Actress Erika Sawajiri appeared on the talk variety show "Sakusaku Himuhimu ☆Oshi no Furu Yoru☆" (Nippon Television Network, Saturdays at 11:30 PM) which aired on May 23rd. Natalie, a 36-year-old music graduate student who is a fan of Sawajiri and also knows her private life, appeared on the show and talked about Sawajiri's lesser-known charms.
Natalie, a fan for about 20 years who says "Sawajiri is a textbook for life," encountered Sawajiri at a restaurant where she was there privately. At the time, Sawajiri was on hiatus, and Natalie reportedly told her, "Don't quit (your activities)," crying uncontrollably in a way that was "unbecoming of an adult."
They later met again by chance at the same restaurant, and these two encounters deepened their friendship. Going beyond the boundaries of actor and fan, Natalie also attended a barbecue held at Sawajiri's house two weeks before filming. There, she served homemade risotto, revealing an unexpected side of Sawajiri's personality—that she is very caring.
As Natalie said, "She has a wealth of life experience, and I think she's well-suited to giving life advice and advice on people's problems," Sawajiri is said to have a big-sister personality in her private life. In the program, they asked Sawajiri about problems they heard from people on the street.
The segment featured a message from a female hairdresser in her 20s who was struggling with the dilemma of "knowing she should break up with her boyfriend who is addicted to gambling, but being unable to." To this, Sawajiri responded, "Wouldn't it be better for him to just let you get completely drained and suffer the consequences?"
