Erika Sawajiri

,Erika Sawajiri (沢尻 エリカ Sawajiri Erika),born April 8, 1986 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika. She is currently affiliated with Sony for her record label as formerly Kaoru Amane and later Erika, and Stardust Promotion
for her talent agency as her real name, Erika Sawajiri, and became
popular after playing a girl who suffered from an intractable disease
called spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) in the nonfiction drama "1 Litre of Tears".
Biography


Erika was born to a Japanese father and an Algerian-French mother and is the youngest of three brothers and sisters. Her father owned sixteen racehorses, including the horse, Edonokoban (エドノコバン, Edonokoban^?). Her father died of cancer when she was in her third year at junior high school. Her second eldest brother died in a car accident when she was in her first year at high school. Her mother managed a Mediterranean restaurant (closed down for unknown reason) and Erika sometimes helped with it. Erika has been horseback riding since she was a child.
In 1999, Erika passed the Stardust audition after graduating from elementary school. She became part of the idol unit Angel Eyes and began modeling for junior fashion magazines such as CUTiE and nicola. She later won the grand prize for the 2001 Seikore and became a regular on the BS news program Harajuku Launchers. In 2002, Erika started her career in film as well as extending her modeling career as a gravure idol. Her first film was Mondai no nai Watashitachi.
She also became one of Fuji TV's Visual Queens in 2002. On the NTV variety show The Yoru mo Hit Parade,
she became a regular from April till late June, shortly after leaving
the program for the CX news program Chou VIP Fortune no Tobira from
mid-June till late August. In November, she was on the CBC variety show
Bijou Dokyuu and TBS show B-1. She got her big break when she was cast in the TBS TV drama Hotman. Her most notable role was in 1 Litre of Tears in 2005 when she portrayed a girl with the degenerative disease spinocerebellar degeneration.
Erika first started her music career under the name "Kaoru Amane,"
the name of her character in her last drama, the TV adaptation of A Song to the Sun (Taiyou no Uta). The single went into number 1 in its second and fourth week. On July 16, 2007, Erika released her 'debut' single under only Erika entitled "Free". The single was immediately ranked on its first day as number one on the Oricon Charts. Oricon stated that she is the only artist in 39 years to get their first two single hit number one since Hiroko Yakushimaru in 1983.
She decided to enter the entertainment world because she wanted to meet singer Namie Amuro whom she idolizes.
Controversy and criticism


On September 29, 2007, Sawajiri showed up at the Closed Note movie premiere and was visibly upset.^[1] Many people perceived this as a 'bad attitude'. She answered questions she was asked with very short, impolite answers. The Japanese press treated this issue as a very big deal. On October 2, she posted an official apology on her website. ^[2]She
states that she regrets her attitude, and what she did was very
unprofessional and she shouldn't have let her mood affect her job. A
few days later she appeared on a TV Asahi's morning news show "Super Morning", and gave them an exclusive 120 minute interview.
She said again that she was sorry for what she did, and she knew there
was nothing she could do to change what happened, but she would try to
make up for it. She also denied the rumors that she was being suspended by her management.
Following this issue, she was going to attend the 12th Pusan International Film Festival, which was held on October 6, 2007, but she announced she would not attend this.
What was later found out after the interview was that she had been seen in the club with a man who was said to be her lover Tsuyoshi Takashiro. ^[3]
She has been rumoured to not have anything in her 2008 schedule and that she is staying in United Kingdom
for a year and take a break in the entertainment industry. Stardust
Promotion have confirmed to replace her during that time period with an
actress Kaho. ^[4]
On January 4, 2008, she and her lover Tsuyoshi Takashiro were spotted at the Narita Airport checking in for a flight to London.
She with a black coat and glasses, carrying a teddy bear and a camera
has been in a visibly good mood. Her sour face since the stage greeting
changed into a bright smile. She had been shaking hands with some of
her fans. Reporters tried asking her questions about her future plans,
but all she did was smile and continue on her way. ^[5]
Actress Erika Sawajiri returned to Japan on March 29, 2008
after nearly three months in London with her boyfriend, media creator
Tsuyoshi Takashiro. While in London, Sawajiri attended a language
school. Her familiarity with English became evident at the airport when
several cosmetics items fell out of her bag, and she exclaimed, "Oh
shit!" She continued to mostly use English while at the airport, and
she reportedly has become fluent enough to handle ordinary
conversation. ^[6][7]
Sawajiri stated that she would be in Japan for her birthday, April 8, although she planned to return to London some time after that. ^[8]
Miscellaneous


She is also known as a fan of English rock band Led Zeppelin^[9][10][11]. In Led Zeppelin's reunion concert at The O2 in London, England on December 10, 2007,
3 seats for Japanese celebrities were prepared. Only she and her lover
saw this concert as Japanese. (Another Japanese audience except them
called Tomoaki Ogura refused to go to the concert because he worked on
Japanese TV program.^[12])
Some photos of Erika Sawajiri





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