51 Facts About Haruma Miura

Haruma Miura made his acting debut in the television drama Agri and rose to popularity after starring in the film Koizora, winning Newcomer of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize.

Haruma Miura starred as Lola in the Japanese production of Kinky Boots, winning Best New Actor and the Haruko Sugimura Award at the 24th Yomiuri Theater Awards.

Haruma Miura remained active in his acting career until his death in 2020.

Haruma Miura was posthumously awarded the Nikkan Sports Yujiro Ishihara Film Prize for Fan's Choice in Best Actor for his role in Godai: The Wunderkind.

Haruma Miura made his acting debut in the television drama adaptation of the novel Agri when he was seven years old.

Haruma Miura was enrolled at the Tsukuba branch of Actors Studio and was concurrently a member of the boy band Brash Brats with two other students.

Haruma Miura appeared in the films Mori no Gakko and Akihabara@Deep.

Haruma Miura's first starring role was Taiyo Sasaki in the 2006 film Catch a Wave.

In 2007, Haruma Miura starred in the film Koizora as Hiro, and he appeared in the film Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge.

Haruma Miura later starred in the film Naoko and won the Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award at the 63rd Mainichi Film Awards for his performance.

In February 2009, Haruma Miura was one of seven recipients who won Newcomer of the Year at the 2009 Elan d'or Awards.

From June 20,2009, to July 26,2009, Haruma Miura starred in his first stage production, Hoshi no Daichi ni Furu Namida.

In September 2009, Haruma Miura was cast as Kotaro Mochizuki in Samurai Seventeen, which was later renamed Samurai High School; this was his first leading role in an NTV drama.

In January 2010, Haruma Miura reprised his role for the second season of Bloody Monday.

In May 2011, Haruma Miura played Kensuke Sanada in the episode "Janken" of television mini-series Yo ni mo Kimyo na Monogatari in during the 2011 spring serialization.

Haruma Miura appeared in the television drama Saigo no Bansan: Keiji Tono Kazuyuki to 7-nin no Yogisha as Eiji Miyata in the last 45 seconds of the final episode as a teaser to the television drama Hi wa Mata Noboru, which he starred in.

In June 2011, Haruma Miura starred in the film Tokyo Park.

In 2012, Haruma Miura co-starred in the stage play Kaito Seven as Wild Upper.

Haruma Miura then played lead in episode 8 of the television mini-series Keigo Higashino Mysteries.

In 2013, Haruma Miura co-starred in Last Cinderella as Hiroto Saeki.

Haruma Miura co-starred in the film The Eternal Zero as Kentaro Saeki, and he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the 38th Japan Academy Prize for his performance.

In 2014, Haruma Miura starred in the television drama Boku no Ita Jikan as Takuto Sawada and Satsujin Hensanchi 70 as Keisuke Miyahara.

In July 2014, at the 51st Galaxy Award, Haruma Miura won the Individual Award for his performances on Last Cinderella and Boku no Ita Jikan.

Haruma Miura starred in the live-action film adaptation of Five Minutes to Tomorrow, a Japanese-Chinese co-production, and learned Mandarin Chinese for the film.

In 2015, Haruma Miura portrayed Val Xavier in the Japanese stage production of Orpheus Descending.

Haruma Miura portrayed Eren Jaeger in the two-part live-action film adaptation of Attack on Titan, with both films releasing in 2015.

In 2016, Haruma Miura co-starred in the live-action television drama adaptation of Never Let Me Go.

Haruma Miura's performance was critically acclaimed, earning Best New Actor and the Haruko Sugimura Award at the 24th Yomiuri Theater Awards.

Haruma Miura was cast as Ii Naochika in the drama Naotora: The Lady Warlord, which was later broadcast in 2017.

In January 2017, Haruma Miura was one of the recipients awarded at the 26th Japan Jewelry Best Dresser Award.

On television, Haruma Miura became a co-host for the travel program Sekai wa Hoshii Mono ni Afureteru: Tabi Suru Buyer Gokujo List with Juju.

Haruma Miura starred in the television drama Dying Eye as Shinsuke Amemura.

In early 2019, Haruma Miura was cast in the film The Confidence Man JP as Jesse, which released later in the year.

Haruma Miura starred in the Japanese stage production of Crime and Punishment as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

Haruma Miura reprised his role as Lola for the 2019 re-run of the Japanese production of Kinky Boots.

In June 2019, Haruma Miura announced he was releasing his debut single, "Fight for Your Heart", as the theme song for Two Weeks.

Haruma Miura won the Asia Star Award at the Seoul International Drama Awards for his performance in Two Weeks.

In November 2019, Haruma Miura was cast in the live-action film adaptation of the manga Brave: Gunjo Senki as Matsudaira Motoyasu.

Haruma Miura reprised his role as Jesse for The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess.

Haruma Miura co-starred in the Japanese stage production of Whistle Down the Wind as The Man, which ran from March 7 to April 23,2020.

Haruma Miura was set to have his first concert events in Q4 2020, but they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were planned to be live-streamed instead.

Haruma Miura co-starred in the television drama Love Will Begin When Money End, which will be broadcast in September 2020, and was cast in the musical The Illusionist, which was set to run in December 2020.

From September 2016 until November 2017, Haruma Miura dated choreographer Koharu Sugawara.

From 2016 to 2020, Haruma Miura participated in the charity event Act Against Aids.

On July 18,2020, at 1:35 pm, Haruma Miura was found unresponsive after hanging himself in his closet at his home in Minato, Tokyo.

Haruma Miura's body was discovered by his manager, who had been ready to pick him up for work and then checked up on him after he did not respond to the messages, phone calls, or doorbell sounds.

Haruma Miura was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:10 pm.

Police believe Haruma Miura died by suicide, as an apparent suicide note was found in his room.

The note, which was written in Haruma Miura's notebook, was undated, but he expressed anxiety and thoughts about dying.

Haruma Miura's friends have stated he showed no signs of being suicidal prior to his death.

Gift of Fire and The Illusionist, two upcoming projects that Haruma Miura co-starred in, were put on hold.