Erika Karata
{{Short description|Japanese actress and model}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Erika Karata
| image = Karata Erika from "21st Century Girl" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (45568050242).jpg
| caption = Erika Karata at the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2018
| native_name = 唐田えりか
| native_name_lang = ja
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|19|mf=yes}}{{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/684331/profile/ | title=唐田えりかのプロフィール | trans-title=Erika Karata's profile | work=Oricon | language=ja | accessdate=2020-01-20 | archive-date=January 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126224134/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/684331/profile/ | url-status=live }}
| birth_place = Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan{{cite web | url=https://www.city.kimitsu.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/15293.pdf | title=広報きみつ | trans-title=Public relations Kimitsu | work=Kimitsu City | language=ja | accessdate=2020-03-18 | archive-date=March 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318061531/https://www.city.kimitsu.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/15293.pdf | url-status=live }}
| years_active = 2014–present
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Model
- actress}}
| agent = {{ubl|FLaMme|BH Entertainment (South Korea)}}
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{{nihongo|Erika Karata|唐田 えりか|Karata Erika|born September 19, 1997}} is a Japanese model and actress associated with FLaMme and BH Entertainment. In 2014, she debuted as a model, and in 2017, she began a concurrent modeling and acting career in South Korea. Notable film and television projects that Karata has starred in include Lock-On Love, Asako I & II, and Arthdal Chronicles.
Career
When Karata was in her second year of high school, she was scouted by an agency official at her workplace, where she had been a part-time employee at a farm theme park. She began her career as a model and first appeared in the music video for "Divine" by Girls' Generation.{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49169/ | title=18歳CM美少女・唐田えりか、上京してから毎日泣いていた… | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2016-07-27 | accessdate=2020-01-26 | archive-date=December 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226044004/http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49169/ | url-status=live }} Afterwards, she made minor appearances in the television dramas Koi Naka and Cho Gentei Noryoku and became the image model for the Sony Financial Holdings commercials.{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49169/2/ | title=18歳CM美少女・唐田えりか、上京してから毎日泣いていた… | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2016-07-27 | accessdate=2020-01-26 | archive-date=December 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226044145/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49169/2/ | url-status=live }}
In 2017, Karata signed with BH Entertainment to manage her activities in South Korea. During this time, she also appeared in a commercial for LG and a music video for "Emptiness" by Naul.{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/51180/ | title=女優専門事務所に強運の異端、唐田えりかの転機 | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2018-06-01 | accessdate=2020-01-26 | archive-date=January 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126233715/https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/51180/ | url-status=live }} In 2018, Karata starred in Asako I & II, for which she won the Best New Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival.
Personal life
On January 23, 2020, Shūkan Bunshun revealed that Karata had been in an extramarital affair with actor Masahiro Higashide, her co-star on Asako I & II, since 2017, continuing through his wife's pregnancy with their third child. In response, she dropped out of the television series Prayers in the Emergency Room. Episodes 5 and 6 of 100-moji Idea Drama o Shita!, which she had co-written and starred in, were removed from broadcast. The episodes had been about a newcomer actress being involved in an extramarital affair and had included the name Higashide for Karata's character's friend.{{cite news | url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2020/01/27/kiji/20200126s00041000478000c.html | title=唐田えりか テレ東で本人役不倫ドラマ セリフに「東出」 私生活とリンクしすぎでお蔵入りか | language=ja | work=Sports Nippon | date=2020-01-27 | accessdate=2020-02-15 | archive-date=January 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102122328/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2020/01/27/kiji/20200126s00041000478000c.html | url-status=live }}
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated Work ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| 2019
| Best New Actor | {{Won}} | {{cite news | url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/318537 | title=「モリのいる場所」山崎努がヨコハマ映画祭で特別賞に、樹木希林の不在を惜しむ | language=ja | work=Natalie | date=2019-02-03 | accessdate=2020-01-26 | archive-date=June 3, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603070021/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/318537 | url-status=live }} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.flamme.co.jp/actress/profile.php?talentid=20 Erika Karata at FLaMme] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb name|8284971}}
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Category:21st-century Japanese actresses
Category:Japanese expatriates in South Korea
Category:Japanese female models
Category:Japanese film actresses
Category:Japanese television actresses