Eri Imai

{{short description|Japanese actress and model (born 1971)}}{{Infobox actor

| name = Eri Imai

| native_name = 今井 恵理

| native_name_lang = jp

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|01|26}}

| birth_place = Yawata, Kyoto

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1994–present

| agent = Oscar Promotion

| height_cm = 167

| spouse = {{marriage|Yūjin Nomura|1999}}

| children = 1

}}

{{nihongo|Eri Imai|今井 恵理|Imai Eri|extra=born January 26, 1971 in Yawata, Kyoto}}[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=129980 "今井恵理 いまい・えり"] (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-09-23. is a Japanese actress and model. In April 1994, she won the "Shape Up Girl Audition" Grand Prix,[http://www.oscarpro.co.jp/profile/imai/index.html 今井恵理: ERI IMAI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927061940/http://www.oscarpro.co.jp/profile/imai/index.html |date=2010-09-27 }} Profile at oscarpro.co.jp. and made appearances with three other models under the "Shape Up Girl" name. She made numerous appearances on television, film, v-cinema, photobooks and on stage during the 1990s. She and her husband, actor Yūjin Nomura, announced the birth of their first child, a son, in October 2009.[http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20091030-561109.html "野村、今井夫妻が第1子誕生にうれし泣き"] (2009-10-30) at nikkansports.com. At the end of that year Imai appeared in the "Shape-Up Girl" calendar with her fellow alumni of that group.[http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20091118/enn0911181624018-n2.htm "C.C.ガールズ&シェイプUP ガールズ復刻カレンダー発売！"] 2009-11-18 at zakzak.co.jp. She returned for this calendar the following year.[http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/flash/KFullFlash20100603106.html "中島史恵「シェフと結婚」ブログで報告"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716184550/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/flash/KFullFlash20100603106.html |date=2010-07-16 }} 2010-06-03 at sponichi.co.jp.[http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2010kekon/KFullNormal20100504030.html "野菜が縁結び！中島史恵「畑の伝道師」と結婚"] 2010-05-04 at sponichi.co.jp.