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Eri says her charm point is her small ears.
Eri had said she doesn't like it when people touch her collarbone but it turned out she had mistaken collarbone for "sternum" (chest bone). So it is her sternum she doesn't like touched. [Hello Morning, 2003]
Eri can bend her finger at the 2nd joint without bending the top joint. [Hey x3 - July 21, 2003]
Eri is able to keep her eyes open for a long time. On the show Sore Yuke! Gorokkies, she was able to keep them open for 1:13 minutes, beating Miki by one second.
Eri can do the split and Y-balance. ["17sai" PB]
Eri's shoe size is probably 23.5 cm (Womens - US 6.5, EUR 36, UK 3.5, AUS 4.5, KOR 235) [HM 2006-10-19]
Eri's best friend in Morning Musume is Sayumi.
They often hang out and eat out together. [Konya mo USACHAN PEACE! #3 (Sayumi's radio show)]
Sayumi says she and Eri are always together that they're like one person. [Konya mo USACHAN PEACE #5]
Sayumi sees Eri as someone who is 3-4 years younger than her. [HaroPuro Yanen! 06-12-15 Niigaki, Kamei, Michishige]
Eri has an older brother and a younger sister.
She has a dog named Aru
Eri's family has their own annual camping trip every year in which has a BBQ.
Eri's father is said to be very handsome.
Eri's house has four stories. SUGOI!!!!
Eri says she looks like her mother.
Eri and Risa attended the same high school.
During a 2008 concert MC, each member was asked what they wanted to do in the future and Eri said she wants to open a cafe with her mother.
Eri envisions her "Sexy Boy" as someone thin but macho, broad shoulders and still well built. ["Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~" single interview]
Before Eri joined the group she said she was a fan of KATTUN's Akanashi Jin. [Bubka magazine article]
Baseball player Hideki Sunaga (who's 3 years older than her) of the Nippon Ham Fighters live in the same neighborhood. [Here's the direct quote from the site]
...a member of the monstrously popular all girl teen group Morning Musume, Eri Kamei, lives in the same neighborhood as Fighters rookie pitcher Hideki Sunaga and they know each other from elementary school. Hochi [Sports] insists that Sunaga wants her to come to see him pitch, but Sunaga bashfully laughed that off. No quote from Kamei, though.
Eri's a strange girl (which you all should know already)
Eri's very forgetful. Even Sayumi has to remind her about not forgetting things.
Eri's very messy.
During 6th gen's Neoki Dokkiri (surprise wake up) segment, Eri was caught with her hotel room all messy. [Hello Morning May 22, 2005]
When asked whose room is the dirtiest, almost all agree that it's Eri because they had some bad experiences with Eri's room from the Hawaii and Hong Kong trips. Makoto even heard from Eri herself that on the way home from Hong Kong, Eri just stuffed all her things into her suitcase. When she got home, she just left the trunk standing there unopened for a few months and didn't even sort through the stuff inside and clean it out. [Rekomen Apr 18, 2006 with Takahashi, Ogawa, Niigaki, and Tanaka]
Eri wants to do a major cleanup of her room with the time remaining of 2006. [Max Muse survey about "Aruiteru" single]
Sayumi said that the member who would look the scariest if she was angry is Eri because Eri rarely gets angry. [Konya mo USACHAN PEACE! #5 [Sayumi's radio show]
According to Risa, she thought Eri was cute, being shy and timid when 6th gen joined, but now she's turned the wrong way (ex. Eri has no respect for her senpais.) [HaroPuro Yanen! 06-12-15 Niigaki, Kamei, Michishige]
On the same radio show, Risa always mentions from her observations, Sayumi is actually more mature than Eri.
The guy who does the voice of Akachin on Haromoni@ described Eri as hard to get along with (with him probably) and that Eri has grown tired of Akachin (sensing a rivalry). When it comes to being funny, he said Sayumi and Eri would make a great comedic duo, but Sayu is one step ahead of Eri.
Eri took 8 years of classical ballet.
Eri was on the track team of her school.
Eri can ride a unicycle. (HM@ November 11, 2007)
Eri is the worst artist in Morning Musume. However, on Hello Morning July 10, 2006, Eri was revealed to have been a genius artist in her past life.
Eri is bad at cooking but is trying to improve at it.
On a radio show, when asked who is the worst cook out of the group, Takahashi said Eri was the worst cook because she heard it from Sayumi, but it was decided that both Eri and Sayu were the worst cook (Risa had picked Sayumi). [Rekomen Apr 18, 2006 with Takahashi, Ogawa, Niigaki, and Tanaka]
When asked "What are you better at than the other members?" Eri answers she is best at bicycling because she has speed and skills. [HaroPuro Yanen! 06-06-09 radio with Morning Musume (Yoshizawa, Konno, Kamei, Tanaka)]
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The Pajama Incident
There were times in the morning where Eri wakes up to she find her pajamas turned inside out. Her mother finally caught her sleepwalking one night from the 2nd floor to 1st floor of their house. She was turning on the lights and changing her pajamas without knowing. The last time they found her sleepwalking was in April 2004.
Eri's Funny Story
I was sleeping. When I woke up my mom phoned me. I wondered, it was 9 o'clock in the morning, I wonder why if she's at home, why would she be phoning me? I didn't answer the first time since I was tired. Then she called me again right away.
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I said, "I was asleep. What is it?"
Then I asked, "You're in the house, aren't you?"
She told me, "No I'm not at home. I'm out shopping."
"Oh, I see. So what do you want?"
"You called me right?"
I said, "No, I didn't." I had been asleep.
So, she just said, "Oh, okay." and hung up.
She must've wondered if I needed anything, so she called me. I knew I hadn't called her. So, I was sure of it. Then she called me one more time. This time, when I picked up the phone, she said...
"You did call me! It says so in my caller history!"
But I was sure that I hadn't called her. It was her call that had woken me up, so I told her that I couldn't have called her.
"Wait a second. I'll try the redial." So I hit redial. And it said, "MOM"! So, I must've called her while I was asleep.
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The "4" Story
Note: The number "4" in Japan (and other Asian countries) is an unlucky number just as the number "13" is an unlucky number elsewhere. The number "4" (shi) sounds like the word "death" (shi).
Yossi: Hey, Eri says she's had an odd experience, so please hear her out.
Eri: I was eating a snack and while I was eating I had this weird feeling and looked at the calories, and it said 444!!! "Oh, my god! I'm gonna die!!" I thought.
Miki: I don't think they sell snacks that kill people these days.
Eri: And then I went to take a bath. I went in at 10:44, and when I came out, it was 11:44. "Oh, my god! I'm gonna die again!!!" I thought. Then I told the story at the salon, and when I finished telling the story I checked out the time, and the hair dresser said it was 4:44. And then I was riding in a car and there was a big clock in it, and when I saw the time, it was 4:44!!!!
Miki: Eh, Kamei-san, are you done yet??
Eri: I still have tons left!
Miki: When's it gonna end?
Yossi: Should I wrap it up for ya?
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