Singer found dead after disappearance, former member of Espa plagiarism group
Jun 11, 2025
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The bereaved family of Mizuki Itagaki said on the deceased's SNS in April that "Itagaki Mizuki died in an accident."" "He has been suffering from mental illness since last year, and has been missing since late January this year," the bereaved family said. "He was found dead in downtown Tokyo while conducting a search with the cooperation of police and acquaintances."
Mizuki Itagaki was born in 2000 and debuted as a member of 'Milk' in 2014 and remained active until 2020. After leaving the team in 2020 to concentrate on his acting career, he appeared in a variety of films, including films 'Solomon's Perjury', 'First Love Rostime', dramas 'Ale', 'Girin's Coming', 'Foolish Yaro's Kiss' and 'Honest Real Estate 2'.
He also received the Best New Actor Award at the 25th Japanese Film Critics Awards in 2015 for his performance of "Solomon's Perjury".
However, the song 'Milk', which Itagaki was involved in, was recently suspected of plagiarism that the song 'Itan (イイじゃん)' was similar to Espa's 'Whiplash'. When the song was released, it was pointed out that the melody and choreography atmosphere were too similar to 'Whiplash'.
Internet users can hear an espa song", "Plagiarism is blatant" and even the choreography is similar" responded, raising controversy over plagiarism. In response, Milk has not made an official position on this so far.
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