo Tawatari lashed out at cyber bullies, saying, “How can you judge people you have never met and only seen on screen? Did they do something directly to you that you didn't like? What do you know? Are you perfect?