5. ERIKA SAWAJIRI
ERIKA SAWAJIRI WAS BORN ON APRIL 8, 1986. SHE IS A JAPANESE ACTRESS, ALSO ACTIVE AS A MODEL AND SINGER. SHE BECAME POPULAR AFTER APPEARING IN THE NONFICTION JAPANESE TELEVISION DRAMA 1 LITRE OF TEARS, PLAYING THE ROLE OF A GIRL WHO SUFFERED FROM THE INTRACTABLE DISEASES PINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION (SCD).
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.
SHE 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 (TAIYO NO UTA). THE SINGLE WENT INTO NUMBER 1 IN ITS SECOND AND FOURTH WEEK. IT WAS CERTIFIED TRIPLE PLATINUM FOR CELL PHONE DOWNLOADS OF 750,000.
SHE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO STAR IN THE LIVE ACTION FILM VERSION OF SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO BUT WAS REPLACED BY MEISA KUROKI.
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