Eriko Imai

Born: 1983-09-20

Imai Eriko is a Japanese singer, actress, and politician. As a singer, she debuted as the second-youngest member of the group SPEED. Her acting debut was in 1998 on the movie "Andromedia," featuring all members of SPEED. After the group's disbandment in 2000, she began her solo career in collaboration with dance group Crunch as "Eriko With Crunch." Once the collaboration ended in 2004, she returned to the music industry under the name of "Elly." Imai married in 2004 to 175R's vocalist Shogo. That same year, the two had a son, and later in 2007 divorced. Imai's son is deaf and in 2008 she began learning sign language, and later in 2010 hosted NHK's sign language education program: Minna No Showa. As a politician, Imai ran as a candidate for the Japanese House of Councillors under the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2016 elections and won.


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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master II

as Mitsumushi
Released: 2003-10-04

A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family...

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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master

as Mitsumushi
Released: 2001-10-06

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor...

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Andromedia

as Yoko
Released: 1998-07-11

After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the...

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Dream Maker

as uncredited
Released: 1999-10-23

Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious...

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Live

as Sakaguchi Misaki
First aired: 1999-04-09

Misaki decides to join the Brass Band Club having heard of its prestigious past from her father,...

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