RIKA ISHIKAWA

石川梨華

 

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Ishikawa Rika joined Morning Musume in April of 2000 along with fellow fourth generation members Yoshizawa Hitomi, Tsuji Nozomi, and Kago Ai. Almost immediately, she and Kago were put into the subgroup Tanpopo to replace Ishiguro Aya, who had left the group the previous year.

From 2001 to 2003, Ishikawa was loaned to Country Musume to form Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika. When Morning Musume was split into two groups in 2003, Ishikawa was a part of the Otome Gumi half, and in 2004, she formed half of EcoMoni with Michishige Sayumi to promote ecological causes.

In August of 2004, Ishikawa became the leader of a new group, v-u-den, with newcomers Miyoshi Erika and Okada Yui. Rika graduated from Morning Musume on May 7, 2005. She now fronts v-u-den full time.

Ishikawa has been featured in five solo photobooks, and she also had her own radio show, Chanchaka Charmy.

In September of 2006, Ishikawa starred alongside fellow Hello! Project member Matsuura Aya in the big-screen movie "Sukeban Deka Codename Asamiya Saki" (Int. title: Yo-yo Girl Cop) as Saki's opponent, the renegade Special Detective Akiyama Reika.