These are behind-the-scene snapshots from Kaze No Haruka. They were shooting the scene when Haruka goes back to Yufuin for the first time and gets off the ship in Beppu. They were taken on October 10, 2005, or a week after Kaze No Haruka started to air on NHK.




This is a 2'35" behind-the-scene video clip of the filming:
(It takes about 90 secs to download with broadband.)

Courtesy of Kawada Shunsuke via Sachiko-chan.
お姉ちゃんどうも。試験はがんばって。
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She looks super nice in their Kaze Ni Natte PV:

IZUMIgrad wrote:

I liked Good Job. Very fun show about OLs. Matsushita Mao's first starring role in a drama. She is also a classical pianist. She has a musical show on J-Wave radio every Saturday.

Looks like she's making her singing debut too. She's releasing a CD:

You also wrote:

She looks super nice in their Kaze Ni Natte PV:

Really nice shots. Thanks, IZUMIgrad. This is a pretty quiet thread, so visitors are always appreciated. We don't get many of them. JackClark drops by occasionally with a nice word (thanks Jacky-kun). And Parishilton stopped by a page ago on her way to The Fridge Hotel (she just wants to lose her tan).

These are from Eri-chan's Osaka-city CM. I think that's her latest:


And here she is in her first, dialing away for Docomo (a girl just can't live without her phone):


Some behind-the-scene snapshots (it's all work and no glamour they say):


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Nakashima Mika

I like your humour Shari san.

You wrote:

お姉ちゃんどうも。試験はがんばって。

Do you and Sachiko-chan know each other? I see you live in the same area.

IZUMIgrad wrote:

Do you and Sachiko-chan know each other? I see you live in the same area.

We hang out when school doesn't keep us too busy. When my doorbell chimes with an Osaka-ben, I know who's standing behind the door with a copy of the local Japanese newspaper she just picked up in Japantown.
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Nakashima Mika

shari wrote:

We hang out when school doesn't keep us too busy. When my doorbell chimes with an Osaka-ben, I know who's standing behind the door with a copy of the local Japanese newspaper she just picked up in Japantown.

Shari-san teaches me american slang, I teach her kansai dialect.

Sachiko-chan wrote:

Shari-san teaches me american slang, I teach her kansai dialect.

A, so da ne.... Boku mo eigoslang o manabou to doryoku shiteimasu....

My favourite photos from Freeway High High PV. I like her softer and more mature look.

IZUMIgrad wrote:

A, so da ne.... Boku mo eigoslang o manabou to doryoku shiteimasu....

Sachiko-chan can teach you. She already swears like a sailor.

"What? A sailor...?!?"

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Nakashima Mika

Eri-chan is on the cover of the new De View magazine ... with Kamiki Ryunosuke, Ueno Juri, Koide Keisuke, Hiraoka Yuta ...

Sachiko-chan wrote:

Eri-chan is on the cover of the new De View magazine ... with Kamiki Ryunosuke, Ueno Juri, Koide Keisuke, Hiraoka Yuta ...

Nice bunch of rising stars heading for the big league. I see they're all from the Amuse agency. Looks like a special edition on Amuse 30th anniversary.

Amuse is having nationwide auditions. If you want to get a crack at stardom, better get up early, the line will be long.


Eri-chan and her Caless school mates soon-to-become-Boystyle rehearsing for their first TV appearance in TBS Clone Kid:


Already on NHK before Kaze No Haruka, she's guest on Konnichiwa! 80-chan Desu.


Her post-Haruka fame: Yufuin Station Master for a day. "Shingooooo yoshi!"


Now let's see.... Where's my headshot and resume....
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Nakashima Mika

shari wrote:

Eri-chan and her Caless school mates soon-to-become-Boystyle rehearsing for their first TV appearance in TBS Clone Kid:

Great photo. I didn't know they were Caless grads. They look like they are only 13 or 14 here.

I found more early Boystyle photos.

Wow awesome pictures guys.

Thanks for the nice visit, JackClark.

Love those Boystyle Pix, IZUMIgrad.


Eri-chan's first visit to Yufuin after Kaze No Haruka.
Welcome home, Haruka!




Let's meet again, Haruka!


These are high-quality DivX video files of Boystyle (they take a while to download):

Kaze Ni Natte Sora Ni Natte


Chizu No Kokoro (with Japanese, Romaji and English subs for One Piece sing-along fans)


Promise You performed live at the 2003 Girl Pop Factory concert with NAO and Perfume (if don't care for Perfume or NAO, you can fastforward to 4:17).


If you don't have a DivX player yet, you can download it HERE (20MB)
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Hye..it's my first time here... watch her on Sexy Voice and Robo.
She looks so beautiful in that dorama.. when i check her details..i'm
kinda "what?she's younger than me..you might be kidding me"

If you can catch NHK, you can see her in GOOD JOB. They're running it this weekend and for 5 consecutives nights.



She looks quite different in SEXY VOICE AND ROBO.

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shari wrote:

Thanks for the nice visit, JackClark. Love those Boystyle Pix, IZUMIgrad. Eri-chan's first visit to Yufuin after Kaze No Haruka. Welcome home, Haruka! Let's meet again, Haruka! These are high-quality DivX video files of Boystyle (they take a while to download): Kaze Ni Natte Sora Ni Natte Chizu No Kokoro (with Japanese, Romaji and English subs for One Piece sing-along fans) Promise You performed live at the 2003 Girl Pop Factory concert with NAO and Perfume (if don't care for Perfume or NAO, you can fastforward to 4:17). If you don't have a DivX player yet, you can download it HERE (20MB)

No I'm the one who should be thanking you Shari for posting these great pictures of Eri.

THese ones are from Sexy Voice And Robo episode 10.

October 2005, a few days after Kaze No Haruka started to air on NHK, Eri-chan is invited to NHK Studio Park for some Q&As (excerpts follow):


Q: Are you nervous right now?
A: Only a little, yes.
Q: What kind of food do you dislike?
A: I don't care for raisins. But I love gyoza.
Q: How about sweets?
A: I kinda like warabi mochi (a Kansai marshmallow-like confection).
Q: Which comedians do you like?
A: I like Bibiru (Ohki)... and also Aoki Sayaka.

Q: Where would you like to travel?
A: I'd like to visit to America.

Q: How many e-mails do you get in a day?
A: From zero to a hundred.
Q: What was you dream as a child?
A: I always wanted to be a singer.
Q: Is there a special person in your life?
A: Right now that special person doesn't have a name.

Q: Have you ever done anything embarrassing?
A: Let me see... In elementary school I blew milk through my nose.
Q: Which part of your body do you like and which part do you dislike?
A: If I dare say it... I like the shape of my eyebrows. I hate my feet.

Q: What is your ideal man?
A: A happy man.

She gets a hello from Haruka's Lil' Sis Asuka (Kurokawa Mei who's actually 5 months older):
"Eri-chan? She's great at making weird faces."


And she gets to meet her mirror image...

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Kaze No Haruka wrap party.




With Lil' Sis Asuka (Kurokawa Mei).

...and Mom watching...
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^ Eri's mom is so young looking. great pics