Erika Toda on AllMovie

Performer Erika Toda began life in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture and first entered the limelight in her teens as the co-winner of Young Jump magazine's "Seikore '03" competition for glamour models. It was an achievement that turned her face into a veritable household image in her native country, enabling her to grace innumerable print ads and billboards. From there, the transition to filmed work represented an almost effortless segue; she began with an extensive number of appearances on Japanese television, but ushered in a stunning feature performance as Misa Amane in the two Death Note science fiction films: Death Note (2006) and Death Note: The Last Name (2007).