Dambara Ruru

Dambara Ruru (段原瑠々) is a Japanese pop singer and dancer under Hello! Project as the leader of Juice=Juice. She initially joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei on September 22, 2013 and was formally introduced on December 7, 2013 alongside six other girls.
==Biography==
thumb|Dambara Ruru, October 2022
 
 
===Early Life===
Dambara Ruru was born on May 7, 2001 in Otake, Hiroshima, Japan.
Prior to participating in the Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition, she was a 19th generation student of Actor's School Hiroshima.
===2013===
Dambara participated in the 12th generation auditions, and made it to the finals, but she failed to join.
On September 15, Dambara graduated from Actor's School Hiroshima.
On September 22, a self-introduction video of Dambara was uploaded to the Hello Pro Kenshuusei YouTube channel,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NODXJWeOM revealing that she was a new member of the program.
On December 7, Dambara was officially introduced as a Hello Pro Kenshuusei at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~ alongside Yamaki Risa, Yokogawa Yumei, Niinuma Kisora, Oura Hirona, Haga Akane and Funaki Musubu, all seven girls did a dance performance of Juice=Juice's "Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne".
===2014===
On January 12, Dambara participated in Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~'s Hiroshima concert, she also handed out momiji manju to the members of Hello! Project backstage.
Dambara participated in the opening act and as a back dancer for the Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~.
On May 4, Dambara won the best performance award with 248 votes at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event for her performance of "Memory Seishun no Hikari".
===2015===
Dambara participated in the opening act and a as back-up dancer for the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Aki ~℃an't STOP!!~.
On May 4, Dambara was the runner-up for the judge's singing award at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2015 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event, for her performance of "GOOD BYE Natsuo".
===2016===
Dambara participated in the opening act and as a back dancer for the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2016 Haru ~℃ONCERTO~.
===2017===
Dambara participated in the opening act and as a back dancer for the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2017 Haru ~℃elebration~.
On May 5, at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event, it was announced that she would debut alongside Ichioka Reina and Kawamura Ayano in the near future."Hallo!Project研修生発表会2017〜春の公開実力診断テスト〜" (in Japanese). Kumai Yurina Official Blog. 2017-05-05.Hirose Ayaka. "涙、涙に包まれて。、大好き♡広瀬彩海" (in Japanese). Kobushi Factory Official Blog. 2017-05-05. She also won the best performance award with 548 votes for her performance of "Give me Love".
On June 26, it was announced through a special episode of Hello! Project Station that Dambara would be joining Juice=Juice along with Yanagawa Nanami as new members."ハロ！ステ号外 ～ハロー！プロジェクト2017新体制決定スペシャル～" (in Japanese). Hello! Project Station (via YouTube). 2017-06-26. They began performing with the group in the Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER concert tour"ハロー！プロジェクト 新体制について" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2017-06-26."[EN Concerning the new organization in Hello! Project]." UP-FRONT LINK. 2017-06-26. and Juice=Juice LIVE AROUND 2017 ~Seven Horizon~.Kanazawa Tomoko. "♪.リハ 金澤朋子" (in Japanese). Juice=Juice Official Blog. 2017-07-11.
On August 11, Dambara and the four other members promoted from Hello Pro Kenshuusei released a digital song titled "Gobaku ~We Can't Go Back~".
===2018===
On May 8, Dambara celebrated her 17th birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2018, featuring three shows at TOKYO FM HALL.
===2019===
On May 8, she celebrated her 18th birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2019, featuring two shows at Mynavi BLITZ Akasaka.
On September 6, Dambara sang the national anthem at the Hiroshima Toyo Carp home game against the Hashin Tigers at MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima.https://twitter.com/JuiceJuice_uf/status/1166984554940264448"9/6(金)広島・マツダスタジアムにて、Juice=Juice段原瑠々の国歌斉唱が決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2019-08-29. (Archived)
===2020===
On February 6, it was announced that Dambara Ruru started to feel some pain in her right foot the day before, which turned out to be a sesamoid bone fracture. As a result, she did not dance and only sang during concert performances of Hello! Project 2020 Winter and Juice=Juice LIVE TOUR 2020 ~NEW SENSATION~ for about a month.Dambara Ruru. "ご迷惑おかけします 段原瑠々" (in Japanese). Juice=Juice Official Blog. 2020-02-06."Juice=Juice段原瑠々に関するお知らせ" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2020-02-06.
On February 9, it was announced that Dambara would star in Hajimete wo Keikenchuu, SKY PerfecTV!'s 49th Twitter morning drama series that would be posted every day from February 17 to February 22.https://twitter.com/sptv_fan/status/1226657039268495361
On May 8, she was set to celebrate her 19th birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2020. It was later cancelled due to the government's declaration of emergency following the spread of COVID-19 getting worse.http://www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/sp/news_Info.php?id=15485 The event was eventually rescheduled for September 8.
On July 12, she opened up an official Instagram account.
On October 25, she participated in an episode of TV Tokyo's THE Karaoke ★ Battle.https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/kb/next/
On November 17, it was announced that she and Inaba Manaka would appear as guest judges for an online university and graduate school level dance competition titled Bokura no Online Gakuen-sai. The song assigned was Juice=Juice's ""Hitori de Ikiraresou" tte Sore tte Nee, Homete Iru no?". The online judging event took place on December 16.Juice=Juice稲場愛香、段原瑠々「ボクらのオンライン学園祭」出演！ (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2020-11-17.ボクらのオンライン学園祭 (in Japanese). Campusfes. 2020-11-17.
===2021===
On May 7, she celebrated her 20th birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2021, featuring two shows at Ota Ward Residents Hall Aprico Hall in Tokyo.
On December 31, during the Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ <Juice=Juice Premium>, she was appointed as a new sub-leader of Juice=Juice alongside Inaba Manaka.
===2022===
On May 11, she celebrated her 21st birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2022, featuring two shows at Edogawa Cultural Center in Tokyo.
On November 28, it was reported that Dambara was diagnosed with COVID-19. She reported a sore throat on November 27 and took a PCR test which was confirmed to be positive. Due to several members being diagnosed with COVID-19 at the same time, the autumn tour final Juice=Juice CONCERT TOUR ~final: nouvelle vague~, scheduled to be held on November 29 at Nippon Budokan, was postponed.http://www.helloproject.com/news/15380/
===2023===
On June 18, she celebrated her 22nd birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2023, featuring two shows at Toda City Culture Hall in Saitama.
===2024===
On May 7, she released her first photobook titled Ruruiro."Juice=Juice段原瑠々写真集「ルルイロ」発売決定！" (in Japanese). Hello! Project. 2024-02-29, and she celebrated her 23rd birthday event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2024, featuring two shows at Tiara Koto in Tokyo.
On June 8, it was announced in the last day of the Juice=Juice Concert Tour 2024 1-LINE that Dambara would be succeeding Uemura Akari as the new leader of Juice=Juice following Uemura's graduation on June 14.Uemura Akari. "ラストホールコン…植村あかり" (in Japanese). Juice=Juice Official Blog. 2024-06-08.
==Personal Life==
==Profile==
==Discography==
===Solo Fanclub DVDs===
*[2022.09.26] Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2022
*[2024.09.xx] Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2024
==Publications==
===Solo Photobooks===
#[2024.05.07] Ruruiro
===Magazines===
*[2014.06.23] UTB (with Niinuma Kisora, Oura Hirona)
*[2014.07.10] JUNON (with Tanabe Nanami, Hamaura Ayano, Makino Maria, Sasaki Rikako, Niinuma Kisora, Funaki Musubu)
*[2014.07.24] B.L.T. (with Funaki Musubu)
==Works==
===TV Programs===
*[2016–2019] The Girls Live
*[2019–2020] AI・DOL PROJECT (AI・DOL プロジェクト)
*[2020] Hello Dream. (ハロドリ。)
*[2020] Hello! Project presents... "Solo Fes!"
*[2020] THE Karaoke ★ Battle (1 episode)
*[2021] Hello! Project presents... "Solo Fes! 2"
===Web Dramas===
*[2020] Hajimete wo Keikenchuu (初めてを経験中) (SKY PerfecTV! Twitter)
===Theater===
*[2018] Time Repeat ~Towa ni Kimi wo Omou~
===Radio===
*[2021.11.28-] BAKUNAI
===Internet===
*[2013–] Hello! Project Station
*[2017–] Upcoming
*[2017–2021] tiny tiny
*[2018–] OMAKE CHANNEL
*[2018] Hello Pro no Monohon!
*[2019–2020] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge
*[2019] Hello Pro Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2019
*[2020] Hello Pro Dance Gakuen Kaigai Katsudo (2 episodes)
==Trivia==
==Honorary Titles==
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==Notes==
#Prior to 2018, her name was romanized as "Danbara Ruru". On March 30, 2018, she made a blog post stating that her last name would officially be romanized as "Dambara" from the point onwards. She stated that it is easier for international fans to read and that it is also the romanization used on official documents such as her passport.Dambara Ruru. "M 段原瑠々" (in Japanese). Juice=Juice Official Blog. 2018-03-30.Additional Translation: @Momoirofantasy via Twitter. (Post)
==References==
==External Links==
*Juice=Juice Profile
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Profile (archived)
*Juice=Juice Official Blog
*Instagram
*Ameba Blog (inactive) (shared with sister)
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Blogs: December 2013, February 2014, September 2014 (not tagged), November/December 2014, February/March 2015, 2015 Test, May/June 2015, Hello! Project Tours
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