Miyu Uehara

Mutsumi Fujisaki[1] (藤崎 睦美[2], Fujisaki Mutsumi, 2 May 1987[3] – 12 May 2011[4]), better known as Miyu Uehara (上原 美優, Uehara Miyu), was a Japanese gravure idol (glamour model) and TV personality who gained popularity as a "poverty idol".

Uehara was born on the island of Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the youngest of 10 siblings.

[5] She began to be known as a "poverty [poor] idol" because of her poor background,[5] and after featuring on the cover of the Weekly Playboy magazine, she released her first photobook, Hare Tokidoki Namida (lit.

[6] Uehara died at her apartment in Meguro, Tokyo early on 12 May 2011 at the age of 24, after apparently committing suicide by hanging.

[4][7] Police reported that no suicide note was found but there were some illegible messages scribbled possibly by her.