Eri Yoshida to play for the of the Kansai Independent Baseball League. Yoshida made her professional baseball debut at the Osaka Dome in the opening game of the Kansai Independent Baseball League on March 26, 2009 in front of 11,592 fans. She faced two batters, walking the first and striking out the second in a 5–0 win over the . She appeared in 11 games for the Kobe 9 Cruise and moved on after the season to focus on advancing up the pro ranks. She appeared in a one-inning battle against the top hitters of the Hiroshima Carp on November 24, 2009.
The Woman in the Fifth the door to her apartment opens . . . "The Woman in the Fifth" was produced by Paris-based Haut Et Court with UK’s Film4 Productions, and co-financed by the UK Film Council and SPI Poland. Pawlikowski saw the film as "a story about a man torn between the need for family and stability and the need to be creative". In 2009, he approached Hawke to play the lead character while the actor was performing in a play at the Old Vic in London, United Kingdom (UK). Thomas was cast as the "woman in the Fifth" shortly afterward. The filming took