By the end of last year, actress Toda Erika (20) was in the news for staying a whole night together with Murakami Shingo (27) of the Johnny's group "Kanjani8". At that time Murakami himself spoke to the press, an unusal way to deal with rumors for Johnny's, and told them they are just 'very good friends'.

Now after 5 months they are still seen together and it seems to be like that their relationship already went beyond a mere 'close friendship'.

"It was about midnight, I think. They first seemed like any random couple, but then I noticed that it's Toda Erika and Kanjani8's Murakami. There aren't many people around at such a time, but I still wondered why they so openly revealed that they are really close. I mean, they've been clinging to each other's arms really closely. Anyway, they didn't seem to worry about it at all." A customer said who happened to be around at that time.

The place where that customer eye-witnessed the couple was in a supermarket below a large apartment complex and he hasn't been the only one who recognized the two.

"It started in early May, the two of them coming her to go shopping together. Murakami seemed like to have injured his leg. Erika worried about him a lot and supported him when walking all the time. She almost looked like a 'young wife' already, with the shopping basket in one hand and choosing the foodstuff with the other and all." Another customer commented.

Not that they only seem to have moved on to being a real couple, she's now even already looking like a young wife? They must have looked really intimate, if they already gave off such an impression.

The apartment complex above the supermarket is also the place where they've been spotted together many times in the first place.

"Going shopping late at night and then probably even cooking at home; it seems unlikely that she would return to her place after all that in the middle of the night. She might even already live together with him. There are a lot of families living here, there security around here is very good, too." A resident of that apartment complex pointed out.

Toda Erika is very busy right now with filming the dorama "BOSS", but she still seems to find a lot of time to meet with him.

(All the text above was quoted from the magazine/tabloid "Shukan Josei")

Alright, they might not actually be living together, but the fact that they have often been seen in the supermarket below the apartment seems to be proof enough that she's often going to his place. The rumor last year also stated that she was staying over at his place and not the other way around.

Anyway, the two seem to be very close, whether that's still just as friends or as lovers. The fact that she spends a lot of time with him despite filming "BOSS" at the moment already says a lot. Either way, I just hope for them that they will be able to stay that close, because I guess it's very difficult to be really close (or in love) with someone in this business.

On a side note, Toda Erika also said something really interesting in a recent interview for a magazine. "The secret of beauty?" She got asked and her answer was, "I guess the most effective thing for a girl is to fall in love." That's exactly the case for her now, isn't it?

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Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com
Source: Shukan Josei & Japanese Gossip Blogs
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