Yoshika Yuhnagi
Yoshika Yuhnagi (優奈木 よしか, February 8, 1983 - January 4, 2001), better known simply as Yoshika or Yuhnagi (夕凪 / ゆーなぎ), was a Japanese fashion model.
Yoshika Yuhnagi | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1983 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka[1] |
| Died | January 4, 2001 (aged 17)[1] |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) at the time of the autopsy[1] |
Born in
Okinawa, Yuhnagi grew up in the city and began both professional and commercial fashion modeling at the age of 11. Her early commercial appearances were for Fukuoka-local teen magazines.[2]
Biography
History
After being discovered by a
Vivi and Seventeen under her several stage names, and also in several TV / print ads. She signed exclusive contracts with at least 9 fashion houses in her first 3 years of modeling.[1]
She was notorious for her violence against people especially men such as male designers, and her alcohol issues as she was a heavy drinker. One of her alcohol-related incidents took place in August 2000, when she was arrested together with another fashion model, allegedly her friend
TV Saitama
's News 930 channel reported this incident, but sank their names for a voluntary restraint related to the Youth Act law, describing Yuhnagi as a "rampaging young girl with dyed, pink-colored hair and some heavy accent, a professional model".
In late 2000, as a high-featured teenage model with a rapidly rising popularity, she appeared on several television programs which included
TBS
's Wonderful.
Death
On January 4, 2001 after drinking too much
alcoholic in medical terms, but some witnesses assumed that she in her later days would drink not for pleasure, as it seemed more like an obsession as if she was possessed by something[citation needed
].
Legacy
Near the end of 2010, according to
Otsu
. As of 2011, ten years after her death, her name has still not been forgotten in her homeland, the Northern Kyushu area. A Fukuoka-based lifestyle magazine named Fukuoka-mon conducted a poll in March 2011, on which Yoshika was named one of the five most popular fashion models among women in their twenties there.
References
- ^ ISBN 4-9901242-0-0- The Vip Times
- ^ a b Nishinippon Shimbun (Kitakyushu & Kyochiku) January 7, 2001
- ^ Jitsuwa Nuckles '06 May Gohgai [P.121] - Million Publicing