Sawajiri Erika

frosty12 wrote:

my friends didnt want to watch with me too even thou they knew who she was cause i introduced them :shamefulcry: and i dont like horror movies

Don't want to go? I wish I was in SG!

Hey, perfect, now you can go watch with kami_kaze! :rofl:

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why do i keep thinging this person is Erika?

ThyGriever wrote:[image]

why do i keep thinging this person is Erika?

Perhaps because she IS Erika :beatyou:

kami_kaze wrote:

good for you :shamefulcry:
when i asked my frens wan to watch or not, they gave me the uninterested face and reply "who is erika?" :beaten:

treat ur female fren to go with you la =X

alcetic wrote:is anyone having a hard time trying to get the song taiyou no uta out of their heads? because it's been a week for me since i finished the drama and I still can't get that ridiculously addicting tune out of my head :bonk: lol! Well I guess Erika's voice is just too addictin...I can't get enuff of that song :sweat:

lol same here, i've finish watching this dorama for i guess few months already, and yet i keep playing taiyou no uta and stay with me over and over on my ipod :| cant get her voice out off my head =|

ThyGriever wrote:[image]

why do i keep thinging this person is Erika?

because that person is Erika =)

Shuin wrote:

treat ur female fren to go with you la =X

no female friends~ all are overly jealous of her :bonk:

Shuin wrote:

because that person is Erika =)

:beaten: wow

then who the heck is Kaoru Amane?? Is that her alternate personality?

ThyGriever wrote:

:beaten: wow

then who the heck is Kaoru Amane?? Is that her alternate personality?

Hey Griever, welcome back. I'm really glad you're back here.

Anyway, in case you didn't know, she entered the music industry using the name "Kaoru Amane", the character she played in Taiyou No Uta (The TV Series). This is perhaps, a marketing strategy of the producers, releasing a cd as a tie-in for the show. Well let's just say that the "strategy" worked: :mrgreen:

The character of eKaoru Amanef, is that of an aspiring singer and as a side project for this dorama, Erika has released a single with Kaorufs fictional compositions.

Sony created a special website, dedicated only to Kaoru Amane. It was specially constructed, as if Kaoru was a real artist, making her debut. The content on this website was quite detailed, with a gorgeous layout, a photo gallery and extra goodies, such as guitar tabs for her songs. These guitar tabs can be downloaded for free for any guitar players. Seems that the original intention was simply to bring the dorama to life and thus gaining a bigger audience. Nonetheless it seems the opposite results happened. This single sold extremely well and gained a huge fanbase.

Overall it sold 339,936 copies and the sales show no signs of slowing down. Up till the present date, after four weeks, this single has been securing a very high position and keeps on conquering the top spots, beating many strong competitors. She is also the first actress-turned-singer to enter the ORICON Top 3 since Hirosue Ryoko in April 1997 and the first female singer releasing under a fictional name from a drama to enter Top 3 since September 2000fs Kanno Miho. She also ranks second among the female artists who released a single so far in 2006.

hydetetsu wrote:

finally i found this on e-bay.. selling Sawajiri Erika's Kaoru Amane Taiyou no Uta cd.. i thought i can never get my hands on that cd.. almost all Japanese online store is completely out of stock.. Cdjapan, Play-Asia. etc.. glad ive found it.. time to order it!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kaoru-Amane-Erika-Sawajiri-TAIYOU-no-uta-CD-DVD_W0QQitemZ330067666403QQihZ014QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330067666403

BANZAI!!! BANZAI!!!

Congrats slashersam016~! :woot:

Hmmm just a advice
before you made the order , I guess you will need to check with the seller if the ver is japan limited ver or Taiwan ver , he stated it`s release by SONYBMG Tawian which should be the Taiwan ver

( It will made a difference if you are searching for the japan limited ver)
:mrgreen:

http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-music/pid-1004565907/

Btw This is the Taiwan ver ,yesasia is selling :mrgreen:

whats the difference in both of them? yeah we ordered the cd now.. did i make a mistake? :puppydog:

Breath taking in 1 liter of tears

ruji wrote:

Hey Griever, welcome back. I'm really glad you're back here.

Anyway, in case you didn't know, she entered the music industry using the name "Kaoru Amane", the character she played in Taiyou No Uta (The TV Series). This is perhaps, a marketing strategy of the producers, releasing a cd as a tie-in for the show. Well let's just say that the "strategy" worked: :mrgreen:

The character of eKaoru Amanef, is that of an aspiring singer and as a side project for this dorama, Erika has released a single with Kaorufs fictional compositions.

Sony created a special website, dedicated only to Kaoru Amane. It was specially constructed, as if Kaoru was a real artist, making her debut. The content on this website was quite detailed, with a gorgeous layout, a photo gallery and extra goodies, such as guitar tabs for her songs. These guitar tabs can be downloaded for free for any guitar players. Seems that the original intention was simply to bring the dorama to life and thus gaining a bigger audience. Nonetheless it seems the opposite results happened. This single sold extremely well and gained a huge fanbase.

Overall it sold 339,936 copies and the sales show no signs of slowing down. Up till the present date, after four weeks, this single has been securing a very high position and keeps on conquering the top spots, beating many strong competitors. She is also the first actress-turned-singer to enter the ORICON Top 3 since Hirosue Ryoko in April 1997 and the first female singer releasing under a fictional name from a drama to enter Top 3 since September 2000fs Kanno Miho. She also ranks second among the female artists who released a single so far in 2006.

Great info! I had no idea...

It's a great marketing strategy I'll say. I even thought Amane was a real person!

Thanks for the welcome. I forgot to visit the very active sawajiri thread =]

ThyGriever wrote:

Great info! I had no idea...

It's a great marketing strategy I'll say. I even thought Amane was a real person!

Thanks for the welcome. I forgot to visit the very active sawajiri thread =]

our Narumi Riko thread also is getting left out... :puppydog: poor Riko :shamefulcry:

akplaya wrote:Breath taking in 1 liter of tears

welcome to Erika's thread.. i agree to you.. about 1LOT.. :thumbsup:

akplaya wrote:Breath taking in 1 liter of tears

Welcome. :dancing:

ThyGriever wrote:
Great info! I had no idea...

It's a great marketing strategy I'll say. I even thought Amane was a real person!

Thanks for the welcome. I forgot to visit the very active sawajiri thread =]

Yeah, the strategy is an absolute success. Very nice move from the producers.

And please try to visit frequently here, you're very welcome in the thread, and please don't take my jokes seriously.

:mrgreen:

slashersam016 wrote:

welcome to Erika's thread.. i agree to you.. about 1LOT.. :thumbsup:

Riko's thread.... darn it. I feel like only a few people are even visiting now. Everyone lost interest in her XD I still love her!! lol

ruji wrote:

Yeah, the strategy is an absolute success. Very nice move from the producers.

And please try to visit frequently here, you're very welcome in the thread, and please don't take my jokes seriously.

:mrgreen:

It's fine! I appreciate your concern! I hope we all wont get mad over such things in the future :victory: This thread grows too fast for me to keep up, kinda like the Aya thread

I'm not sure if this is gonna make you happy or sad but I'm going to have to show this....

TOP STORY:
Erika Toda Beats Erika Sawajiri!!!!
for Myojo Top Female Star of 2006

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1. Erika Toda
2. Yui Aragaki
3. Maki Horikita
4. Erika Sawajiri
5. Mirai Shida
6. Haruka Ayase
7. Aya Ueto
8. Masami Nagasawa
9. Nana Eikura
10. Satomi Ishihara
==========

Sawajiri hit 4th place. She's pretty popular to have beat Aya ueto though. I was suprised! Maki Horikita has beaten Sawajiri to the top 3..

Payback! jk jk jk but it's real so please dont hurt me... I'll go back to the Erika Toda thread :puppydog:

ThyGriever wrote:

It's fine! I appreciate your concern! I hope we all wont get mad over such things in the future :victory:

I'm not sure if this is gonna make you happy or sad but I'm going to have to show this....

TOP STORY:
Erika Toda Beats Erika Sawajiri in Myojo Top Female Star of 2006!!!!

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Sawajiri hit 4th place. She's pretty popular to have beat Aya ueto though. I was suprised! I'm not sure who that is who beat Sawajiri to 3rd though..

Payback! jk jk jk but it's real so im not messing around

Well you just owned me there. :hehe: Fair and square.

It doesn't really matter, though I don't know much about Toda, I've heard that she's really great, pretty cute too. They're both rising stars, and I'm glad they're on the top ten.

Aside from the two of them, I can only recognize one other actress, Yui Aragaki (the girl on Erika Toda's left side), but I can't recognize her name on the list. :bonk:

ruji wrote:

Well you just owned me there. :hehe: Fair and square.

It doesn't really matter, though I don't know much about Toda, I've heard that she's really great, pretty cute too. They're both rising stars, and I'm glad they're on the top ten.

Aside from the two of them, I can only recognize one other actress, Yui Aragaki (the girl on Erika Toda's left side), but I can't recognize her name on the list. :bonk:

haha i was afraid you were gonna kill me there! Yui Aragaki is actually the close second. My aya ueto is number 7 =[ I hope you'll learn to like Erika Toda some day as well! thanks for the compliments :dancing:

maki is the girl to the left of Yui and i think she's the one that beat Sawajiri in 3rd place :sweat:

whats the difference in both of them? yeah we ordered the cd now.. did i make a mistake?

Don`t worry bout that :victory:

There`s no mistake at all , just to info you the ver of the single you`re getting is taiwan ver which is the same as japan limited ver

ThyGriever wrote:

haha i was afraid you were gonna kill me there! Yui Aragaki is actually the close second. My aya ueto is number 7 =[ I hope you'll learn to like Erika Toda some day as well! thanks for the compliments :dancing:

maki is the girl to the left of Yui but i dont know how her name is written :beaten:

LOL, I'm actually sending a stealth bomber going to your house, as we speak. :rofl:

Whoa, so many rising stars huh, can't believe they beat Aya Ueto too.

I've actually just started expanding on the world of jdoramas. I just finished Hana Yori Dango, and I must say I'm a fond of Mao Inoue too. I'm sure Erika Toda will get her turn sometime. :mrgreen:

And I actually think this is a great idea, so that my craziness and addiction for Erika Sawajiri will lower down a bit. :rofl:

ThyGriever wrote:

TOP STORY:
Erika Toda Beats Erika Sawajiri!!!!
for Myojo Top Female Star of 2006

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Sawajiri hit 4th place. She's pretty popular to have beat Aya ueto though. I was suprised! Maki Horikita has beaten Sawajiri to the top 3..

4th place is not a bad thing.. and besides.. Erika Toda is great in Death Note.. her role there is very... well... bwuhahahaha :hehe: :metaldevil:

hydetetsu wrote:

Don`t worry bout that :victory:

There`s no mistake at all , just to info you the ver of the single you`re getting is taiwan ver which is the same as japan limited ver

ok.. :mrgreen: