Originally from Kanazawa on the west coast of Japan, Eri has over 20 years of international salon experience, both as a stylist and salon owner.
Eri trained through the inspirational Vidal Sassoon style of hair cutting before furthering to a Masters in Hair Colouring and Treatment. After working for a salon in Japan for five years Eri set her sights on working in the fashion capital of the world and set sail for London.
Realising her dream in 2005, Eri moved to London and joined the prestigious Vision hair salon in Shoreditch, quickly working up to Senior Stylist level.
In 2011 Eri went on to become a successful Salon Director by opening her own salon - Salon496 - in Dalston, East London.
With the arrival of a pitter-patter of small feet, now more of a jump-stomp-crash, came a move out of London to the calmer waters of Leigh-on-Sea on the Essex coast, where she now welcomes clients to her peaceful garden studio at N˚15.