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Idol Densetsu Eriko (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ciao Sabrina (Italian)
Erika (French)
Eriko (Spanish)
Legendary Idol Eriko
أيروكا (Arabic)
アイドル伝説えり子 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Plot Summary: Eriko Tamura is Kousuke Tamura, the chairman of Tamura Productions (reknown music company) and Minako Tamura's (former famous idol singer) only daughter. Having talent for singing since birth, she has always loved her parent's media world. Then one day tragedy strikes when her parents get into a horrible car accident, which kills her father and leaves her mother in coma. She is left in her father's best friend, Mr. Uchida's care. Now Eriko must take the path of singing, a path her parents did not want her to pursue. Then her uncle is out to destroy her career. But in spite of all the hardship, she becomes an idol and wins hearts all over Japan.
User Ratings: 15 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: -
 Very good: 5 votes (sub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 2 votes (others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Bad: -
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 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 39 users, rank: #6932 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.400 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.6653, rank: #6055 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.185 (Decent+), rank: #6672 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.72 / seen some: 5.05)
Bayesian estimate: 6.810 (Good−), rank: #4161 (of 7289)
Number of episodes: 51
Episode titles: We have 51
Vintage:
1989-04-03 to 1990-03-26
1991-09-19 to 1992-01-14 (Italy)
1992-10 (Italian Air-Date)
2000-12-24 (France)
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Namida no Hanbun" by Eriko Tamura
Ending Theme:
#1: "Unchained Heart" by Maiko Hashimoto (eps 1-50)
#2: "May be Dream" by Eriko Tamura (ep 51)
Links: We have 4
Comment:
Modeled after a real idol Eriko Tamura (田村 英里子).
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Tetsuro Amino
Series Composition: Takao Koyama
Script:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (10 episodes
eps 5, 10-11, 15, 19, 25, 32, 35, 37, 44
)

Naruhisa Arakawa (12 episodes
eps 3, 8-9, 14, 17, 23, 27, 30, 42, 47, 49, 51
)

Seiko Watanabe (4 episodes
eps 21, 28, 36, 43
)

Takao Koyama (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 18, 26, 34, 39, 45, 48
)

Tetsuro Amino (ep 40)
Yumi Kageyama (15 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12-13, 16, 20, 22, 24, 29, 31, 33, 38, 41, 46, 50
)

Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (ep 7)
Jun Fukuda (ep 42)
Jutarō Ōba (ep 4)
Kazuhiro Mori (eps 13, 20, 36)
Kenji Murakami (ep 49)
Kenjirō Yoshida (11 episodes
eps 3, 9, 12, 16, 21-22, 26, 30, 34, 45, 51
)

Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 33)
Kiyotaka Kantake (ep 27)
Koji Masunari (ep 35)
Maari Kobayashi (eps 6, 10)
Michio Mishima (eps 17, 24)
Satoshi Kurai (7 episodes
eps 14, 19, 25, 31, 38, 44, 47
)

Tetsuro Amino (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 15, 23, 28, 37, 39-40
)

Toshiaki Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 11, 18, 32, 43, 48
)

Tsukasa Tarunaga (ep 41)
Yoshihide Kuriyama (eps 46, 50)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (eps 24, 29)
Episode Director:
Jutarō Ōba (ep 8)
Kazuhiro Mori (eps 13, 20, 36)
Kenji Murakami (ep 49)
Kenjirō Yoshida (11 episodes
eps 3, 9, 12, 16, 21, 26, 30, 34, 39, 45, 51
)

Kiyoshi Murayama (eps 23, 33, 50)
Koji Masunari (ep 35)
Maari Kobayashi (ep 6)
Michio Mishima (eps 10, 17)
Michio Satō (ep 11)
Osamu Inoue (ep 4)
Raisen Hanyū (4 episodes
eps 31, 38, 40, 44
)

Satoshi Kurai (eps 14, 19, 25)
Satoshi Okada (eps 42, 47)
Takashi Naitou (ep 15)
Toshiaki Suzuki (8 episodes
eps 5, 18, 22, 27, 32, 37, 43, 48
)

Yoshihide Kuriyama (eps 41, 46)
Yoshinori Nakamura (ep 7)
Yoshitomo Yonetani (eps 24, 29)
Character Design: Noriyasu Yamauchi
Animation Director:
Akira Takeuchi (eps 24, 29)
Fudeo Sakata (ep 4)
Ichio Hayashi (5 episodes
eps 27, 32, 37, 42, 47
)

Kenichi Chikanaga (4 episodes
eps 3, 12, 20, 26
)

Kumiko Habara (4 episodes
eps 28, 31, 40, 49
)

Masahiro Sekino (6 episodes
eps 9, 14, 19, 25, 38, 45
)

Masayuki Hiraoka (ep 7)
Michio Satō (eps 5, 11)
Mikiko Murata (eps 13, 21, 33)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (ep 2)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (10 episodes
eps 1, 8, 16, 23, 30, 34, 39, 43, 48, 51
)

Ryōko Hata (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 17, 35, 41, 46
)

Satoshi Horisawa (ep 36)
Takahiro Komori (eps 44, 50)
Yuka Kudō (eps 7, 15)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Takeshi Fukuda
Producer:
Masahiko Miyoshi (TV Setouchi)
Tomoyuki Taguchi (Big West)

Design Manager: Kenji Murakami
Editing: Toshio Henmi
Finish Animation:
Asami Endo (ep 2)
Keiko Arai (ep 13)
Tomohiro Hashikawa (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
Hiroko Shiga (eps 42, 47-48)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 49)
Takuhiro Hashi (ep 47)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (eps 36, 42, 48)
Insert Song Performance:
Eriko Tamura (as Eriko Tamura)
Maiko Hashimoto (as Rei Asagiri)
Masahiko Arimachi (as Shogo Ohgi)
Key Animation:
Hiroyuki Okiura (ep 50)
Hisayoshi Takishima (ep 2)
Makoto Takanashi (eps 17, 24, 29)
Masaaki Iwane
Planning: Masaru Umehara
Production manager: Norifumi Sato
Sound Effects: Masahiro Shōji
Theme Song Performance:
Eriko Tamura (OP, ED#2)
Maiko Hashimoto (ED#1)
Akiko Yajima as Eriko Tamura

Ai Satou as Yuki
Chieko Honda as Asami Yamagata
Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Hiroshi Ohsawa
Katsumi Suzuki as Ijuuin
Kumiko Takizawa as
Minako Tamura
Narration
Naoko Matsui as Rei Asagiri
Shigeru Nakahara as Kazuki Uchida
Shōzō Iizuka as Kousuke Tamura
Takaya Hashi as Yuusuke Tamura
Tomomichi Nishimura as Shinya Uchida
Yasunori Matsumoto as Shogo Ohgi
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Ryoko Asagiri
Yoshino Takamori as Yasuko Nakata
Yūko Mizutani as Kaori Yamaguchi

Ai Orikasa as Amy (ep 33)
Ai Satou as Yoshiko (ep 46)
Atsuko Mine as
Yamamoto (ep 34)
Yasue (ep 14)
Chieko Honda as
Announcer (ep 41)
Female employee (ep 29)
Fuyumi (ep 14)
June (ep 32)
Make (ep 7)
Pianissimo (ep 2)
Plum (ep 30)
Radio announcer (ep 23)
Receptionist (ep 19)
Rita (ep 33)
Yanagi Tetsu (ep 37)
Yuka (ep 9)
Chisa Yokoyama as
Eiko (ep 42)
Mako (ep 22)
Daiki Nakamura as
Amino
Announcer (ep 1)
Eken Mine as Director (ep 30)
Hideyuki Umezu as Firefighter 1 (ep 41)
Hiroshi Takemura as Akira (ep 12)
Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Eiichi (ep 22)
Ikuya Sawaki as
Edgar (ep 32)
Smith (ep 33)
Junichi Sugawara as
Announcer (ep 2)
Kakimoto (ep 7)
Staff A (ep 3)
Jūrōta Kosugi as Akira Hoshina (ep 43)
Katsumi Suzuki as
Cameraman (ep 3)
Carrier (ep 1)
Drums (ep 27)
Kirk (ep 33)
Man A (eps 4-5)
Mimura-sensei (ep 9)
Rei's manager
Satoru (ep 44)
Stage producer (ep 10)
Kazue Ikura as Kimura-sensei (ep 19)
Kei Hayami as
Miyazawa (ep 5)
Yoshiko (ep 8)
Ken Yamaguchi as Man B (ep 4)
Kenichi Ono as
Announcer (ep 18)
DJ (ep 49)
Sawatari (ep 30)
Kenyuu Horiuchi as
Kuwata (ep 15)
Rockman Kamijo (ep 22)
Kyōko Minami as
Female customer B (ep 3)
Gal 1 (ep 2)
Maiko Hashimoto as Girl in phone (ep 49)
Masako Katsuki as Naomi (ep 4)
Masami Kikuchi as
Hiro Konaka (ep 9)
King doctor (ep 40)
Masashi Hirose as Tamaki (ep 5)
Masaya Taki as
Director (ep 3)
Eijiro Karasawa (ep 1)
Miyuki Ichijou as Natsuko (ep 21)
Mizuka Arima as Head nurse (ep 2)
Natsuko Sahara as
Bidai (ep 47)
Chuckery (ep 32)
Hitomi (ep 50)
Schoolgirl A (ep 45)
Nobue Kobayashi as Schoolgirl B (ep 45)
Nobuo Tanaka as Arthur Howard
Nobuo Tobita as Announcer (ep 21)
Nobuyuki Furuta as
Hideaki (ep 44)
Okabe (ep 16)
Suwa (ep 41)
Takanashi (ep 12)
Ryūzō Ishino as
Biyu (ep 46)
Employee A (ep 20)
Sakiko Tamagawa as Chiba (ep 45)
Shigeru Nakahara as AD (ep 7)
Shin Aomori as Saijo (ep 5)
Shinya Ohtaki as
Kamino (ep 22)
Shimakura (ep 25)
Shō Hayami as Tetsuya Sakuragi (ep 41)
Sumiko Imada as
Junior high school student (ep 24)
Saiko (ep 21)
Takashi Taguchi as Director Tanaka (ep 9)
Takkō Ishimori as Odajima (ep 25)
Tetsuo Mizutori as
Hirata (ep 34)
Kenzo Hirata
Tomohiro Nishimura as
Reporter A (ep 3)
Tsukada (ep 4)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Nikaidō (ep 43)
Wataru Takagi as
Communication doctor (ep 40)
Driver A (ep 36)
Eiji (ep 46)
Firefighter 2 (ep 41)
Guard commander (ep 24)
Staff (ep 20)
Tip (ep 37)
Tōru (ep 42)
Yasunori Matsumoto as
Boy (ep 12)
Director (ep 14)
Flower deliverer (ep 24)
Yoshino Takamori as
Annie (ep 33)
Announcer (ep 16)
Eiko (ep 12)
Etsuko (ep 11)
Fortissimo (ep 4)
Receptionist (ep 7)
Rika (ep 22)
Saeko (ep 10)
Takeko Eda (ep 21)
Yako (ep 9)
Yauko
Yoshino (ep 42)
Yū Shimaka as
Doctor (ep 24)
Principal
Yūichi Nagashima as
Assistant director (ep 21)
Masaki (ep 47)
Yūji Fujishiro as Director (ep 21)
Yūko Mizutani as
Catherine (ep 32)
Reporter
Japanese companies
Animation: Ashi Productions
Backgrounds: Baku Production
Distributor: Media Factory
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Key Animation:
Oh! Production (ep 21)
Studio Live (eps 1, 20, 26)
Original Plan: Brother Noppo
Production Cooperation:
Studio Kuma (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 22
)

Studio Look (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 17, 24
)

Watanabe Promotion
Recording Studio: Seion Studio
special effects: Marix
Titles: Maki Production
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Francis Lax

Theme Song Performance: Claude Lombard
Magali Barney as Erika Tamura

Brigitte Morisan as Aurèle (2ème voix)
Celine Monsarrat as Aurèle (1ère voix)
Francis Lax as Coltan
Herve Rey as Richie
Lucie Dolene as Mère d'Erika (Mina)

Brigitte Morisan as
Astor
Astor, Aurèle , Frédérique
Frédérique
Celine Monsarrat as Mlle Lacalasse
Francis Lax as
Père d'Erika (Randon)
Père, Coltan
Françoise Pavy as Aurèle (voix de remplacement)
Gerard Berner as Père (1er épisode)
Herve Rey as
Anthony
Kévin
Mr Juin
Richie, Anthony, Mr Juin
Jean-François Kopf as
chauffeur des Tamura
Collington
M. Howard
M. Lebon
Jean-Louis Rugarli as
Manager d'Aurele
Mr Henry
Lucie Dolene as
Alexandra
Marie
Mère, Marie, Alexandra
Magali Barney as Erika
Thierry Redler as Mr Henry (voix de remplacement)
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 3
Mangas (from 24 Dec. 2000 & 24 Nov. 2004)
Distributor:
AB distribution
La 5
Dubbing: SOFI
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Mabel Escaño (Spain dub)

Adaptation: Mabel Escaño (Spain dub)
Theme Song Lyrics: Carlos Toro (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Sol Pilas (Spain dub)
María Ángeles Figueiras as Eriko Tamura (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Sara Vivas as Eriko Tamura (Spain dub - Telecinco)

Antonio Cobos as Jacobo Tamura (Spain dub; Telecinco)
Beatriz Bravo as Rei Asagiri (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Carmen Carpintero as Ryoko Asagiri (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Carmen Cervantes as Gala Yamagata (Spain dub - Telecinco)
Isabel de Luis as Yasuko Nakata (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Joaquín Lens as Kosuke Tamura (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
José Carabias as Javier Uchida (Spain dub - Telecinco)
José Polo as Shinya Uchida (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Juan Tinaquero as Kazuki Uchida (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Luis Etchevers as Shogo Ohgi (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Luzberta Vázquez as Minako Tamura (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Mabel Escaño as Mónica Tamura (Spain dub; Telecinco)
María Ángeles Figueiras as Yuki Katsuragi (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Marta Sáinz as Sandra Asagiri (Spain dub - Telecinco)
Policarpo Prieto as Ijuin (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Ruth Pazo Olivares as Asami Yamagata (Spain dub; Jonu Media)

Ana García Olivares as Sandra's Mother (Spain dub; Telecinco)
Blanca Rada as Natalia Yasuko (Spain dub)
Daniel Sánchez as Enrique Tamura (Spain dub)
Iván Jara as Ivan Ohgi (Spain dub)
José Antonio Jiménez García as Karasawa (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
José Ramón Lojo as Yûsuke Tamura (Spain dub - Jonu Media)
Santiago Fernández as Saijo (Spain dub - Jonu Media)

Blanca Rada (Spain dub; Telecinco)
Chus Álvarez (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
José Carabias (Spain dub; Telecinco)
Luisma Albarracín (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Miguel Ángel Godó (Spain dub; Telecinco)
Teresa Acaso (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain - from 1991)
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
Estudios EXA (Spain dub; Telecinco)
Penteo Films (Spain dub; Jonu Media)
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
Jonu Play (Spain)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain; 2007)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Maurizio Torresan 
Translation: Luisella Sgammeglia

Theme Song Composition:
Paolo Marino
Piero Cassano
Theme Song Lyrics: Alessandra Valeri Manera
Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Nadia Biondini as Sabrina

Annamaria Mantovani as Narratrice
Caterina Rochira as Simonetta
Dania Cericola as Roberta
Daniele Demma as Guido
Enrico Bertorelli as Padre di Sabrina
Flavio Arras as Domenico
Grazia Migneco as Ines
Ivo De Palma as Max (speaking)
Lara Parmiani as Daniela
Luca Bottale as Dario
Luca Semeraro as Fabrizio
Maddalena Vadacca as Eleonora
Maura Musi as Milena
Maurizio Scattorin as Giorgio
Paola Tovaglia as Susi
Paolo Torrisi as Gianluca
Tony Fuochi as Rolando
Vincenzo Draghi as Max (singing)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Boing (from 1st December 2008)
Canale 5 (from 19 September 1991)
Hiro (from October 2009)
Italia 1 (from October 1992)
Distributor: DENEB Film 
Dubbing: DENEB Film
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Anna Akkash

Arranged: Ibrahim Sulimani
Assistant Director: Laila Mansour
Montage: Samer Abu Hamad
Preparation: Muhammad Shikh Ali
Production manager: Radwan Hijazi
Sound: Ahmad Farraj
Supervision: Louay Ismail
Theme Recording: Abi Sukkar
Theme Song Performance:
Anas Abd Al-Mumin
Rasha Rizk
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: Spacetoon
Distributor: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)
Dubbing:
Al Zahra Centre - VENUS (Syria)
Production: Animation International (Mahr Al-Hajj Weiss)

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