Erika Sawajiri

Erika Sawajiri

Erika Sawajiri (born April 8, 1986 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japan-based 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 was affiliated with Sony Music Entertainment Japan for her record label (formerly as Kaoru Amane and later Erika), and Stardust Promotion for her talent agency (with her real name, Erika Sawajiri) before her contract was terminated in late 2009. On September 10, 2010, it was announced that she signed with Avex label for talent management and music releases. She became popular after playing a girl who suffered from an intractable disease called spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) in the nonfiction drama 1 Litre of Tears.

  • Title: Erika Sawajiri
  • Popularity: 7.968
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1986-04-08
  • Place of Birth: Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
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Erika Sawajiri Movies

  • 2005
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    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

    6.552 2005 HD

    Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that...

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  • 2006
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    Ghost Train

    Ghost Train

    4.9 2006 HD

    On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena,...

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  • 2007
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    Closed Note

    Closed Note

    7.1 2007 HD

    Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a...

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  • 2006
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    Sugar & Spice

    Sugar & Spice

    5.6 2006 HD

    Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro...

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  • 2016
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    Ōoku

    Ōoku

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2012
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    Helter Skelter

    Helter Skelter

    6.6 2012 HD

    Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to...

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  • 2005
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    Pacchigi!

    Pacchigi!

    6.2 2005 HD

    Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a...

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  • 2006
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    The Letters

    The Letters

    6.5 2006 HD

    How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime...

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  • 2006
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    Angel's Egg

    Angel's Egg

    6.5 2006 HD

    The film follows a young aspiring art university student, who falls in love with the older sister of his girlfriend. The heartrending longing and the...

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  • 2006
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    The Mamiya Brothers

    The Mamiya Brothers

    5.4 2006 HD

    The main characters are the Mamiya brothers who are living together although they are over 30-years-old. Unconcerned with appearance and reputations,...

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  • 2015
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    Shinjuku Swan

    Shinjuku Swan

    5.481 2015 HD

    Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means...

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  • 2016
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    Seeing with the Heart

    Seeing with the Heart

    1 2016 HD

    Content with his perfect life, Yoshinori Arai’s eyesight starts to fail and he despairs. How will he battle his illness and return to his...

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  • 2012
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    悪女について

    悪女について

    1 2012 HD

    Erika Sawajiri plays Kimiko, the main character of the story who has died. Although the title implies that it is a story of a “wicked...

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  • 2003
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    Cheers Heaven

    Cheers Heaven

    1 2003 HD

    Teenage girl has to decide if she is capable of being captain of the school's cheerleading squad. Suddenly the team lost the support and inspiration.

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  • 2006
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    Angel's Ladder

    Angel's Ladder

    1 2006 HD

    Tenshi no Hashigo 2006 (Japan), also known as Angel's Ladder is Japan drama premiere on Oct 22, 2006 on TV Asahi

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  • 1970
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    SNICKERS® commercial

    SNICKERS® commercial

    1 1970 HD

    Untitled snickers commercial featuring Erika Sawajiri

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  • 2003
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    North Point - Friends

    North Point - Friends

    1 2003 HD

    Japanese TV movie from 2003

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  • 2005
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    The Winds of God

    The Winds of God

    1 2005 HD

    Two Osaka comedians, Makoto (Tomomitsu Yamaguchi) and Kinta (Go Morita), are riding bicycles in Tokyo when they're hit by a dump truck. They regain...

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  • 2018
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    Hagetaka

    Hagetaka

    1 2018 HD

    During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu (Go Ayano) appears. He leads a foreign investment fund and he is criticized for being a...

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  • 2015
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    Welcome to Our Home

    Welcome to Our Home

    7 2015 HD

    Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi...

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  • 2007
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    1 Litre Of Tears SP

    1 Litre Of Tears SP

    4 2007 HD

    The Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The Special takes the view of Asou Haruto who is...

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  • 2002
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    Visual Queen of 2002

    Visual Queen of 2002

    1 2002 HD

    Fuji Television Special

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  • 2014
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    First Class

    First Class

    1 2014 HD

    Chinami (Erika Sawajiri) works at a fabric shop, dreaming of one day working in the fashion industry. By accident, she begins work in the editing...

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  • 2004
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    Mondai no Nai Watashitachi

    Mondai no Nai Watashitachi

    1 2004 HD

    Mio Sasaoka hears of a middle school student that was a victim of bullying and then committed suicide. Mio thinks the girl should have confronted her...

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  • 2005
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    Ashura

    Ashura

    5.316 2005 HD

    Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a...

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  • 2018
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    IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE

    IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE

    7.1 2018 HD

    At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His...

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  • 2013
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    L et M わたしがあなたを愛する理由

    L et M わたしがあなたを愛する理由

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2018
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    Million Dollar Man

    Million Dollar Man

    6 2018 HD

    A man, who is repaying a 30 million yen debt left by his brother, wins the 300 million yen lottery. He grapples with the question of whether money...

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  • 2018
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    Eating Women

    Eating Women

    7.4 2018 HD

    Follows the daily lives of 8 women with different backgrounds through what they eat and whom they date.

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  • 2018
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    The Cat in Their Arms

    The Cat in Their Arms

    4 2018 HD

    A 33-year-old supermarket worker at a provincial city used to be an idol, but could not see a future as a singer. Sick of everything, she moved to a...

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  • 2013
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    Clock Store's Girl

    Clock Store's Girl

    1 2013 HD

    The story is about the emotional and spiritual exchange between an elderly watchmaker and a cheerful and kind young woman who lost her mother in the...

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  • 2019
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    No Longer Human

    No Longer Human

    6.1 2019 HD

    The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.

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  • 2003
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    Tengoku e no Ouenka Cheers

    Tengoku e no Ouenka Cheers

    1 2003 HD

    A teenage girl has to decide if she is capable of being captain of the school's cheerleading squad.

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  • 2005
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    1 Litre of Tears

    1 Litre of Tears

    8.412 2005 HD

    1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15,...

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  • 2003
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    Papa for One Summer

    Papa for One Summer

    1 2003 HD

    A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew....

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  • 2003
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    Hotman

    Hotman

    9.8 2003 HD

    Enzo, a school art teacher, is the pillar of a rather unusual family. He takes care of his 5-year-old daughter but does not know who her mother is,...

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  • 2006
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    A Song to the Sun

    A Song to the Sun

    7.6 2006 HD

    Amane Kaoru lives a night life, not because she wishes so, but because she is infected with the xeroderma pigmentosum virus. This virus defects the...

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  • 2020
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    Followers

    Followers

    6.8 2020 HD

    When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness...

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  • 2017
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    Become a Mother

    Become a Mother

    1 2017 HD

    In the spring, when Kashiwazaki Yui and her 3 years old son were coming back home from kindergarten, she let go of her son's hand for a moment and...

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  • 2014
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    First Class

    First Class

    6 2014 HD

    Chinami works at a fabric shop, dreaming of one day working in the fashion industry. By accident, she begins work in the editing section for a...

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  • 2017
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    IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE

    IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE

    7 2017 HD

    Tadashi Usobuki is a mysterious man with red eyes. He wears black suits with a wine-red shirt and possesses a special power which will drive people...

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  • 2015
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    Welcome to Our Home

    Welcome to Our Home

    8 2015 HD

    Kurata Kenta lives with his father, Taichi, his mother, Keiko, and his younger sister, Nana in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an...

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  • 2019
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    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    6.5 2019 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ooku: Saikyou no Onna / Higeki no Shimai

    Ooku: Saikyou no Onna / Higeki no Shimai

    1 2016 HD

    Sawajiri Erika acting as different Edo-era concubines in each episode.

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  • 2018
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    Hagetaka

    Hagetaka

    1 2018 HD

    During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and is criticized for being a vulture. He tries to buy a...

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