# Rika Watanabe

Rika Watanabe (渡辺 梨加, Watanabe Rika, born 16 May 1995) is a former member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. She also serves as a regular model for the female fashion magazine LARME since July 2017 and an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine Ray [ja] since November 2017. Like other members, Watanabe is represented by Sony Music Labels.

## Biography

Born on 16 May 1995 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Watanabe passed first generation member audition of Keyakizaka46 on August 21, 2015, and started her activities.
On 6 May 2017, she made her runway debut at the fashion and music event GirlsAward 2017 SPRING ／ SUMMER, held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. She is also part of the subgroup Aozora to Marry (青空とMARRY) along with Risa Watanabe, Akane Moriya, Yūka Sugai and Manaka Shida. As part of the subunit, Watanabe made appearances in three songs: "Aozora Chigau" in "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai", "Wareta Sumaho" in "Fukyōwaon, and "Namiuchigiwa o Hashiranai ka?" in "Kaze ni Fukarete mo".
On 10 July 2017, LARME announced that she will be one of the magazine's regular model.
On 16 November 2017, Ray [ja] announced that she will be one of the magazine's exclusive model.

## Personal life

She is nicknamed Berika (ベリカ), Rika (りか), and Pe-chan (ペーちゃん).
She is close with Risa Watanabe, who from also from Ibaraki and shares the same family name. Fans call them collectively as "W Watanabe" or "Beri Beri". and is also close with Nagasawa Nanako and Neru Nagahama, and are well known among fans as Hotoke-zu.
She is shy and clumsy, and her treasure Whale Shark Plush "AOKO" of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is popular among the fans.

### Skills

Her special skills are playing the piano and Japanese calligraphy (shodō).

### Preferences

Her favorite food are bread, chocolate, meat, and potato. She does not like fish and tomato.
Her favorite movies are Tangled and other Disney movies.

### Hobbies

Her hobbies are visiting neko cafes, shopping, sleeping, and looking up a place with good food and eating there. She has decided to eat curry on Thursdays.
She prefers dogs over cats.

## Discography
### Singles
#### Keyakizaka46

| Year | Title | EAN |
| 2016 | Silent Majority | EAN 4988009125930 |
| 2016 | Te o Tsunaide Kaerou ka | EAN 4988009125930 |
| 2016 | Kimigainai | EAN 4988009125954 |
| 2016 | Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai | EAN 4988009130804 |
| 2016 | Katarunara Mirai o... | EAN 4988009130804 |
| 2016 | Aozora ga Chigau | EAN 4988009130835 |
| 2016 | Futari Saison | EAN 4547366279399 |
| 2016 | Otona wa Shinjite Kurenai | EAN 4547366279399 |
| 2016 | Seifuku to Taiyou | EAN 4547366279375 |
| 2016 | Bokutachi no Sensou | EAN 4547366279399 |
| 2017 | Fukyōwaon | EAN 4547366301274 |
| 2017 | W-Keyakizaka no Uta | EAN 4547366301274 |
| 2017 | Wareta Smartphone | EAN 4547366301274 |
| 2017 | Eccentric | EAN 4547366301298 |
| 2017 | Kaze ni Fukarete mo |
| 2017 | Hiraishin |
| 2017 | Namiuchigiwa o Hashiranai ka |
| 2018 | Garasu wo Ware |
| 2018 | Mou Mori e Kaerou ka |
| 2018 | Ambivalent |
| 2018 | Student Dance |
| 2018 | I'm Out |
| 2019 | Kuroi Hitsuji |
| 2019 | Nobody |

#### Sakamichi AKB

| Year | Title | EAN | Ref. |
| 2017 | Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru? | EAN 4988003500702 | |

### Videos

| Year | Title | EAN |
| 2016 | Rika Watanabe | JAN 4988009125916 |
| 2016 | Rika Watanabe | JAN 4988009130835 |
| 2016 | Rika Watanabe | JAN 4547366279375 |
| 2017 | KeyaBingo! | EAN 4988021715010 |
| 2017 | Tokuyama Daigorō o Dare ga Koroshita ka? | EAN 4517331036388 |
| 2017 | "Rika Watanabe" | JAN 4547366301267 |
| 2017 | "グループ発展祈願の旅 〜栃木編〜" | JAN 4547366331639 |
| 2017 | "残酷な観客達" | JAN 4988021715553 |
| 2018 | "Rika Watanabe" | JAN 4547366350272 |
| 2018 | "Rika Watanabe×Mao Iguchi" | JAN 4547366371079 |

## Filmography
### Events

| Year | Title |
| 2017 | GirlsAward 2017 Spring / Summer |
| 2017 | Girls Award 2017 Autumn/Winter |
| 2017 | Tokyo Girls Collection 2017 Autumn/Winter |
| 2017 | Tokyo Girls Collection Hiroshima 2017 |
| 2018 | Tokyo Girls Collection 2018 Spring/Summer |
| 2018 | Girls Award 2018 Spring/Summer |
| 2018 | Girls Award 2018 Autumn/Winter |
| 2019 | Tokyo Girls Collection Shizuoka 2019 |
| 2019 | Tokyo Girls Collection 2019 Spring/Summer |
| 2019 | Tokyo Girls Collection Kumamoto 2019 |