▼Click here for the article on the video "+α" Miyase Ryuya "If I could go back... someday I would be here" He was affected by the disaster at the age of 7, and his dream of becoming an actor comes true https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/... ▼Miyase Ryuya "I'm alive because of a series of coincidences" He was affected by the disaster in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi... and visited his home for the first time in 12 years https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/... ======= Miyase Ryuya visited the place for the first time in 12 years. It is the place where his home was washed away by the tsunami. He called his parents to confirm and somehow found out. Miyase Ryuya "Comparing this scenery with my own memories, I am remembering a lot now. What it was like back then." ■Disaster hit when he was in the first grade of elementary school His home for the first time in 12 years... Miyase Ryuya attracted attention in 2022 when he appeared in the TBS drama "Kimi no Hana ni Naru". He has been cast in a series of commercials and dramas, and is one of the most promising young actors right now. When the earthquake occurred, he was a first grader in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture. On that day, a tsunami over 10 meters high surged into Nobiru Coast in Higashimatsushima City. Approximately 65% ​​of the city was flooded. More than 70% of the houses collapsed, causing devastating damage. Miyase's home was also swept away by the tsunami, and he evacuated to a relative's house in the city. Since then, he has rarely visited his hometown at the time of the earthquake. Miyase Ryuya: "I definitely didn't want to remember the bad memories. I've lived my life trying not to think about them too much." In February, Miyase visited his hometown for the first time in 12 years. He saw the scene with his own eyes, spoke to his parents and the local people, and confirmed how his "life was protected." He also wants to pass on the story so that the earthquake disaster doesn't fade away. Miyase Ryuya: "If you're the one conveying the message, there are some things you have to overcome." ■ "If I had just gone to pick up my sisters..." The swept away car and the "coincidence" On March 11th, 12 years ago, Miyase was on the way home from the (former) Hamaichi Elementary School when the violent shaking hit. Soon after, her mother came to pick her up. With Miyase in the back seat, her mother's car was driving down a road between rice fields. Miyase Ryuya: "I remember the scenery. I remember fragments of the feeling of "Bam!" "I wonder if they're going to pick up my sisters from the nursery school." Just as Miyase was thinking this, muddy water began to creep up on him, crawling along the ground. It was a tsunami. "My mother made a U-turn in the car and drove away, but it caught up with us." "It came like a flood and we were swept away." The tsunami, which had risen in volume, swept away the car. "Memories of that time came back to me, and it was a strange feeling." "I wasn't scared at the time, but I was more concerned with not understanding what was going on." And then... the car was swept away by the tsunami for several hundred meters along the road. It went off the road at a gentle curve and ended up on a slope. Miyase and her mother immediately jumped out of the car. They then desperately climbed up the slope. After that, the tsunami gained momentum and the car they were in was swept away. Miyase Ryuya: "If I had chosen to go and pick up my sisters or choose the other option... I might have died." "It's only one coincidence at a time that I'm alive now... I think about it now, coming back to the area." If something had been even a little different... "I might have lost my life." Miyase fled to higher ground. He visited the site for the first time in 12 years, and the scene he saw there came back to him. Miyase Ryuya: "There were people being swept away, and it was the first time I saw a body." "At the time, I wondered if it was a good thing that I was the only one who survived." His cousin, who was the same age as him and a good friend, also died. "I had always convinced myself that it was a lie that they had died." "So many lives other than my own were lost. I felt sad and regretful... all sorts of emotions welled up inside me." ■Visiting his alma mater with a childhood friend, the elementary school where about 400 people spent the night Next, Miyase visited his elementary school alma mater. There, he found his childhood friend waiting for him. 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