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Allhusen, O. (2026, September 30). J-Pop star aged eight dies five days after stage performance. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16171965/J-Pop-star-dies-days-five-days-stage-performance.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
Allhusen, Olivia. “J-Pop star aged eight dies five days after stage performance.” Daily Mail, 30 Sept. 2026, https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16171965/J-Pop-star-dies-days-five-days-stage-performance.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490.
Allhusen, Olivia. “J-Pop star aged eight dies five days after stage performance.” Daily Mail, September 30, 2026. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16171965/J-Pop-star-dies-days-five-days-stage-performance.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490.
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Hirata Runa, also known as Luna-chan, a J-Pop star trainee in Nagoya, Japan, passed away at the age of eight on September 25, only five days after her final performance with the DIANNA Project. Her agency confirmed that she died from myocarditis caused by influenza around 4am on Friday. Runa had been cheerful and thanked her fans in a post following her last stage appearance on September 20. The girl, born on April 16, 2018, enjoyed traveling and playing video games and was in the third grade of primary school when she died. No additional medical information about her treatment or history has been released by the agency.