Talk:Episode 19: The Card Yota Left Behind/@comment-24764189-20140426021331/@comment-24801290-20140426031734

According to the official site

http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/fc-buddyfight/characters/#chara_h32

He died 5 years ago when he was 12. Also his picture has him with an IV drip. So he was probably hospitalised at some point.