Eriko Arakawa Eriko Arakawa Arakawa was born in Nerima, Tokyo on 30 October 1979. In 1997, she was high school student, she joined L.League club Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza (later "Nippon TV Beleza"). she was elected Best Eleven in 2003 and 2004. In the September 2008 WPS International Draft, she was drafted by FC Gold Pride in the top level US based Women's Professional Soccer league. In her first appearance for FC Gold Pride, Arakawa scored the club's first ever goal against Boston Breakers leading to a 2–1 victory. It would turn out to be her only goal of the season. Following the end
Yamanote and Shitamachi certain "conflation" of the two terms, and those born in Shitamachi are typically considered true Edokko, children of Edo. This conflation is evident in the Edo period habit of saying "I am going to Edo" to mean going from the area around Fukagawa in Kōtō ward to anywhere east of the Sumida river. While the Yamanote grew west on the Musashino Plateau, in time the Shitamachi expanded east beyond the Arakawa river, and now includes the Chūō, Kōtō(Fukagawa), Sumida, and Taitō wards, plus part of Chiyoda ward. The center of Ueno in Taitō lies at the heart of the old