Some of you may have already noticed the screencaps from the most recent episode of talk show "A-Studio" inside tokyohive's Prime Time Report. Actress Toda Erika guested on the show, and many interesting tidbits about her were revealed thanks to her parents and her good friend, AKB48 member Shinoda Mariko.

Toda and Shinoda became very good friends when they filmed the drama,"Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta", in which they both had to share a room. Every since then, they hung out together often and created plenty of memories.

When Toda was told that the producers got Shinoda to volunteer some info, she was really surprised and said, "You even asked Mattsun!? I can't believe it!" Viewers were charmed by the fact that Toda has her own nickname for Shinoda, and was nervous about all the things that Mariko could reveal, which demonstrated their close friendship.

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Shinoda is two years older than Toda, but it seems like their roles are reversed in their relationship. Shinoda expressed affectionately, "She's like a big sister to me!" She also revealed that they often went to sing karaoke when they filmed the drama together. According to her, Toda is very good at singing Cocco's songs, while her own specialty is belting out tunes from Nakajima Miyuki. Both of them seem to prefer soft adult tunes.

After karaoke, Toda usually stayed over at Shinoda's place overnight, or Shinoda would go over to Toda's place.

"I even had to carry Toda home already", Shinoda teased, causing both of them to laugh over the memory. She continued, "Sometimes she sleeps until 2:00 am and then she suddenly wakes up, bursting with energy."

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Toda felt apologetic and said, "I guess I can be really be a bother for the people around me sometimes." She turned to face the camera and Shinoda, before she sweetly expressed, "Thanks for still sticking around with me."

Shinoda, meanwhile, revealed her admiration of Toda's warm charm, saying, "I would like to learn from her on how she is able to get so close to the staff."

Toda replied, "You just might not make the mistake of differentiating between the actors and the staff." She also explained that her strict father, who also made an appearance during the show, always taught her to be grateful to other people.

Toda Erika is a very versatile actress with many different faces, but it was nice to see how Toda's parents, and especially Shinoda, were able to show the viewers a more private side to the actress.

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Source: Techinsight Japan