Departures of note

Awa Taguchi, also known by her stage name Shiratori Awa, was a Japanese gravure idol and haiku poet. Born in Mie Prefecture on 12 May 1998, she debuted in 2022 as a gravure idol who loved haiku, and also wrote poetry under the haiku pen name 膣ギロチン. She worked as a bartender at the Tokyo Sabaku bar in Shinjuku's Kabukicho district.

She was affiliated with the entertainment agency Nakayoshi Paradise, headed by comedian Nakagawa Paradise of the Yoshimoto Kogyo duo Woman Rush Hour, until February of the year she died. Her death on 9 September 2026 was announced through the bar's social media and by the agency, prompting tributes from her former agency and colleagues.