Kitazato Rio

## Kitazato Rio北里(きたざと) 理桜(りお)

Kitazato Rio promoting PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS

**Kitazato Rio** (北里理桜) was a Japanese trainee who participated in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS. She was eliminated in the finals, placing 18th.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kitazato Rio was born on March 15, 2004 in Fukuoka, Japan.

### 2023

On September 3, Kitazato was revealed to be a contestant of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

On December 16, Kitazato was eliminated from PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS.

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** rebloom
* **Group Battle Team:** Queen Bee (sub vocalist 2)
* **Position Battle Team:** Space7 (sub dancer)
* **Concept Battle Team:** new F7avors (sub vocalist 4)
* **Debut Evaluation Team:** Souzou Ijou (rapper 5)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 2:** 8th place
* **Week 3:** 11th place (-3)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 15th place (-4)
* **Week 6:** 22nd place (-7)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 24th place (-2)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 18th place (+3)
* **Final Ranking Announcement:** 18th place (=)

On-site votes
* **Group Battle:** 4th place in team, 22nd place overall
* **Position Battle:** 6th place in team, 35th place overall
* **Concept Battle:** 4th place in team, 23rd place overall

### First Voting Period

In episode 1, Kitazato was introduced in a group with other trainees from Fukuoka, Fukuoka no Ai. She is ranked by the other trainees as 77th place. The trainersevaluate her at **C**, but she is demoted to **F** after the level reevaluations.

For the group battle in episode 3, Kitazato is chosen to be in Queen Bee. Encharmed by her visuals, the national producers rank her 22nd place overall.

In episode 5, she is revealed to have received 1,768,859 votes, which made her 18th place.

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### Second Voting Period

Kitazato chooses to perform "Rocketeer" for the position battle. She places 35th overall.

She is one of the trainees assigned to perform "Popcorn" for the concept battle.

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### Third Voting Period

In episode 8, Kitazato performs "Popcorn" and places 23rd overall.

In the third ranking announcement, she receives 191,943 votes, making her 18th place. When choosing her position in the debut evaluation afterwards, she chooses to be rapper 5 in "Souzou Ijou".

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### Final Voting Period

In episode 11, Kitazato performs "Souzou Ijou" and "FLY UP SO HIGH" on the final stage. Unfortunately, she does not place in the debut range, and is thus eliminated.

## Personal Life

* Friendships

Kitazato is shown to be close with her audition teammates.

## Trivia

* Her hobbies are to watch anime and to listen to music.
* Her special skill is walking a little faster than average.
* Her pledge for debuting in the top 11 was going on a thrilling rollercoaster with the other members.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2023-09-04.

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