One of our favorite idols, Erika Sawajiri, has returned to the world of Japanese entertainment (geinokai) after a oh-too-long absence of two and a half years! Ever since she made that rather sulky press conference in 2007 for the film Closed Note (we actually thought she was rather sexy!) and earned the animosity of the nation, her career has been on a disappointingly downward trajectory. Well, now the rebellious minx is back, with a new "taido" (attitude) and keen to get into what she did so brilliantly before: cute photos, TV commercials, the occasionally melodramatic TV drama series, ...

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