The Melancholy of Aya Hirano: “My Hair is Falling Out!”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 29, 2010 03:38 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Gravure, Idol, Otaku, Production Controversy, Seiyuu
Idiosyncratic idol Aya Hirano has explained her recent ill health and hospitalisation, and subsequent event cancellation, with symptoms as severe as hair loss and insomnia.
She says doctors could only blame psychological stress for her condition, but hints darkly that there is something she can’t talk about behind all this:
“From now on what I say might be censored, so perhaps this will be the last time I can tell you the truth, but please keep waiting.”
Just what she is talking about here continues to perplex fans – speculation ranges from trouble with her agency to her being a Chinese spy.
Most speculation seems to centre on a possible breakdown in relations with her agency, which could well have been overworking her.
In any case she vows “I’ll be back even better than before!”
She jokes about her new boyish cut in a later diary post, aiming to soothe worried maniacs concerned about her travails – “I cut my hair. It’s getting shorter and shorter – at this rate I’ll be a monk!”
Whether her new fringe-heavy hairstyle is related to her hair loss or the ill advised topknot she formerly sported is an interesting question.
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Liking the new haircut on her. Although this site loves to tease her I always liked Aya, so I hope she's not getting too badly overworked. Mostly I don't like how otaku get characterized in the mass media, but the way they treat idols is definitely a problem, to say nothing of her agency.
We are mostly tsundere for Deko-chan...
Hirano...Get better Soon!!! I love you ♥!!!
The baldness is most likely caused by Alopecia Areata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata
it's a disease that is stress-related, but is for the most part treatable, especially if you get it at later age and you can trace the cause of it to high workload and stress and whatnot. I know because I'm recovering from it myself, was practically bald a few months ago, now sprouting a practically full head of hair again.
Sucks more for a woman than for a man though =/ she should relax a bit, de-stressing helps the recovery process. Taking localised immunotherapy also helps a ton (I apply a DCP solution every week), but that stuff ITCHES like mad on your scalp.
She did indeed say she was diagnosed with this.
For some reason that new haircut of hers really turns me on ...
The price you pay for being the voice of God...
Get better soon...
as far as i know
hair losing at the forehead
was from how tight she ties her hair
the tighter you tie, the more it will go.
coz the human thought you want to keep the hair off from your face therefore it dropped it for you
it's part of "adaptation" ability the human body has
She'll be the next celebrity to die in these unusual series of deaths
Get well soon Aya :) And I love your short bobbed haircut!
Well... she may slowly disappear from the Otaku community from here on out. If she is obviously showing signs of stress the best thing for her to do is to take a break. OR stop doing drugs... one of the two.
Last pic, argg my eyes soo much uglyness in 1 picture!!!
How the hell do these homely girls become famous in the first place?
Her forehead is only going to get larger at this rate.
HEr short hair style is still alright, hope it stays there
She probably has cancer.
a chinese spy?
More likely an alien or Russian loli spy...
Emo Aya?! :D
Ya right, alopecia. More like ANOREXIA.
Face it, she's superskinny, but keeps going on and on and on about diets, and disgusting rolls of fat, and extra weight.
Insomnia, hair loss - classic signs of vitamin defficiencies resulting from NOT EATING.
Hope she gets treatment for her psychological issues, because anorexia is the nr 1 most fatal mental illness.
I'm also worried about Aya having an ED, she's been dieting for ages with no reason-- she's almost a skeleton!
And the talk about censorship...it must mean there's something to hide and not just stress.
I'm recovering from an ED and I wish with all my heart that she's going to get help if that's the case.
Show some respect o sick people.
Genki ni natte Aya!
Boyish Hirano Aya looks like she could be the lead singer of Tokyo Hotel now [or any such band really]
Probably stress? It can happen...
Still fappable.
girls with short hair: priceless!
For some women --like Aya Hirana -- makeup gotta be the greatest inventions in the history of humanity!!!
Seriously, she is not ugly but she aint cute --as many claim-- either, makeup do wonders I guess. If she would not open her mouth to speak nonsense and hurt us with her annoying voice...
Her face is weird seriously.
I knew something with her hair was wrong, she must take holidays and meet the love, she gotta lot of work last years, I admire her really much D:! I just love her work and it's kinda dissapointing if she is lossing her pretty and talent because of this.
Short hair Aya is superior
well she got a smile, my hair begin to fall at 15, for stress symptom, and i get bold , this year i recover (5 years after im 20 now) , but not all i got no hair on the back of my head :x so... Go aya! you can do it! Y_Y we need shny3 and lucky star2 :3
Her shot hair look is insanely CUTE!!!
I would still like her, even if she was bald.
PHOTOSHOP... DO IT... DO IT NOW!!!
Don't think she can afford to have a gap year, she'd get shitcanned by her agency if she did that...
Oh wow, she'll be the japanese female Devin Townsend.
http://hookinmouth.net/index/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Devin_Townsend.jpg
NOOO AYA PLEASE BE ALRIGHT ><
She looks gorgeous short hair.
Be strong, Aya :3 We love you
I feel so sorry for seiyuus who get controlled by maniacal fanatics but it can't be helped since that's the game rules...
Hope she gets better soon.
She looks better with the hair cut IMO
she's just trying to be Britney.
I hope she doesn't suffer from Boob Cancer or something.
You're fukken wrong, dude. It apparently is forehead cancer LOLOLOLOL
She stressing out because you guys always pick on her! NOW STOP
Leave Aya alone!
Can't help it, someone just love to bully cute thing.
You mean because Artefact always picks on her :p
It's just Artefact's tsundere affection.
Wut? She should be grateful that I didn't use that forehead of her to absorb solar energy.....<_<
What a slut
uh, i like her new hairstyle.
looks very cute.