Tsuyoshi Takashiro came back to Japan on July 21, to attend a Environmental protection event which was held at kanagawa. During the event, he announced that his relation with Erika Sawajiri is still going strong.

This is the first time Takashiro talk about his love relation with Erika in front of the public.

Takashiro and Erika had been living in London for quite a period of time and there`s rumor that Erika was already "tired" of Takashiro and there is a change in their love relationship. During the event  reporter asked Takashiro whether if his relation with Erika is still going smoothily, Takashiro happily replied "Yes".

This is also the first time Takashiro breaks his silence and gives comments about his relationship with Erika

Japan & chinese news credit to

スポーツ報知 & 大公報

English written by hydetetsu
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1-Sala Hair Product (Autumn ~ Winter)



Sala-Sala product had just update it`s homepage with a new hair care product for Autumn to Winter, like their previous product/Cm, Sawajiri Erika was choosen to to be feature in this new cm as well



You will be able to caught the streaming of the new cm at Sala Homepage

Sala Link

http://www.sala-sala.jp/brand/cf/index.html

2-Oricon high school poll



Next a new Oricon poll which was done & targeted at female high schoolgirl to find out, which actress/actors that they like the most

Even through Sawajiri Erika is not so active this year but she also managed to get the support of fans & ranked 9th place in the female chart.

Credit to Oricon

http://juken-cdn.oricon.co.jp/56340/full

Written by hydetetsu
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ESN Summer 2008 Update

Okay, I got sick of the old design and found a really nice new one. It's definitely a lot less annoying for the eyes. I really got in love with the grayish-greenish background.

- There wasn't really a lot I had to customize this time.
- No header (my choice)
- Banner as 'headers' (added the new ones as well)
- Completely reorganized emoticons (plus hundreds of new ones)
- New portal block arrangement
- No PotW anymore (no time for that, maybe when she's active again)
- Funky flash clock for the Tokyo time on the right sidebar.

However, not everyone might be happy with how it looks now.

- Do you see a problem/bug somewhere?
- Do you want the old theme back...?
- Do you miss the header?
- Are you annoyed by the portal arrangement?
- Is there more stuff that bothers you?

Just post your feedback in here and I will find a compromise for us all.

Also, now that the rotating banners are the main 'image' of our site..

- PLEASE MAKE MORE BANNERS! (640x120)

On a side-note, try to make your banners with a border to make it look a bit better at the top.

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Hi Erika,


We(ESN Members) are proud to be your fans and  how come to know you.  You have greatly influenced people as well as us in such a kind and nice way and you really are this amazing person to know

You are a great celebrity, and we just want to say do not ever give up on your hope and dreams.  No matter what people say to you, you just have to keep strong and hope for the best.

We also know that times are at a low lately but you have to keep going because there is no other direction other than up, because going down is not an option!

We hope that you will come by and read this. And it would be nice if you joined up here.  Everyone here likes you very much!

Please...   ... 

edited by: dark
original post from: Matt

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Here's a look at actresses age 22 and under and how widespread they are on the internet.

U22 Actress Search Engine Hits Ranking
Results are based on how many hits their names bring up in a search.

1. Nagasawa Masami
2. Sawajiri Erika
3. Ueto Aya
4. Aragaki Yui
5. Miyazaki Aoi
6. Horikita Maki
7. Aibu Saki
8. Aoi Yu
9. Suzanne
10. Ueno Juri

U22 Actress mixi Community Participation Ranking
This one counted how many communties they have on mixi and how many members.

1. Miyazaki Aoi - 54,816 members | 80 comms
2. Aoi Yu - 44,008 members | 44 comms
3. Aragaki Yui - 37,330 members | 142 comms
4. Nagasawa Masami - 25,123 members | 73 comms
5. Kitagawa Keiko - 19,372 members | 19 comms
6. Toda Erika - 19,041 members | 36 comms
7. Aibu Saki - 17, 822 members | 43 comms
8. Sawajiri Erika - 14,141 members | 90 comms
9. Horikita Maki - 13,651 members | 35 comms
10. Suzanne - 13,636 members | 33 comms

Source: http://uwasako.livejournal.com and http://idolgravuredvd.seesaa.net/article/100231311.html

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Erika soon going to come back!?

It's a fact that actress Sawajiri Erika, who went to Great Britain has frequently been coming back to her home country, though next to commercials and work for monthly magazines, she has actually steadily been preparing to hasten a real comeback.

"Once her tourist visa expires, it will only be a matter of time when the media is going to ask her office 'When will she come back?', but Erika has already been back in May for things like commercials and features in monthly magazines," a person from the office explains.

Erika got a lot of criticism from various kind of sides for her arrogant attitude in the "Betsu ni.." incident in October last year. This year she's been going to Great Britain with her 22 years older lover Takashiro Tsuyoshi, going as far as renting an apartment in London, therefore raising the question whether that's gonna be her exile from the world of show business for real now.

"In late March she returned home for a CM, once finished she went back to London again. It's said that if this CM was canceled, she would have gotten the sack from her office," a public reporter tells us.

However, the circumstances seem to be quite different according to authorized people.

"Erika got suspended from work for one year. In the meantime she studied in Great Britain. Her office and Takashiro supported her through the time of antagonism. Thanks to that she's been more grown up each time she came back here," are the inside informations from a movie company authorized person.

It's said that she stopped receiving offers after the bashing, but in truth she got flooded with requests. "A few movies have already been nominated for her comeback," says an authorized person from a major office.

Let us all believe that this is true and that Erika is soon going to work on a new movie.

Source: cyzo (June 10th)
Translation: HPriest
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Kanebo COFFRET D'OR had update it`s homepage with the promotion of their new products for this spring, Erika Sawajiri is one of the same previous cast included in the Cm as well



You will be able to view a "5 person ver" (30 Sec) or just a "Erika Sawajiri ver" (15 Sec) cm in the homepage



Same as their last COFFRET D'OR product, the "Make direction" page is updated as well .

This time round, Erika's Style of make up is call "Mode Natural"  and if you (Ladies) are interested on the COFFRET D'OR products that Erika used to achieve this great look, feel free to vist the "Make Direction" section for info.

HomePage

http://www.kanebo-cosmetics.jp/coffretdor/index.html

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Erika Sawajiri to break up with Takashiro and her fans want her to be back？

Recent news goes that Erika Sawajiri is to get divorced with her boyfriend Tsuyoshi Takashiro. Before this it was reported that she and her boyfriend together were temporarily living in London and almost planning to get married, but now, they are suddenly going to get separated. There must be a surprising reason: Takashiro has debt on his shoulder.

According to someone in entertainment circles, Takashiro knew Erika likes brand-name products, and in London he bought her lots of high-end items as a gif for her birthday, which cost large sums of money. Takashiro has already spent about 20-30 million yen on her. Takashiro, now short of money, cannot but help care the X-JAPAN reverting concert in Tokyo. He goes all out to make money. He was said also to promote and sell high-priced jewellery.

Takashiro has paid too much on Erika. I wonder how long he can endure. We cannot say that it is an aid communication between them, but it does show that they were not for love to be together if they break up for lack of money. Nevertheless, as the message of separation spreads, the call for Erika’s Return becomes louder and louder!

Some pictures taken from 1-apple.com.tw (Taiwan, China) by me:



In the left picture above, Erika is going to school by subway in London. And the right one, Erika is smoking at a cafe.

Original News: http://www.erika.com.cn/read-htm-tid-5114.html ( If you can read Chinese, visit here! )
Sources: Sina Entertainment, China
Written/Translated by: An_Apple @ Sawajiri Erika China
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Let's have some good news.

Nikkei Entertainment has done another poll, this time surveying 3000 people ages 10-59 to find out which celebs they think outshine the rest in the looks department.

1. Kimura Takuya
2. Fukuyama Masaharu
3. Itou Misaki
4. Darvish Yu
5. Fujiwara Norika
6. Okada Jun'ichi
7. Hayami Mokomichi
8. Oguri Shun
9. Ebihara Yui
10. Koyuki
11. Yonekura Ryoko
12. Tamaki Hiroshi
13. Matsushima Nanako
14. Yamashita Tomohisa
15. Mizuki Arisa
16. Aragaki Yui
17. Gackt
18. Sawajiri Erika
19. Chibana Kurara
19. Leah Dizon
21. Takizawa Hideaki
22. Odagiri Joe
23. Ikuta Toma
24. Takenouchi Yutaka
25. Oshikiri Moe
25. Akanishi Jin
27. Shibasaki Kou
27. Takeuchi Yuko
27. Nagasawa Masami
30. Koike Teppei

Apparently, Erika is still generating responses despite the bad press and her long absence from the entertainment scene.

Source: http://idolgravuredvd.seesaa.net/article/95500826.html and http://uwasako.livejournal.com.
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おたんじょうびおめでとう。
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It's April 08th in Japan, time to celebrate...party hard!!!!!!
Put all your greetings and wishes within this topic.

Hint: If you can't see our new header, hit F5 (multiple) times.

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Erika shooting a CM in Tokyo

Erika's first project since her arrival in Tokyo. She started filming her new CM at "Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Company" in Tokyo, Chofu City. Short after 9 in the morning, Erika arrives at the studio with a high-class sports car, appearing in a white jacket and sunglasses. She didn't respond to any questions by the journalists. It is known that within this month she plans to go back to England and probably visit other European countries as well.

Source: Sponichi, April 03
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Erika Sawajiri and lover back in Japan and in a good mood?

On March 29, Sawajiri Erika and her lover Tsuyoshi Takashiro returned home after they stayed in London for about 3 months. At her arrival she wore a white shirt and rough-styled jeans. We were able to see a scene of her picking up her pouch after she accidentally dropped it. Both seemed to be in a very good mood, other than that, no new info.

Update(via Tokyograph):
Actress Erika Sawajiri returned to Japan on Saturday after nearly three months in London with her boyfriend, media creator Tsuyoshi Takashiro.
While in London, Sawajiri was attending 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.
Sawajiri stated that she will be in Japan during her birthday, April 8, though she plans to return to London some time after that. It has also been reported by other news sources that she will begin filming for a commercial next month.

For more details click here (erikuri's post).

Some pictures of her arrival:


Sources: Yahoo! Japan, SportsHochi
Image credit to ERIKA.COM.CN
Written by An_Apple @ Sawajiri Erika China (Edited by HPriest), Update provided by TokyoGraph
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Marriage by the end of the year?

This year Erika left Japan to have a 'long vacation' in London. She didn't went alone as we all know. Her 'good friend' Takashiro went with her. However, instead of living in a hotel, they both actually seem to live a very happy life similar to a married couple. Now we all wonder (or fear) whether a marriage within 2008 is possible or not. To find out what exactly we know and why marriage actually might not be that bad, keep on reading.

I'm skipping what happened last year, you all should know by now. After all the mess, Erika and Takashiro decided to go to Britain together, with plans for her to come back sometime again. Up until now her presence in London is still considered to be a 'long vacation' only. At the end of last month and the beginning of this month, rumors appeared about them coming back to Japan very soon. An insider now says that it probably started because of Takashiro's work. However, he doesn't think that his work will force them to come back as Takashiro can basically work from around the world as long as he has access to a computer or his laptop.

As both of them don't really have to be concerned about money, it shouldn't be problematic to stay in an expensive hotel during their long vacation, yet they don't seem to live that way.
"Takashiro actually bought a high class apartment there for them to stay in. It seems as if they want to settle down there. There are eye-witnesses of them buying goods in a local supermarket. You can't deny that they are living in a 'de facto marriage' right now," we learn from the same insider.

Even though Erika caused a lot of trouble last year, she has been the biggest earner for her agency. Shouldn't a comeback easily be possible for somebody like her?
"The incident ruined her image quite bad. It takes some time to calm down the people and she should enjoy her vacation in London as for now," thinks a professional for public entertainment.

It obviously is very comfortable for them in London, nobody is chasing them down, people are leaving them alone. You could say that a marriage under such conditions might be highly possible. An insider of an advertising firm even thinks of it as a great chance for her to clean her image. "If she really considers a comeback, she would have to change a lot to free herself from the bad image," he says. "As a married woman and maybe even as a mother it would be a lot easier for her than trying to keep on going with her current bold and sexy routine."

Last year they both have kept on saying that they are only good friends. The person from the advertising firm, however, tells us that he actually met Takashiro in a bar last year and asked him 'Is Erika your big love?' and according to him, he answered, "Yes, she really is." More than that, he actually already introduced Erika to his mother and his older brother. "The fact that they still live as an unmarried couple must be due to the current circumstances," he adds.

If Erika really plans to marry this year, she will definitely be on the top of every news again.

Source: livedoor news (March 19)
Text by HPriest
Please don't slap me for grammatical mistakes or typos.

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This is a yearly poll done by Bubka. The number of votes is beside the name.

The Top 10 Most Hated Female Talent
1. Sawajiri Erika (503)
2. Nagasawa Masami (126)
3. Ogura Yuko (118)
4. Ueno Juri (105)
5. Kinoshita Yukina (104)
6. Hoshino Aki (97)
7. Natsukawa Jun (94)
8. Suzanne (83)
9. Abiru Yuu (79)
10. Koikie Eiko (73)

On the flipside, she also got in the Top 5 of the Most Liked Female Talent list with Nagasawa Masami, Aragaki Yui, Horikita Maki, and Ogura Yuko.

source: http://idolgravuredvd.seesaa.net/article/88831441.html and http://uwasako.livejournal.com

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Erika fans rejoice.

Our favorite girl bagged the cover of GLAMOROUS magazine; with an accompanying interview.



Not sure when the photos were taken, or where, or what the interview's about-- more news will be available once HPriest or hydetetsu finds them, I'm sure. 

Also, a curious thing on the official website:

If you go to http://erika-official.com/top.html you will see an update for 2008.3.6, when you click on the link you get a baby picture of Erika emblazoned with the words "BACK TO BASIC". What could it mean?!?!

Info taken from the Erika Sawajiri comm on LJ; written originally by erikuri

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ERIKA 1st single "FREE", had been choosen to take part in the poll for the "Best New Artist Video" of MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2008

If you wish to show your strongest support for ERIKA, please register an account at MtvJapan to cast your vote.

MtvJapan

http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/vote/vote.html

Please visit the 2nd post of this thread on how to register & Vote

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Sourpuss thespian Sawajiri snared in Doppelgang bang scandal

Note: This has nothing to do with the movie I wrote about last week. It's about the movie that got canceled completely.

The actress storms off stage in a rage and demands a massage from her manager. Admonishing him for starting with her feet, she then thrusts out her breast and insists he start his petting there, according to Friday (3/7).

When asked her opinion of the manager's mammary ministrations the actress huffs "betsu ni" -- Sawajiri's trademark phrase meaning "nothing special" -- that derives from an infamous response to what she thought of her role in a recent movie.

From the clothes, accessories, blond wig, legendarily snooty attitude and uppity voice, there seems little doubt the actress is Erika Sawajiri, the 21-year-old thespian who raised a storm last autumn with a display at a news conference so petulant that has gone down in Japanese entertainment history.

But surely it couldn't be the otherwise squeaky clean Sawajiri baring a breast for all to see?

Actually, it's not. But it is a woman who bares an incredibly close resemblance to her.

What's going on is a scene from "Erika Sama (Lady Erika)," an adult movie that should have hit store shelves last week had it not been canned by producers Real Works, despite widespread expectation that it would be a surefire hit.

"Tokyo Sports (newspaper) had a big impact because it gave the movie front page treatment with a story that really raised expectations. It wasn't hard, because it was a movie featuring a star who's the spitting image of a really popular actress," an adult movie industry insider tells Friday. "It was definitely a movie I would have liked to have had a peek at."

But just days before the movie was due to go on sale, Real Works decided to cancel the skinflick, with only a cryptic message its website saying: "Sales have been cancelled for a number of reasons."

Real Works is not particularly forthcoming when the weekly contacts it to find out more.

"Sorry, but we can't say any more than what appeared on the website," a spokesman for the adult movie production company says.

Considering the movie had the copycat Sawajiri performing in scenes mimicking precise situations the real actress has appeared in, as well as featured take-offs of commercials in which she has appeared, rumors became rife that Real Works bowed to pressure from the performer's talent agency or sponsors. It seems "Erika Sama" was just a little too close to home.

"Being so accurate definitely had some connection to sales being halted," an adult movie production company boss tells Friday. "Initially, there were rumors that complaints from Sawajiri's talent agency or representatives from the beverage maker she advertises for had something to do with the movie being withdrawn from sale, but this talk was totally groundless.

"Real Works, which made the movie, is actually the subsidiary of another adult movie company. That company is part of the same group of corporations that makes up one of Japan's largest music and video rental companies. Apparently, a message was passed down from the top of the group's parent company to Real Works' bigger adult movie company, telling them to pull 'Erika Sama' because the contents were just too close to the real Sawajiri for comfort."

Source: FRIDAY
Written by: Ryann Connell (MDN)

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"Hime kaji" - short for "hime (princess) casual" - is the latest fashion style gaining in popularity. According to an Oricon survey on the topic, idol Shoko Nakagawa best exemplifies the image.

#2 was Kyoko Fukada, who topped the "hime sexy" survey last summer. She was followed by Yuko Ogura, Yuri Ebihara, and Ayumi Hamasaki to complete the top 5.

Erika Sawajiri ranked 6th, ahead of Yui Aragaki. At #8, there was a three-way tie among Suzanne, Emi Hashino, and Aki Hoshino.

Credit to TokyoGraph

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