TRIVIA.
-Born on November 24th, 1998 (Sagittarius)
-155cm tall or 5'0
-Bloodtype B
-Leader
-Nickname is RikoRiko or Riko-chan
-Call during concerts is "Riko-chan!"
-Member color is light-green
-Born in Chiba
-Joined Hello! Pro at the same time as Nomura Minami, in June 2012 (16th generation)
-She's a big fan of C-ute, and gets along with them well. She has performed C-ute songs during all her tests during her time in Hello! Pro Kenshuusei. Her favorite C-ute song used to "Momoiro Sparkling", which at one point was considered her theme song by fans. However during New Fes in 2015 she said that her favorite song C-ute has changed to Gamusha LIFE. She especially looks up to Suzuki Airi but has also mentioned liking Fukumura Mizuki.
-Since her trainee days her character is said to be "fluffy / fuwa fuwa". She's also called a ten'nen shoujo (natural girl)
-She was a part of DSK Dancer's club prior to joining H!P Kenshuusei. She wanted to become a backdancer for C-ute and because of that joined H!P Kenshuusei. There are many pictures and videos of her from back when she was in DSK Dancer's club.
-Pictures of her in her DSK Dancer days
-Video's of her in her DSK Dancer days
-Skills are dancing, gymnastics and recorder. She's a skilled dancer, and also a part of H!P's dance club.
-Her hobbies are reading and collecting pens. She's even had a feature about her on The Girls Live about her pen hobby. Since her member color was announced as light-green, she's also been collecting various types of green items and pens. She's collected about 500 pens ever since she started collecting, but because there were too much, her mother threw them away. Since then she's still been collecting. Her favorite type of pen is a brush pen.
-Her motto is "Minna chigatte, minna ii." ("Everyone is different, everyone is good.")
-Is good friends with Kobushi Factory's Nomura Minami, new group's Ichioka Reina, and Morning Musume '17's Kaga Kaede. Her pairing name with Kaede is called "RicoDii" by some fans.
-Although she's Tsubaki Factory's leader, her voice is small, which causes Yumeno to often speak for her. This is also joked about among the members themselves and fans.
-Her favorite colors are yellow-green and pink, her favorite sport is badminton, her favorite food is wakame egg soup, beansprouts, grated yam, edamame, natto, ume, and fruit, her favorite animal is a dog (miniature dachshund, shiba inu, and toy poodle.)
-Her favorite type of music is Hip-hop, R&B and J-pop. She's especially a big fan of R&B and frequently talks about R&B artists on her blog such as Ne-yo, DJ Khaled, and Usher.
-In junior high school, she was a book committee member, a health committee member and part of badminton club.
-She's a skilled actress, prior to joining Tsubaki Factory she took part in an Engeki Joshibu audition and passed. So far she's been in these plays: "Nettai Danshi", "Bokutachi Karen na Shounen Gasshoudan", "Kurukuru to Shi to Shitto", "Thank You Very Berry!", "Kizetsu Suru Hodo Aishiteru!", "Zoku 11nin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa", and "Negapojipoji".
-Took part in every single Hello! Project concert tour since winter 2013.
-Auditioned for Morning Musume 11ki Member "Suppin Utahime" alongside several other members of Hello Pro Kenshuusei, but failed.
-Used to own pill-bugs as pets in high-school
-She owned a miniature dachshund named Annie, who she had since she was in her first year in elementary school. Annie passed away on March 3, 2016. She had named Annie after her favorite musical, and since her beloved dogs passing has dedicated herself to dressing up as the character Annie and watching the musical more often.
-Always ends her blogs with "Ganbarikoriko!" Which basically means "I'll do my best Rikoriko!"
-She likes classic anime such as "Chibi Maruko-chan, Sazae-san, Doraemon" and "Crayon Shin-chan".
-The first CD she ever bought was an Usher album
-Apparently lives close to Juice=Juice's Miyamoto Karin
-She has an older brother and an older sister, her older sister also likes C-ute.
-Claims to be jealous of Risa's love for Yumeno, but is "tsundere" about it.
-The only member of Tsubaki to have released a photobook so far