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Many fans were happy to see Imai Eriko (39) as a special guest of the small SPEED reunion at the Okinawa Actors School one-day event this past weekend, which included Imai reuniting with SPEED members Shimabukuro Hiroko and Uehara Takako, but she also received criticism Read More …
SPEED’s Shimabukuro Hiroko, Imai Eriko and Uehara Takako reunite at Okinawa Actors School for a one night event. Okinawans are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa back to Japan (as part of the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement with the USA). It was Read More …
The Liberal Democratic Party has nearly won in a landslide election and former SPEED member Imai Eriko (38) has won her second election for the party as a member of the House of Councilors. Imai has focused on disability welfare, education and child care support. Read More …
Former SPEED member turned politician, Imai Eriko, has been busy on the campaign trail throughout Japan for the Japanese House of Councilors election under the Liberal Democratic Party. Imai is still recuperating from her accident after suffering a pelvic fracture after falling off a cow. Read More …
Liberal Democratic Party (and former SPEED member) politician Imai Eriko revealed that she broke her pelvis back on May 4th after participating in a bullfighting festival in Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. According to Imai, when she was on the winning cow at the festival, she lost Read More …
On November 11th, the tribute album 『SPEED 25th Anniversary TRIBUTE ALBUM “SPEED SPIRITS”』will be released and the jacket design and artists to participate have been revealed. SPEED is a four member all-female group from Okinawa (that came from Amuro Namie and MAX’s Okinawa Actors School) Read More …
Many people have watched Imai Eriko and her son on television, as her son Kinoshita Raimu (also son of Shogo of the band 175R, ex-husband of Imai). Raimu was born with congenital deafness and for years, Imai has been an activist for children with disabilities, Read More …
The popular pop group straight from Okinawa, SPEED, which were born from the same Okinawa Actors School that their seniors Amuro Namie and members of MAX were from, may have not been as active as they were since the mid-to-late ’90s but the members still Read More …
Former SPEED member Imai Eriko, a member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party, updated her Instagram on December 8th and wrote about how her teenage son Raimu made his debut as a professional wrestler. Since Imai gave birth, she has been Read More …
Former SPEED member and current Liberal Democratic Party Rep. Imai Eriko (37) appeared on an Instagram live-stream in which politicians got to answer questions on Instagram on November 20th. The project was jointly implemented by Facebook Japan, Ichini Co., Ltd. and NO YOUTH NO JAPAN Read More …
When Amuro Namie and MAX (members of Amuro Namie’s “Super Monkeys” group) made their debut, it was the beginning of the Okinawa Actors School explosion. With the popularity of Amuro and MAX who were cranking out hit after hit, a new female group consisting of Read More …
Imai Eriko updated her website but it’s her recent blog post that was quite heartfelt. Imai Eriko has been heavily involved in promoting awareness for hearing disability since her son born with a hearing loss, even a documentary was filmed back in 2011 for “Nankurunaisaa” Read More …