少女救助中に事故死　「遊☆戯☆王」の高橋和希さん―沖縄

　沖縄県名護市沖で７月、人気漫画「遊☆戯☆王」の作者、高橋和希さん（本名・高橋一雅）＝当時（６０）＝が死亡した事故で、第１１管区海上保安本部（那覇市）は１４日、少女を救助中の事故死だったと、取材に対し明らかにした。
　同本部によると、高橋さんは７月４日午後、恩納村の海岸で、遊泳中の少女と両親が流されているのを発見し、近くにいた米兵ら２人と救助に向かった。米兵が少女を救出し、両親は自力で岸に戻ったが、高橋さんは波にのまれたとみられ、同６日に名護市沖で遺体で発見された。
　救助された少女が精神的ショックを受けていたため、同本部は公表を控えていたという。（2022/10/14-23:00）

Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of popular manga series "Yu-Gi-Oh!," who died in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa in July, lost his life while trying to rescue a girl at sea, local Japan Coast Guard officials have revealed.
   On July 4, Takahashi, whose real name was Kazuo Takahashi, found the girl and her parents being washed away near a beach in the village of Onna, according to the JCG's 11th regional headquarters in Naha, Okinawa's capital.
   Takahashi and two others nearby including a U.S. serviceman went to help them. The serviceman rescued the girl, while the parents returned to shore by themselves. But Takahashi is believed to have been caught in waves.
   The body of Takahashi, then 60, was found afloat in waters off the city of Nago two days later.
   The JCG station has refrained until now from making public the fact that Takahashi was trying to rescue the girl and her parents, because the girl has been in shock.