Honda Ruru

Honda Ruru (本多ルル), also known by her stage name RuRu, is a Chinese singer. She was a member of the Japanese girl group Taiyou to Ciscomoon and was also part of the Hello! Project shuffle unit Kiiro 5.
Outside of Hello! Project, she was a solo artist and model. She released her first solo album, "Měilì Xīnqíng", in February 2001 under Virgin Records.
==Biography==
RuRu studied at a private music school in which her mom was a teacher. Here RuRu participated in singing events and was in charge of the school’s music festival(s).
===1992===
In 1992, at the age of 16, RuRu went to Japan with her mother, but didn't start working in the music industry right away. She had a part-time job that had nothing to do with music (she did the dishes at a ramen shop and also worked as a server at a cafe在1992年，本多RuRu16歲的時候，她隨母親去了日本。剛去的時候她的生活也是一度非常糟糕，一邊自學語言，一邊還要打工賺錢。因為是外國人，她受盡白眼，曾在拉麵店洗碗，也在咖啡館裡端盤子。大概過了一年之後， 她參加了東京電視台的「外國人歌謠大賽」並進入決賽。1995年 「第一屆在日華人卡拉OK大賽」中得到了第一名。在這之後她也獲得了與唱片公司簽約的機會，之後開始了自己的樂壇生涯。) She said in an interview she used to go to karaoke as a hobby, but nothing serious.
===1995===
In January, 1995, she landed the grand-prix (first place) in a singing contest called, "Zainichi Chugokujin Nihongo Kayou Conkuru" (在日中国人日本語歌謡コンクール; Singing Contest in Japanese for Chinese People).
In February she signed a contract with Chugei and started her entertainment activities. She appeared at NTV's "Super TV" (スーパテレビ) and was featured as a gravure model in Tokyo Newspaper's "SPA!", "Weekly Bunshun" and "Chinese Dragon".
In May, she acted a character who has very much personality in a joint production by Shanghai TV and Japanese Amuse Nikkatsu named "Shanghainese in Tokyo".
===1996===
In January, RuRu performed in the reward-ceremony of MTV Contest produced by CCTV.
In April she was the KDD International Telephone character image of the year. She was this in 1997 and 1998 too. The advertisement was in both Japanese and Chinese.
In June and August, she performed as a guest at the concert of Uzaki Ryudou, all around the 23 districts in Tokyo area.
In September, she performed and sang with Saijyou Hideki, at the Dalian Stadium which has seating capacity of 40,000. CCTV also reported.
In October, she was a side-regular guest of the TV program Viewpoint of Asia by Nihon TV Broadcast.
===1997===
In January, RuRu was invited by Liaoning TV Broadcast as a special guest for the Chinese Spring Festival TV Party.
In October, she reported in Japanese in a NHK TV program called Modern Production Room.
In November, she attended the opening ceremony of Shanghai New Idol Art School as a special guest.
===1998-2003===
In May, she was a side-regular guest of the NHK program called Pops of the generation.
In July, she did a concert show with Saijyou Hideki with 40,000 audiences at the famous Great Wall in China.
In August, she acted as a reporter of the NHK program the Kingdom in the Midnight
In September, she performed as a special guest on NHK Fukuoka for the event of special music produced by radio Kyushuu-Okinawa FM.
In November and December, she was a side-regular guest as a famous Asian star on the Fuji TV program DaiBatteki.
On November 22, the talent search show ASAYAN announced their Geinoujin Shin Unit Audition in which they were looking for girls with special talents who have enough experiences. 
On December 20, RuRu appeared in the semi-finals as one of sixteen auditionees. She sang "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston acapella and was interviewed face to face by Tsunku. On the same date she was the eight to be chosen as the final eight. They appeared in the ASAYAN studio getting interviewed by the hosts before Tsunku split them in two groups (RuRu was in the group called San Fran) and announced they were being sent off to San Francisco for boot camp training sessions including performance, dance, rhythm and rap.
She became a member of Taiyou to Ciscomoon from 1999-2000 and then went back to China and started a solo career releasing three albums. She also started an acting career, starring in the doramas: "Sunshine Jelly", "Fly Me to the Moon – Yue Guang Sen Lin", and "Zhan Shen". A soundtrack from "Fly Me to the Moon" was released. It features RuRu on the cover, but not any songs of hers.
===2004-2008===
After the release of her best-of album in 2004 (and a single release in 2005), she was out of the spotlight for a few years.
In 2007, she released a cover album under Avex Trax in Japan, but not too long after the release of the album she went back to China again.
In 2008, Taiyou to Ciscomoon released a best of-album to commemorate their 10th Anniversary. RuRu said in the booklet notes that "The albums I released in Taiwan were all in Taiwanese, which was very different from the mainland Chinese in terms of pronunciation, so I made lots of mistakes and had difficulty getting used to it at the beginning. That experience reminded me of when I had similar difficulty singing in Japanese when I was in Taiyou to Ciscomoon. It sounds like my life has been filled with difficult times, lol." She also said she still works as a musician in Taiwan.
===2015-2016===
On July 19, 2015, all four members of Taiyou to Ciscomoon got together for a special talk and live event for one night only,https://www.narinari.com/Nd/20150632171.html titled Saisho de Saigo Janakatta! Taiyou to Ciscomoon Talk Live ~Yappari 4nin de~https://twitter.com/komix215/status/611187465517281281 Kominato Miwa Official Twitter
In 2016, RuRu appeared on stage at 2016渭南第五屆青島啤酒節以 where she sang Měilì Xīnqíng.https://kknews.cc/entertainment/39nm8e8.html There were plans for her to re-debut, but nothing came of this. http://music.yule.sohu.com/20161128/n474304681.shtml
==Profile==
*Japanese Name: Honda Ruru (本多ルル; 本多璐璐)
*Birth Name: Guō Jiālù (郭嘉露)
*Nicknames: RuRu (ルル)
*Birthdate: 
*Birthplace: Shenyang, 
*Blood Type: O
*Height: 
*Western Zodiac: 
*Eastern Zodiac: 
*Hello! Project Groups:
**Taiyou to Ciscomoon (1999-2000)
**Kiiro 5 (2000)
==Discography==
==Publications==
===Photobooks===
*[2002.02.20] RuRu COSMOS
===Magazines===
*[1996.09] PC Fan
* Oricon The Ichiban Vol.21 No.17 (オリコン The Ichiban Vol.21 No.17)
* [1999.04.26] Sports Nippon (スポーツニッポン)
* [1999.05] FOCUS
* [1999.05] CM Satsuei Fuukei (CM撮影風景) (for DDI Pocket with Taiyou to Ciscomoon)
* [1999.05] Zappy (ザッピイ)
* [1999.05] Nikkei Entertainment (日経エンターテイメント)
* [1999.05] B.L.T.
* [1999.06] Boon
* [1999.06.03] Shuukan Shinchou (週刊新潮)
* [1999.06.04] an.an
* [1999.07] GiRLPOP Vol. 38
==Works==
===Modeling===
*[1996-1998] KDD International Telephone character image
==Trivia==
*Originally from China, she became a citizen of Japan in August 1999. This was also when she started using her Japanese name, Honda Ruru (本多ルル).
*Tsunku gave her the name RuRu, the same way he named Morning Musume's exchange students: Junjun and Linlin.
*Has a sister. Blog
*Currently lives in Shanghai (as of January 2022).https://twitter.com/C2019T/status/1484434444161208322
==References==
==External Links==
*Official Blog
*Fan Site (1996-1999)
*Asiamuse Entertainment
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