Sri Lanka, Sept. 28 -- Award-winning Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi has been found dead at her Tokyo home at the age of 40.

It is believed that Yuko Takeuchi has committed suicide at her home in Tokyo.

Yuko, 40, is a popular Japanese film and television series actress who also starred in the female Sherlock Holmes series that aired in several countries, including the United States titles "Miss Sherlock".

Yuko Takeuchi was known for her role in 1998 Japanese horror film Ringu, which was adapted by Hollywood in 2002 as The Ring

Between 2004 and 2007, she won the Best Actress a leading role at the Japanese Academy Awards for three consecutive years.

Popular actor Taiki Nakebayashi, the husband of Yuko Takayuchi, has said that the body o...