{"id":590962,"date":"2026-04-08T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590962\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:34:09","slug":"influencer-zepa-dead-at-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590962\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer Zepa Dead at 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Influencer Zepa<br \/>\n                          Dies &#8216;Unexpectedly&#8217; at Age 26 &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Struggled With Alcohol<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:43 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  April 8, 2026<br \/>\n                                11:26 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_a9acb38a3f394a8ead65d47f7eb43840\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3017ff67-aede-480f-86a3-b7f1db3eed1e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a9acb38a3f394a8ead65d47f7eb43840_md.jpg\" alt=\"Zepa Instagram\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Popular Japanese content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/zepa\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zepa<\/a> has died &#8230; according to an announcement shared on her official X account.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zepa_Alc9\/status\/2040994526383440026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">post explains<\/a> Zepa &#8220;passed away unexpectedly&#8221; &#8230; and apologizes for having to deliver the disturbing news to fans.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_154c8659fc3e4475bc84ec1b061770c3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3017ff67-aede-480f-86a3-b7f1db3eed1e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/154c8659fc3e4475bc84ec1b061770c3_md.jpg\" alt=\"Zepa Instagram 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A funeral for family members was held, the post states &#8230; before finishing off by thanking Zepa&#8217;s fans for their love and support during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zepa had more than 1 million followers across social media &#8230; rising to fame by sharing comedy and lifestyle content.<\/p>\n<p>      \u9152\u3042\u308b\u3042\u308b<\/p>\n<p>\u8a18\u61b6\u306e\u306a\u3044\u30a2\u30b6\u3067\u304d\u304c\u3061 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KL2UPxHpRV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KL2UPxHpRV<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zepa_Alc9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@zepa_Alc9<\/a>\n          <\/p>\n<p>However, it seems Zepa dealt with some serious personal issues &#8230; especially when it came to alcohol. For instance, on March 20, Zepa posted a video which showed her arms covered in bruises &#8212; claiming &#8220;booze&#8221; caused it.<\/p>\n<p>On March 31, Zepa wrote, &#8220;It seems that the average lifespan for alcohol dependency is around 50 years old&#8230; Have I already passed the halfway mark&#8230;?&#8221; &#8230; seemingly implying she was dependent on it.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_9cf0cafcd6704be78d318d61126253c1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3017ff67-aede-480f-86a3-b7f1db3eed1e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9cf0cafcd6704be78d318d61126253c1_md.jpg\" alt=\"Zepa Instagram 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, no cause of death for Zepa has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>She was 26.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Influencer Zepa Dies &#8216;Unexpectedly&#8217; at Age 26 &#8230; Struggled With Alcohol Published April 8, 2026 10:43 AM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,29389,4207,29390],"class_list":{"0":"post-590962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-kim-k","12":"tag-kim-kardashian","13":"tag-kk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}