Rika Kishino (岸野 里香, Kishino Rika, born 4 June 1994) is a Japanese singer, actress, model and tarento[1] who was the vocalist of the now-disbanded rock band Over The Top[2] and former member of the idol group NMB48.[3] She was born in Hyōgo Prefecture.[4]
Biography
On 20 September 2010, she passed the NMB48 Opening Member Audition (total number of entries: 7,256, final successful candidates: 26). On 9 October, at the Visit Zoo Campaign Support Project AKB 48 Tokyo Fall Festival supported by NTT Plala, the 26 people who became the NMB48 first-year Kenkyūsei were shown and started activities.[5]
On 1 January 2011, in the NMB48 1-Kisei: Dareka no tame ni performance started at Namba's NMB48 Theater in Osaka, she made her debut in a theatrical performance as one of the sixteen selected members.[6] On 10 March 2011, she and the other NMB48 first-year Kenkyūsei were elected as members of Team N as one out of the 16 among 25 names.[7]
On 13 January 2012, she participated in the name "Rika Kishino" at the R-1 Grand Prix 2012 and passed to the second round of 12 February, but was later eliminated (another member of NMB48, Mayu Ogasawara (then) was withdrawn from third round).[8]
For the AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sō Senkyo voting that was carried out from May to June 2013, she informed her intention not to run on her own blog.[9]
In the AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Sō Senkyo held from May to June 2016, she was ranked 66th and was selected as the Upcoming Girls.[10][11] On 27 August, at the NMB48 Request Hour Set List Best 235 2016 held at the World Memorial Hall, she announced that she would graduate from NMB48[11] and hold a graduation performance at the NMB48 Theater on 15 October.[12]
On 20 February 2017, it was announced that Kishino formed the vocal rock band "Over The Top"[13] and made a major debut in the summer.[2]
On 5 January 2018, she announced that she was married to Taito Nakahigashi of B.LeagueNagoya Diamond Dolphins and was pregnant and later announced that her band would be dissolved.[14]
Personal life
She is nicknamed Rikanyan (りかにゃん),[3] in which it was not decided easily, and Aina Fukumoto (currently: Yoshimoto Shinkigeki) as a synchronised student decided "Rikanyan" as "together with the Nyannyan Combination." She call that to Fukumoto as "Aikata."[15] In sync, there are two more members with graduates Ayaka Mori as "Anyan" and Ayame Hikawa "Ayanyan" and "Nyan", and the four of them were called "Nyannyan's."[16]
Her catchphrase is "sideways when riding an elevator, sideways looking at group pictures, sideways feeling~, everyone likes shoulder width~", and once was "Good subjects are physical education, music, mathematics, society, but after all, Rika (science)~~!"[17]
She is left handed, however, her ball type events are right handed.[18]
Her favourite words are "luck is out of competence."[19]
As an episode expressing personality, she is chosen as "Hyōkin-ō" or "Otona Ō" by voting within the NMB48 members, not only is her behaviour interesting, but also calm.[20]
Her hobbies are visiting drugstores,[21] sports, rock bathing, shopping, and karaoke.[3]
Her special skills are snowboarding and basketball.[21] By the way, she started snowboarding at the age of five, and when she was four years, she was going to ski at the skiing place instead of snowboarding, but as soon as she started skiing she was disliked and thrown out, and changed to sledding but after watching that her father was doing snowboarding, she stood on a sled and imitated her father's snowboarding, and after a year she challenged snowboarding in earnest.[22]
She was unveiled a single player at the 'R-1 Grand Prix 2012.' She showed her neta by placing sunglasses on her perming wigs and playing an aunt who shoplifts at a supermarket.[23]
^ abcd"岸野 里香—メンバー—NMB48公式サイト". NMB48 official site (in Japanese). Kyoraku Yoshimoto Holdings. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 12 Apr 2018.
^B.L.T.–NMB48-ban Vol.3 (in Japanese). Tokyo News Service.
^ abcd"岸野里香 NMB48名鑑". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Shimbun. 7 Jun 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-01. Retrieved 13 Apr 2018.
