Overview
- Her family announced on Jan. 5 that she had died after an illness, days after her Dec. 31 retirement message asking fans to remember her.
- Fujino said she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in 2023 and wrote that her body was at its limits in her final letter to followers.
- She paused work for treatment, made a brief return at an August 2024 trading card event, and then stepped back again as her condition worsened.
- The model built an audience of more than 70,000 on Instagram, and tributes filled the comments under the family's statement.
- Outlets report that no public information about funeral or burial arrangements has been released.