Another Ohio State student is missing, the second in as many months.

Hiroshi Hayashi, a junior in pre-computer and information science disappeared early Thursday morning.

“He disappeared without a trace,” said Junichi Hayashi, Hiroshi Hayashi’s brother.

Junichi Hayashi said Hiroshi Hayashi came home on Wednesday to have dinner with his parents and left Thursday at about 7:30 a.m. He was supposed to meet with two of his professors but never made it.

Junichi Hayashi said his brother made it to west campus because his car was parked there. Somewhere between arriving on west campus and meeting with his professors, Hiroshi Hayashi disappeared.

“It’s completely out of character,” Junichi Hayashi said.

As of right now, university police are handling the case, and there are no promising leads in the case, said Rick Amweg, Assistant Chief of the OSU Police Division.

“We’re continuing to work on the case and talking to people he knows,” Amweg said.

Both police and the family have been trying to get the word out in the community to see if anyone knows where Hiroshi Hayashi might be.

Junichi Hayashi said he has been passing out fliers to people to see if anyone has any information about his brother’s disappearance.

Campus police are currently checking video from the parking lot where Hiroshi Hayashi’s car was found.

“We have not identified any video with him in it yet,” Amweg said, adding that they will need to check more video tomorrow.

The recent disappearance of Hiroshi Hayashi has a strange coincidence with other disappearances of OSU students. Hiroshi Hayashi went to Pickerington High School, the same high school that Brian Shaffer and Julie Popovich, who was abducted and eventually found dead last August, went to.

“We are obviously aware of that fact,” Amweg said.

Officials maintain it is merely coincidental.

University police are currently working with the family and friends to try and find a reason for Hayashi’s disappearance.

“There are no indicators pointing towards foul play,” Amweg said. He said university police have no evidence pointing to anything else.

Anyone with any information regarding the Hayashi or Shaffer cases should call Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-645-8477.