kenleewrites in 日本

Couldn’t stop smiling for the rest of the day after meeting Eri Otoguro (乙黒えり) – Elly for short. ^^. I was pretty much on cloud 9.

I’ve been a quiet fan ever since I saw her in the Onechanbara (お姉チャンバラ) movie.

For a time, I had this Onechanbara poster as my iPhone wallpaper. ^^.

Although Eri was born in Bangkok, she grew up in the Kanagawa back in Japan. Wikipedia says she’s half Thai, English and Japanese. I didn’t get to ask her about her background, but I guess Danny did?

You can follow Eri at her blog.

Eri, Mai, Danny and I had lunch at Daikanyama’s Sign cafe. It’s right outside the station. Feel free to stop by and sit at our table. ^^.

Mai is a cultural attache, promoter, event producer and english teacher. But even more, she’s Tokyo’s Party Girl!

You can keep up with her via her party reports and blog. She even DJs!

Mai and Eri are the best of girlfriends who had a fateful meeting… pretty much like how Danny and I first met.

It’s amazing how people meet. You have any fateful encounters of your own?

Eri made her debut appearance in 2001 in a Hong Kong movie called “The Stewardess”. Have you seen it? Since then, besides onechanbara, she’s been in commercials and other films including Shaolin Shojo (少林少女).

And not forgetting being in this one happy group!

I’m looking forward to a little project which we might be starting together.

All fingers and toes crossed. ^^.

Made 2 new friends today.

I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship. ^^.

Eri’s trilingual like me. She speaks Japanese, English and Mandarin.

Was told that she’s going to Taiwan to further her acting career. Taiwan is so lucky… Please treat her well. ^^.

Meanwhile, I’m going to go watch Onechanbara again!