Police said Tuesday they have arrested actor Ryoko Hirosue on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in central Japan.
Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and scratched her arm at a hospital in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, past midnight Monday, the police said, adding she was taken there after her car rear-ended a truck on the Shin-Tomei Expressway.
Ryoko Hirosue. (For editorial use only)(Kyodo)
A man believed to be her manager was in Hirosue’s car when the accident occurred around 6:50 p.m. Monday, the police said.
A statement on her official website said she injured the nurse after the car accident “left her in a panic.” It also announced she would suspend all her activities in the entertainment business for the time being.
Hirosue, who rose to fame in the 1990s, has starred in films including the Oscar-winning “Departures.”
Photo taken on April 8, 2025, shows Shimada General Medical Center in Shimada in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. (Kyodo)