{"id":44951,"date":"2024-02-01T08:30:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T07:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1980468"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T08:52:54","slug":"neighbours-airs-devastating-death-twist-for-david-tanaka","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/neighbours-airs-devastating-death-twist-for-david-tanaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbours airs devastating death twist for David Tanaka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neighbours brought some heartbreaking scenes. <\/p>

By Helen Daly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 01 February 2024 at 07:30 AM<\/p>

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There was an upsetting twist on the cards for fans of Neighbours when the beloved David Tanaka (played by Takaya Honda) sadly died.<\/p>\n

It all started when David, Aaron (Matt Wilson), Nicolette (Hannah Monson), Leo (Tim Kano) and Krista (Majella Davis) went on a vacay, but things turned sour when Eden (Costa D\u2019Angelo) arrived to cause trouble.<\/p>\n

Throwing himself at Leo, Eden insisted he didn\u2019t want to see another man raising his unborn child, which Krista\u2019s currently carrying.<\/p>\n

The duelling men got into a tussle, and as Eden raised a rock above Leo\u2019s head, his brother came from nowhere to save him.<\/p>\n

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Takaya Honda as David Tanaka and Matt Wilson as Aaron Brennan in Neighbours.<\/span><\/figcaption> Amazon Freevee<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

David grabbed a hold of Eden and the pair tumbled over the cliff together.<\/p>\n

When Aaron and Leo raced down, they found an unconscious Eden with David hanging near him, begging to send Eden to hospital as he was in a worse condition.<\/p>\n

However, as the villain was getting life-saving care, David remained in the same spot at the bottom of the cliff, dying.<\/p>\n

As Aaron and Leo got to him, it was too late \u2013 David had died.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his shock exit from Neighbours, Honda explained how knowing the storyline coming up helped him decide to return in the first place.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s what brought me back, really,\u201d Honda explained. \u201cRight from when they started discussing the possibility of me coming back, I\u2019d say to them, \u2018It\u2019s always about storyline for me.’\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to come back and it be a really gimmicky thing or something horrible. So they pitched this storyline, and I thought it was really interesting, in a really cool way, and for a really great way to finish off David\u2019s arc.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause he started off as this reserved, closeted man who didn\u2019t have all this confidence in the world outside of when he was working \u2013 now, he\u2019s in a place where he\u2019s being a hero and saving his brother\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I feel like of all the endings you could\u2019ve predicted for David when he was first on screen, I don\u2019t think this would\u2019ve been one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that it\u2019s in line with his growth on the show. The whole storyline brought me back and I think it\u2019s a really great way to send the character off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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