Erika Sawajiri

Born: 1986-04-08 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

2026

#Spread

2020

Followers as Erika Sawajiri

2019

The Great White Tower as Keiko Hanamori
No Longer Human as Shizuko Ota

2018

Hagetaka as Takako Matsudaira
Impossibility Defense as Tomoko Tada
Million Dollar Man as Towako
The Cat in Their Arms as Saori Oishi
Eating Women as Keiko Komugita

2017

IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE as Tada Tomoko
Shinjuku Swan II
Become a Mother as Kashiwazaki Yui

2016

Ooku: Saikyou no Onna / Higeki no Shimai
Ōoku
Seeing with the Heart as Arai Mayumi

2015

Shinjuku Swan as Ageha
Welcome to Our Home as Asuka Kandori
Welcome to Our Home as Asuka Kandori

2014

First Class as Chinami Yoshinari
First Class as Chinami Yoshinari

2013

Clock Store's Girl as Miyahara Ryo
L et M: The Reason I Love You, Other Stories as Eru / Emu

2012

Helter Skelter as Lilico
悪女について as Tomikoji Kimiko/Suzuki Kimiko

2007

Closed Note as Kae Horii
1 Litre Of Tears SP as Aya Ikeuchi

2006

Ghost Train as Nana Kimura
A Song to the Sun as Kaoru Amane
Angel's Egg as Natsuki Saito
Sugar & Spice as Noriko Watanabe
The Letters as Yumiko Shirai
The Mamiya Brothers as Naomi Honma
Angel's Ladder