Ex-C-ute member, Umeda Erika is to become a solo singer/artist.

[Shoujo Q]

Ex-C-ute member, Umeda Erika is to become a solo singer/artist.
 

 
Her official website is here, -> http://umeda-erika.com/
Youtube page -> Erika Umeda
 
I miss her singing, I just listened to her solo from one of the C-ute albums the other day and was hoping she'd pop up again.

[Mukuro]

That's exciting! I'm interested in what kind of music she will make.

[yuzuriha]

This is exciting.  She looks COMPLETELY different though.  I swore I just saw some of her modeling pictures and she didn't look like this. o_O

[Purin-chama]

Her main page picture on her website looks a lot more like her with her previous styling. So, this must be new!!! I really like her new cut and color. She was one of my favorites in the group way back when. Honestly, she may be able to milk some of C-ute's success as her own if she plays her cards right for her solo career. It's pretty awesome she's pursuing more of her dreams now. She seemed to do fairly well modeling. Hopefully she'll have success in a solo career... most ex-H!P members don't unfortunately. Goto and Kago have been the only two that I've really heard about.

[arcobaleno]

She looks really gorgeous, and I really liked her, so I'm really excited to see what type of music she'll do. Maybe with this image, if she keeps it, it might be pop/rock or something.

[Shoujo Q]

Video of Erika getting her hair cut and basically saying she's starting over. Also, she's got a youtube page.

[smtmissin]

Yay Erika . She was the second most beautiful lady in C-ute after Maimi. Please do modeling, singing and acting as well. A well-rounded artist will be more likely to succeed.

[YuuakuRisa]

Is it just me or does she have Chisa's eyes?

I'm excited about this. Will she be just a singer or is she still going to be an idol?

[Elpis]

I hope she's a singer. I think she is coming close to the idol age limit anyways

[Ap2000]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="yuzuriha" data-cid="165684" data-time="1382637741">She looks COMPLETELY different though.</blockquote>
Myspace-angle + large contacts.

[ShiroiChanUK]

To me until her graduation she was one of H!P's most beautiful members, good luck to her :)

[arcobaleno]

I don't believe she's going to be an idol, just because she doesn't seem to have that image from the pictures. If she's anything like Leo Ieiri or such, I will be even more in love with her~

[Madara]

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I don't believe she's going to be an idol, just because she doesn't seem to have that image from the pictures. If she's anything like Leo Ieiri or such, I will be even more in love with her~
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Just out of curiosity, who or what is Leo Ieiri?

[arcobaleno]

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I don't believe she's going to be an idol, just because she doesn't seem to have that image from the pictures. If she's anything like Leo Ieiri or such, I will be even more in love with her~
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Just out of curiosity, who or what is Leo Ieiri?
 
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Leo's an up-and-coming female Japanese artist (not an idol) with a sort of pop/rock style that I really like. If Erika busts out with a style like that, I'll near-die of happiness lol
 
Here's a wiki article on Leo, if you're more interested.

[MejraThea]

Shortversion of her MV "Crush On You."

[JPope]

Well, it's definitely not pop-rock. It's sort of lite-electro pop. Decent song, but the vocal effect is really distracting. 

[showraniy]

I like it, but I'm not sure why. I hate the amount of autotune, but it seems to work in this song. Maybe it's the Vocaloid or whatever boom that's made that much autotune listenable to me, but even if I can stand it it's entirely too much to be reasonable.
 
She's gorgeous in those normal shots where she's wearing normal makeup. I honestly thought she was ugly until those shots. That red lipstick and hair styling just looks unnatural and bad on her facial structure or something.

[smtmissin]

For some weird reason this reminds me of a a Miku/Luka song (maybe because it sounds like a vocaloid song). But I kinda like it though. And the girl looks gorgeous.