Noriko Sakai

Noriko Sakai makes first television appearance since drugs scandal

Actress-singer Noriko Sakai, 42, has made her TV comeback in a commercial for rock band Baroque.

Sakai is currently attempting to make her showbiz comeback, starting with stage appearances in December, following a drug scandal in August 2009 for which she received a three-year suspended sentence for drug abuse.

The next of Sakai’s tentative first steps back into the limelight comes in the form of an appearance in a commercial for the new album “Nonfiction” by rock band Baroque.

Sakai appears in a white dress in the commercial, harmonizing with the band’s vocalist on an a capella version of the track “Kizuna.”









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