Sayashi Riho

File:Sayashi Riho - Help Me!! Promo.jpg

Sayashi Riho promoting "Help me!!" (2013)

Sayashi Riho (鞘師里保) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Agency and part of Hello! Project. She is a ninth generation member of Morning Musume.

Profile

• Name: Sayashi Riho (鞘師里保)
• Nicknames: Yasshi (ヤッシー), Rihoriho (りほりほ)
• Birthday: May 28, 1998 (1998-05-28)
• Birthplace: Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
• Bloodtype: AB
• Height: 155cm
• Hobbies: Listening to music, sleeping
• Specialties: Calligraphy, giving massages
• Favorite Food: Peach, chicken wings, sushi, oysters
• Least Favorite Food: Carrot
• Favorite Color: Pink, white, black, yellow-green
• Dislikes: History
• Looks Up To: Takahashi Ai, Suzuki Airi
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Morning Musume (2011–)
  • UstreaMusume (2011)
  • Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011–)
  • Reborn Eleven (2011)
  • Peaberry (2012–)

History

Sayashi Riho was selected from Morning Musume's 9th Generation audition to join the group on January 02, 2011, along with Ikuta Erina, Suzuki Kanon, and the former Hello Pro Egg Fukumura Mizuki.

The ninth generation made their official presentation on the same day they were announced as new members in Hello! Project 2011 WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ concert, and they participated in the songs: "Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are!" and "Tomo".

Prior to joining Morning Musume, Sayashi Riho was one of five winners of the "JC & Jk" audition and got the chance to perform in Morning Musume's Fashionable stage play in 2010.

Discography

DVDs

• [2011.08.31] Sayashi Riho~Greeting~ (さやし りほ～Greeting～)
• [2012.03.09] RIHO
• [2012.09.26] HyaaHo~i♪( ´θ｀)ノ (ひゃっっほ〜い♪( ´θ｀)ノ)

Photobooks

• [2011.08.27] Sayashi Riho (さやしりほ)
• [2012.08.27] Un Deux Trois (アンドゥトゥア)

• [2012.09.10] Morning Musume｡ 9・10ki 1st official Photo Book (モーニング娘。9・10期 1st official Photo Book) (Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka)

Works

Filmography

Films

• [2011] Sharehouse (シェアハウス)

TV Programs

• [2011] Bijo Gaku (美女学)
• [2011–2012] HELLOPRO! TIME (ハロプロ！ＴＩＭＥ)

TV Dramas

• [2012] Suugaku♥Joushi Gakuen (数学♥女子学園)

Internet

• [2011] UstreaMusume
• [2011] Michishige Sayumi no "Mobekimasutte Nani??" (道重さゆみの『モベキマスってなに？？』)

Theater

• [2010] Fashionable (ファッショナブル)
• [2011.10.08-17] Reborn~Inochi no Audition~ (リボーン～命のオーディション～) (as William Shakespeare)
• [2012] Stacy's Shoujo Saisatsu Kageki (ステーシーズ 少女再殺歌劇)
• [2012] Idol Nihonryuu ~Onna Nichibu~ (アイドル日本流～おんな日舞～)

Radio

Regular

• [2011–] RIHO-DELI (on Sundays)
• [2012–] Morning Musume no Morning Jogakuin ~Houkago Meeting~ (モーニング娘。のモーニング女学院～放課後ミーティング～)

Trivia

• Her official Morning Musume image color is red.
• Her catchphrase is "Hyahhhooi♪" (ひゃっっほーい♪( ´θ｀)ノ～), complete with the emoji, and she uses it to begin her blog posts.
• Her favorite drink is cider, to which she has associated the catchphrase "shuwashuwa pon!" (しゅわしゅわぽん！).
• She was formerly a student at the performance arts school Actor's School Hiroshima.
• She has been dancing since she was six years old.
• Has a little brother and a little sister.
• She and Suzuki Kanon are the first members of Morning Musume that were born after the group's formation in 1997.
• At school, she likes lunchtime.
• Has been told she was good at dancing since she was young.
• She enjoys wearing frilly skirts.
• Her motto is "Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger".
• Her favorite phrase is "Once-in-a-lifetime encounter".
• Is one of three Morning Musume members to have the blood type AB, along with Kago Ai and Kamei Eri.
• Noted her favorite Morning Musume song to be "Nanchatte Renai" in a 2011 magazine interview, and "Kimagure Princess" in a 2012 interview.
• Niigaki Risa refers to her as Yasushi (ヤすシ), coined from when Tsunku accidentally misspelled Yasshi (ヤッシー).

External Links

• Hello! Project Profile
• Morning Musume 9th Generation Official Blog
• Wikipedia Profiles: Japanese: 鞘師里保 | English: Riho Sayashi