Shimakura Rika

Shimakura Rika promoting "Hai to Diamond / Go City Go / Fuuku no Housoku" (2024)

Shimakura Rika (島倉りか) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Promotion and part of Hello! Project. She is a member of CHICA#TETSU and the collective group BEYOOOOONDS.

Profile

Name: Shimakura Rika (島倉りか)
Birthdate: August 20, 2000 (2000-08-20) (age 23)
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 153.7cm
Specialties: Eating watermleon quickly, catching insects
Hobbies: Watching Hello! Project videos, karaoke, watching movies, picking fruit
Looks Up To: Morito Chisaki, Inoue Rei
Hello! Project groups:
- Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (2017–2018)
- BEYOOOOONDS (2018–)
  - CHICA#TETSU (2018–)

History

Shimakura Rika became a finalist in the "Morning Musume '16 Shinseiki Audition", but failed to pass. It was later announced through an official website update on March 6, 2017 that Shimakura had joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei, alongside Hibi Marina, Eguchi Saya, Doi Rena, Okamura Minami, Matsunaga Riai, Yamada Ichigo, and Nakayama Natsume. She made her first live appearance and was formally introduced at the ""Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 3gatsu ~Marching!~" event on March 11, 2017.

Shimakura was awarded Best Performance with 324 audience votes on May 6, 2018 at the "Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~" event, for her performance of "Fiesta! Fiesta!" by Juice=Juice. On June 9, 2018 during the "Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2018 6gatsu ~Niji~" event in Tokyo, it was announced that Shimakura would join the upcoming group featuring previously announced leader Ichioka Reina, along with Nishida Shiori and Eguchi Saya. The group was later revealed to be CHICA#TETSU on October 19, 2018; a sub-group of main unit BEYOOOOONDS.

On October 23, 2020 it was announced that Rika would begin writing a new series about Showa music for online magazine NewsCrunch. The first article was published on November 5, 2020.

Publications

Photobooks

[2020.08.20] Juukyuusai no Natsu (十九歳の夏; 19 Year-Old's Summer)

[2020.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS① (Ichioka Reina, Shimakura Rika, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Takase Kurumi, Maeda Kokoro, Yamazaki Yuhane, Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime, Hirai Miyo, Kobayashi Honoka, Satoyoshi Utano)
[2020.09.09] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2020 AUTUMN Vol.2 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2020 AUTUMN Vol.2) (Niinuma Kisora, Kamikokuryo Moe, Tanimoto Ami, Kaga Kaede, Hirai Miyo, Morito Chisaki, Kishimoto Yumeno, Kobayashi Honoka, Shimakura Rika, Asakura Kiki, Satoyoshi Utano, Ono Mizuho, Makino Maria, Yokoyama Reina, Dambara Ruru, Sasaki Rikako, Inoue Rei)
[2021.04.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 SPRING Vol.5 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 SPRING Vol.5) (Kanazawa Tomoko, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kawana Rin, Kawamura Ayano, Kishimoto Yumeno, Kitagawa Rio, Kiyono Momohime, Kudo Yume, Kobayashi Honoka, Sasaki Rikako, Sato Masaki, Satoyoshi Utano, Shimakura Rika, Takase Kurumi, Takeuchi Akari, Tanimoto Ami, Tamenaga Shion)
[2021.08.07] BEYOOOOONDS②
[2021.11.10] Hello Pro Visual Photobook 2021 Autumn Vol.9 (ハロプロビジュアルフォトブック2021 Autumn Vol.9) (Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kitagawa Rio, Okamura Homare, Takeuchi Akari, Sasaki Rikako, Hashisako Rin, Kanazawa Tomoko, Uemura Akari, Asakura Kiki, Onoda Saori, Shimakura Rika, Nishida Shiori, Eguchi Saya, Maeda Kokoro, Satoyoshi Utano)

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

[2018–2019] The Girls Live
[2019] Hello Pro! TOKYO Sanpo (ハロプロ！TOKYO散歩)

Internet

[2019] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!)
[2019] Hello Pro Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2019 (ハロプロ紅白対抗ザ☆バトル2019)
[2020] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! 2 (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ!2)
[2020] Hello Pro no Oshigoto Challenge! 3 e no Michi ~Kinkyuu Kikaku Kaigi~ (ハロプロのお仕事チャレンジ！3への道 ~緊急企画会議~)
[2020] Hello Pro no Collabo NIGHT! (ハロプロのコラボNIGHT!)

Commercials

[2020] Kagome GO! ME. "ONE DAY"

Music Videos

[2017] Juice=Juice - "Jidanda Dance" (as back dancer)

Theater

[2017] Bokutachi Karen na Shounen Gasshoudan (僕たち可憐な少年合唱団) (as Yuria and Julian, team ♯Gumi)
[2018] Attack No.1 (アタックNo.1)
[2019] Fushigi no Kuni no Alice Tachi (不思議の国のアリスたち)
[2019] Reborn ~13-nin no Tamashi wa Kami-sama no Yume wo Miru~ (リボーン~13人の魂は神様の夢を見る~) (as Ono no Komachi)
[2020] Arabeyooooonds Nights (アラビヨーンズナイト) (as Aladdin)

Radio

[2019–] Kanazawa Tomoko no Vivid Midnight (金澤朋子のVivid Midnight)
[2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no Biyo～～～～～tto Tobikoe Night! (BEYOOOOONDSのビヨ～～～～～っと飛び越えナイト!)
[2020–] BEYOOOOONDS no O no Kazu wa Itsutsu Desu (BEYOOOOONDSのOの数は5つです)

Trivia

Her favorite types of music are Hello! Project, Showa kayokyoku pop, Disney, and J-Pop.
Particularly likes Showa era idols and songs, especially Matsuda Seiko, and hopes to have activities in the future involving Showa idol music.
Her Favorite sports are badminton and baseball.
Favorite food is watermelon and salmon.
Her motto is "Do one good deed each day" (一日一善).
Thinks her charm point is the dimple that only appears on her left cheek.
Her favorite school subject is physical education.
She loves dinosaurs; her favorite dinosaur is the Megalosaurus (she has previously named the tyrannosaurus, pteranodon, and parasaurolophus).
She has two younger siblings.
Her favorite Hello! Project song is "Ranrarun ~Anata ni Muchuu~" by Country Girls.
Began learning to play guitar in 2019 as a hobby, but wants to become skilled enough to perform.
During her December 2019 "Shimakura Rika 1001 Nights" talk event, she revealed that she originally wasn't aiming to become an idol; her mother sent in her application to Morning Musume's 13th generation audition without asking her. She started learning about Hello! Project after she was accepted into the audition. After failing the final round, she felt it was something worth working hard for.