Eri Fukatsu nicknamed , is a Japanese actress.

Eri Fukatsu was born in Ōita, Ōita

Oita, Oita

is the capital city of Ōita Prefecture located on the island of Kyushu, Japan.- Demographics and geography :Ōita is the most populous city in Ōita Prefecture...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Among other things, she has appeared in the TV series and the subsequent spin-off movies of the series. She is managed by Amuse Inc

Amuse inc

is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services. The artists include gravure idols, musicians, and so on. The Company also produces TV & radio programs, commercial films, and movies...

. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival

Yokohama Film Festival

The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...

 for Haru

Haru (film)

is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita.-Awards:18th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Actress - Eri Fukatsu*Won: Best Screenplay - Yoshimitsu Morita*4th Best Film...

and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival

Montreal World Film Festival

The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...

 for her performance in ‘‘Akunin’’.

Biography

She made her show business debut at age 13, winning the held in . In 1988 made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō

Toma no Shinzo

is a shōjo manga by Moto Hagio published in 1974. It is an early example of shōnen-ai. It has been adapted into a film and a stage play. In September 2011, Fantagraphics announced that it had been licensed for English release in 2012, as a planned single-volume hardcover omnibus translated by Matt...

, entitled Summer Vacation 1999 (1999年の夏休み).
At the beginning she also worked as singer under the name and , but after that she decided to use her real name.

Personal life

Her father is an engineer and her mother is the calligrapher

Japanese calligraphy

is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. For a long time, the most esteemed calligrapher in Japan had been Wang Xizhi, a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century but after the invention of Hiragana and Katakana, the Japanese unique syllabaries, the distinctive...

 

TV Drama

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35. CHANGE
    Change (TV series)
    CHANGE is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV starting May 12, 2008.-Plot:Keita Asakura, an elementary school teacher who has no interest in politics, suddenly gets taken to the position of the prime minister...
    
    (2008)
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Film

1. (1988)
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Advertising work

Fukatsu has advertised several products. From 1988 to 1992 she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company

Central Japan Railway Company

The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...

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