Rikimaru Chikada

Rikimaru Chikada was born on 02 November, 1993 (Scorpio) in Hyōgo, Japan. As a Japanese Dance|dancer, choreographer and artist, he is known by the name Rikimaru.
In 2019, he debuted as the leader of WARPs UP, a Japan-China boy group signed to [AVEX Trax..
In 2021, Rikimaru debuted as a member of INTO1, an international boy group under WAJJIWA Entertainment, after having finished in third place in the talent show Chuang 2021.
== Early life & Family ==
Rikimaru was born on November 2, 1993 in Hyōgo, Japan. His mother is a jazz dancer and runs a dance studio. His father is a professional baseball player and coach. His younger sister, Chikada Yumeri, is also a dancer and choreographer. Rikimaru and his sister worked together at a studio called @theosystemjp.
He attended high school at Itami Kita High School and graduated from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, majoring in Portuguese (Department of Brazilian and Portuguese Studies).
Rikimaru started dancing at the age of 4, started teaching dance at the age of 13, and became a choreographer at the age of 19. Rikimaru's commercial choreography debut is BoA's LookBook (Dance Break) (2015)
== Career ==
=== 1997 - 2011 (4-18 years old): Development in Japan ===
Rikimaru started learning dance at age 4. At age 9, he and his mother appeared and danced in the Japanese variety show named "Gakkō e Ikō". In 2007, Rikimaru and his sister Yumeri formed the dance group named Respect. 
From 2007 to 2008, Respect participated in many dance competitions in Japan and won awards such as 4th Dance Olympics Champion, MOVE MIX BEST G Class Champion, 9th COMBOX Champion, National Super Kids Dance Contest Kyushu Tournament Champion, 2nd K-palette cup Runner-up, Dance Attack Tokyo Tournament Runner-up, Shikoku Tournament Special prize, Kobe Rokko Island 1st Dance Championship Special prize, etc.. In 2011, Respect was the Champion of Dance Attack High School Student Division and 24 hour TV: Dance Koshien. 24 hour TV: Dance Koshien is a nationwide high school dance competition in Japan, organized by Nippon Television, with 346 participants. 
In addition, Rikimaru also won some individual awards including KIDS MIX 2007 Best Dancer Award and ALL KANKUU Dance Contest Excellent Performance Award 2007.
=== 2012 - 2020 (19-27 years old): International exchanges and WARPs UP ===
From 2012 to 2015, Rikimaru went to Los Angeles (USA) to learn choreography, choreographing skills and interact with many dancers. During his time in LA, he joined ImmaBEAST, an America's champion teen dance group, one of the top hip-hop dance groups in the USA. 
In 2015, Rikimaru had his first commercial choreography - LookBook (Dance Break) by BoA . 
Rikimaru participates in choreographing, teaching dance and collaborating with many studios around the world, including 3 major Dance Studios in Japan, Korea, USA: 
* From 2015 to 2020, Rikimaru was a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher at Japan's leading studio - EN Dance Studio. 
* From 2016 to 2018, Rikimaru was a dance choreographer and special guest coach at dance studio “1M Studio Dance”, Korea. 
* From 2015 to 2018, Rikimaru exchanged and developed his experience at the Millennium Dance Complex Los Angeles studio, USA. 
In 2016, Rikimaru was invited to be a judge of the Dance Vision contest in China . 
In 2018, Rikimaru and his sister Yumeri led the team and won Dance Vision Vol.6 . In the same year, his choreography won the runner-up award of the World Of Dance Junior (Osaka Station) . 
Rikimaru is a choreographer for many domestic and foreign artists, including many times collaborating with artists of SM Entertainment, Korea and some Japanese artists. He also choreographed the works of the groups that he joined - WARPs UP and INTO1. 
In 2019, Rikimaru became a member of the boy group - WARPs UP under the management company - AVEX with the role of a leader, a vocalist, a choreographer and some other jobs.
As of 2020, Rikimaru has about 30 commercial choreographic works, among which he personally choreographed 16 works and collaborated on choreographing 14 works.
=== 2021 - now: Chuang 2021 and INTO1 ===
In 2021, Rikimaru, as an Avex Trax trainee, participated in Produce camp 2021 (Chuang season 4), a variety show of an international boy band formation produced by Tencent Video. He had managed to stay in Class A from the beginning to the end of the show. His rankings after each episode were 8 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 3 . 
On 24 April, 2021, Rikimaru ranked third during the final episode with 16,591,943 votes, securing him a spot as an official member of the project boy group INTO1.
== Choreography ==
=== Personal Works ===
No	MV/Stage 	Artist 	Note 	References
1 	Famous 	Taemin 	MV, Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 	
2 	Eclipse 	Taemin 	Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 	
3 	Into the Rhythm 	Taemin 	Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 	
4 	One Shot Two Shot	BoA 	MV 	
5 	ABOAB 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World 2017 	
6 	Tell me your name	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World 2017 	
7 	JOJO 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World 2017 	
8 	Nothing to lose 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World 2017 	
9 	Kitchen Beat 	NCT127 	NCT 127 Arena Tour NEO CITY: JAPAN	
10	I wanna I wanna 	Banana Lemon 	3 versions 	
11	Girls gone wild 	Banana Lemon 	 	
12	SugarBaby 	Banana Lemon 	 	
13	Ever After 	Tokyo Girl's Style	 	
14	2016 Crazy World 	Show Lo 	R&B part 	
15	Cloud9 	Warps Up 	 	
16	Supernova 	Warps Up 	 	
=== Collaborative choreographies ===
No	MV/Stage 	Artist 	Note 	Team 	Reference
1 	Lookbook 	BoA 	Dance Break 	 	
2 	Mars 	[Taemin 	Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 	[Rino Nakasone 	
3 	Slave 	[Taemin 	Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 	Rino Nakasone team 	
4 	Tiger 	[Taemin 	Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 	Rino Nakasone team 	
5 	Kiminoseide 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan	Rino Nakasone 	
6 	Evil 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan	Rino Nakasone team 	
7 	Stranger 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan	Rino Nakasone team 	
8 	Love like oxygen 	SHINee 	Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan	Rino Nakasone team 	
9 	Your name/Replay 	SHINee 	Musical version, 8 versions
Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan	Rino Nakasone team 	
10	Every time 	SHINee 	 	Rino Nakasone team 	
11	Work you out 	SHINee 	Dancers performance 	Rino Nakasone team 	
12	GENTLEMEN 	SHINee 	 	Rino Nakasone, Maika	
13	Rookie 	Red Velvet	Intro 	 	
14	One Hundred Degrees	Warps Up 	 	 	
== Performances in Chuang 2021 ==
Release date	Information	Position
17/02/2021 	"A Caminhada"
* Song description: Preliminary assignment stage (co-ordinate) 
* Original singer: Gloria Groove
* Perform with: Uno Santa 
"China" 
* Song description: Preliminary assignment stage (individual) 
* Original singer: Dirty Class 
"Love love love" 
* Song description: Preliminary assignment stage (individual) 
* Original singer: Khalil Fong	-
03/03/2021 	"Lit"
* Song description: Group song/ First public performance 
* Original singer: Lay Zhang
* Co-performers: Liú Yǔ, Xu Shaolan, Yi Han, Ren Yinpeng, Li Luoer, Luo Yan	Center
10/03/2021 	"我们一起闯" (Chinese version) 
* Song description: Chuang 2021 official theme song 
* Original singer: Original song 
* Co-performers: All trainees
"Chuang To-Gather Go!" (English version) 
* Song description: Chuang 2021 official theme song 
* Original singer: Original song 
* Co-performers: All trainees	4th
28/03/2021 	"Joker"
* Song description: "Position" evaluation song, choreographer
* Original singer: Lay Zhang
* Co-performers: Uno Santa, Wu Hai, Ren Yinpeng, Xu Shaolan	Center
10/04/2021 	"Jade"
* Song description: Concept evaluation song
* Original singer: Original song
* Co-performers: Zhou Keyu, Oscar, AK Liu Zhang, Patrick, Zhang Jiayuan
* Guest performer: Liu Xiening (BonBon Girls 303)	Center
24/04/2021 	"We are the youth, we are the future"
* Song description: Final round
* Original singer: Original song
* Co-performers: Zhou Keyu, Oscar, AK Liu Zhang, Liú Yǔ, Uno Santa, Nine, Patrick
"Joga O Bum Bum Tam Tam"
* Song description: SOLO DANCE in final round
* Original singer: KondZilla	-
== Other Projects ==
=== MV with his appearance ===
Year	Choreography 	Artist 	Role 	Reference
2016	LookBook 	BoA 	Dancer	
2015	Make That Sh*t Work 	Willdabeast, T-Pain ft. Juicy J	Dancer	
2015	You Will (Dance Video)	[Kento Hori 	Dancer	
=== TV Show ===
Year 	Program 	Reference
2011-2012	Sekai 1 no SHOW taimu 〜 gyara wo kime runoha anata 〜 	
2011-2012	Sutadorafuto kaigi 	
2011-2012	PON! 	
2011-2012	24 jikan terebidansu koushien 	
2011-2012	Toku dane 	
2011-2012	Hirunandesu 	
=== TV Commercial ===
Year	Choreography 	Artist 	Role 	Reference
2018	ClearLatte CM	Naomi Watanabe	Dancer	
== Personal Endorsements ==
Date 	Brand 	Title 	Reference
06/06/2021	Sitrana	Sitrana Asia-Pacific Cream Brand Ambassador 	
10/07/2021	ELIXIR 	ELIXIR Brand Essence Ambassador 	
12/08/2021	Celvoke	Celvoke Lip Makeup Spokesperson For Asia-Pacific	
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