Karata Erika is a Japanese actress, former fashion model, and TV personality. She is also active in South Korea. She is affiliated with Flamme Entertainment (Japan) and BH Entertainment (South Korea). She was also an exclusive model for the fashion magazine MORE. Her nickname is "Karatan."

She was born in Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture. She grew up in a single-parent household. Her mother was rarely at home due to work. Influenced by her two older sisters, who were four and two years older than her, she began reading fashion magazines from a young age and secretly aspired to become a model. She was tall even in elementary school, and used her height to her advantage in basketball and other sports.

When she was in her second year of high school, she was scouted by an agency official at her workplace, where she had been a part-time employee at a farm theme park. She began her career as a model and first appeared in the music video for "Divine" by Girls' Generation. Afterwards, she made minor appearances in the television dramas "Koi Naka" and "Cho Gentei Noryoku" and became the image model for the Sony Financial Holdings commercials.

In 2017, she signed with BH Entertainment to manage her activities in South Korea. During this time, she also appeared in a commercial for LG and a music video for "Emptiness" by Naul. In 2018, she won the Best New Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival for "Asako I & II".

On January 23, 2020, Shuukan Bunshun revealed that she had been involved in an extramarital affair with actor Masahiro Higashide, her co-star in "Asako I & II", since 2017, even while his wife was pregnant with their third child. In response, she ceased her appearances on "Byouin de Nenbutsu o Tonaenaide Kudasai" and deleted her social media.

On July 17, 2024, she opened a new Instagram account.

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