Rika Ishikawa

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Rika Ishikawa (石川 梨華, Rika Ishikawa?) <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">

Background information <tr><td>Nickname(s)</td><td colspan="2">Rika-Chan, Rikacchi, Charmy</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">January 19, 1985</td></tr><tr><td>Birth Place</td><td colspan="2">Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan</td></tr><tr><td>Height</td><td colspan="2">157 cm</td></tr><tr><td>Blood Type</td><td colspan="2">A</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Jpop</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">2000 - 2006</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Zetima, Piccolo Town</td></tr><tr><td textalign="top" style="padding-right: 1em;">Associated acts</td><td colspan="2">v-u-den, Morning Musume, DEF.DIVA, Tanpopo, Country Musume, Ecomoni, ROMANS, Morning Musume Otome Gumi 3-nin Matsuri, Sexy 8, 7AIR, H!P All Stars</td></tr>

Rika Ishikawa (石川 梨華, Ishikawa Rika^?), born January 19, 1985, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer, TV and radio hostess, associated with the Hello! Project banner and best known as a former member of Hello! Project's mothership band, the J-pop all-female supergroup Morning Musume. She is currently the leader of the trio v-u-den and the host of the TV show Hello! Morning.

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Biography 2 Hello! Project Groups 3 Photobooks 4 Appearances 4.1 Television 4.2 Radio 5 Movies 5.1 Commercials 5.2 DVD and Video 6 External links

Profile

Nickname: Rika-chan (りかちゃん, Rika-chan^?), Rikacchi, Charmy
Bloodtype: A
Height: 157 cm
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Team: Hanshin Tigers
Dislikes: Birds
Favourite Song: The Peace!

Biography

Ishikawa joined Morning Musume as a fourth generation member along with Hitomi Yoshizawa, Nozomi Tsuji, and Ai Kago, and made her debut in 2000 along with the rest of the fourth generation on the band's tenth single, "Happy Summer Wedding".

In 2001, simultaneously with her Morning Musume obligations, Ishikawa became a featured member of the then-semi-dormant Hello! Project group Country Musume and a second-generation member of Morning Musume's first subgroup, Tanpopo. She also participated in her first shuffle group recording, 3nin Matsuri, with fellow Morning Musume/Tanpopo member Ai Kago and solo singer Aya Matsuura (previously, she had been a replacement member in the 2000 shuffle group Aoiro 7).

Although possessing a good singing voice, ironically one of Ishikawa's most referenced vocal parts during her Morning Musume days was a frantic spoken word piece in the middle eight of their 2003 single "Shabondama".

In September of 2004, her new trio, v-u-den, released their debut single. She graduated from Morning Musume on May 7, 2005, and after five singles, v-u-den finally released their debut album, Suiteroom Number 1, in November of 2005.

Ishikawa has also played for the Gatas Brilhantes H.P., starred in a Hamtaro movie with Aya Matsuura and her Ecomoni partner, Sayumi Michishige and was a Pocky Girl (for the group's Pocky commercial).

Ishikawa will be starring in the fourth live-action adaptation Japanese film of Sukeban Deka opposite Aya Matsuura, due to be released September 30, 2006.

Hello! Project Groups

• v-u-den (2004—present)
• DEF.DIVA (2005—present)
• Ecomoni (2004—present)
• Tanpopo (2000—present)
• Morning Musume (2000—2005)
• Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (Morning Musume) (2001—2003)
• ROMANS (2003)
• Morning Musume Otome Gumi (2003—2004)
• Shuffle Groups
  • 3-nin Matsuri (2001)
  • Sexy 8 (2002)
  • 7AIR (2003)
  • H.P. All Stars (2004)

Photobooks

• Ishikawa Rika Shashinshou Rika Ishikawa (石川梨華写真集, Ishikawa Rika Shashinshou Rika Ishikawa^?) (2001)
• Ishikawa Rika Shashinsou (石川梨華写真集, Ishikawa Rika Shashinsou^?) (2002)
• Morning Musume Douwashou Mahou Heart (モーニング娘。童話集　魔法のハート。, Morning Musume Douwashou Mahou Heart^?) (2002)
• Ishikawa Rika Shashinsou "I" (石川梨華写真集「I」, Ishikawa Rika Shashinsou "I"^?) (2003)
• "Seishun Haka-san Ryouri Jyuku" & "17sai ~Tabdachi no Futari~" Visual Book (「青春ばかちん料理塾」&「17才～旅立ちのふたり」ビジュアルブック, "Seishun Haka-san Ryouri Jyuku" & "17sai ~Tabdachi no Futari~" Visual Book^?) (2003)
• Ishikawa Rika Shashinsou "Hanabi" (石川梨華写真集「華美」, Ishikawa Rika Shashinsou "Hanabi"^?) (2004)
• Ishikawa Rika Shiawase no Ashi Ato Happy (石川梨華 幸せのあしあと ハッピー!」, Ishikawa Rika Shiawase no Ashi Ato Happy^?) (July 2005)

Appearances

Television

• Hai Kara-san ga Tooru (January 2, 2002)
• Tou-san no Natsu Matsuri (August 17, 2002)
• Ore ga Aitsu de Aitsu ga Ore de (December 28, 2002)
• Ranpo R Jigoku Doukeshi (February 23, 2003)
• Last Present (December 24, 2003)
• Majokko Rika-chan no Magical Biyuuden (「魔女っ娘。梨華ちゃんのマジカル美勇伝」) (October 4, 2004 — December 24, 2004)
• Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki "Kunitori Monogatari" (January 2, 2005)
• Musume DOKYU!　(「娘。DOKYU!」) (May 9, 2005)
• Shin Doumoto Kyoudai (「新堂本兄弟」) (June 18, 2006)

Radio

• MBS Young Town Douyoubi (April 3, 2003 — March 27, 2004)
• Biyuuden☆Ishikawa Rika no Chanka☆Charmy! (April 2, 2004 — September 21, 2006)
• HARO PORO Yanen!! (February 18, 2005 — March 11, 2005)
• B.B.L. (April 3, 2005 — April 10; May 8 — )

Movies

• Pinchrunner (2000)
• Tokkaekko (2002)
• Koinu Dan no Monogatari (2003)
• 17sai ~Tabdachi no Futari~ (2003)
• Tottoko Hamtaro Hamu Hamu Hapa Radaicho! (2004)

Commercials

• ERUSEEME
• J Beef "Oniku SUKI SUKI" (2003)

DVD and Video

• Rika & Miki Sugao no 17sai ~Making Of "17sai ~Tabdachi no Futari~"~ (October 21, 2003)

External links

Hello! Project: Morning Musume
Members: Hitomi Yoshizawa (L) | Ai Takahashi | Risa Niigaki | Miki Fujimoto (S) | Eri Kamei | Sayumi Michishige | Reina Tanaka | Koharu Kusumi
Graduated: Yuko Nakazawa | Aya Ishiguro | Asuka Fukuda | Kei Yasuda | Sayaka Ichii | Natsumi Abe | Maki Goto | Nozomi Tsuji | Ai Kago | Kaori Iida | Mari Yaguchi | Rika Ishikawa | Asami Konno | Ogawa Makoto
Discography
Singles: Demo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30
Studio Albums: First Time | Second Morning | 3rd-LOVE Paradise- | 4th Ikimashoi! | No.5 (Number Five) | Ai no Dai 6 Kan | Rainbow 7
Other Albums: Best! Morning Musume 1 | Best! Morning Musume 2 | Early Single Box
TV shows: Hello! Morning | Futarigoto | Magical Biyuuden | Musume Document 2005 | Musume DOKYU!

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