ERI TAKENAKA (竹仲絵里; Takenaka Eri) is a Japanese pop singer, born on November 15, 1980 in Osaka, Japan. She debuted with KING RECORDS in 1999 under the stage name mawari, and she used that name for two years until 2001. As Takenaka Eri she released three indie releases under U's Music, and then she re-debuted on a major label in 2004 with the mini-album Akibare Monaural under Columbia Music Entertainment. In 2007 she changed labels once again to YOSHIMOTO R and C.