Producer Takamasa Sakurai passed away early morning on Friday, in Japan. He was aged 49.
According to police, Takamasa Sakurai was at Nishi-Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo at around 12:30 a.m., when he accidentally stepped off the platform and fell onto the rail track, and the oncoming train caught his leg. He was rushed to the hospital, but was proclaimed dead on arrival. Sakurai lived in the nearby Higashi-Nippori neighborhood.
An eyewitness on the platform purportedly saw Sakurai intoxicated as he fell onto the tracks. The police are currently investigating the incident.