Erika Den'ya

There's something genuinely interesting about Erika Den'ya's trajectory: she came up as the leader of Babyraids Japan — a group that leaned harder into rock energy than the typical idol mold — and then, when the group wrapped up in 2018 after six years, she didn't coast on idol nostalgia. She pivoted to stage acting, which is honestly the harder road, and by all accounts took it seriously. Her 2019 stage debut in Crime and Punishment at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space was not exactly a safe, comfortable choice for a former idol captain, and I respect that. She's been building a legit acting résumé since, picking up TV drama credits and theater work rather than just riding the fan goodwill. The Chiba girl who once led a scrappy idol unit has become a working actress, and that kind of quiet reinvention — without a big scandal or a flashy rebrand — is its own kind of impressive.

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Erika Den'ya (born November 2, 1995, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese idol. She is active on social media including Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). Further details about her career and personal life are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Erika Den'ya

Name (Japanese)

傳谷英里香

Reading

でんや えりか

Born

November 2, 1995 (age 30)

Origin

Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

158cm

Occupation

Idol

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Blood type

B

Agency

KON-RUSH

Works summary

Appearances

80 (2016–2025)

By year

2016: 3, 2017: 10, 2018: 11, 2019: 18, 2020: 5, 2021: 9, 2022: 2, 2023: 7, 2024: 3, 2025: 3

Debut work

着信御礼!ケータイ大喜利

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/erika_denya/
• Xhttps://x.com/lespros_denchan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E8%B0%B7%E8%8B%B1%E9%87%8C%E9%A6%99
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11387397

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Idol

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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