Sasaki Rikako

Sasaki Rikako promoting "Desugita Kui wa Utarenai / Dondengaeshi / Watashi" (2015)

Sasaki Rikako (佐々木莉佳子) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Promotion and part of Hello! Project. She is a third generation member of ANGERME.

Profile

• Name: Sasaki Rikako (佐々木莉佳子)
• Nickname: Rikako (りかこ)
• Birthday: May 28, 2001 (2001-05-28)
• Birthplace: Miyagi, Japan
• Blood type: A
• Height: 154cm
• Hobbies: Collecting Kobito Dukan goods, sports
• Specialty: Dancing, running, breaking eggs one-handed
• Favorite Color: Pink, orange
• Looks Up To: Kudo Haruka, Suzuki Airi, Tamura Meimi
• Hello! Project groups:
  • Hello! Pro Kenshuusei (2013–2014)
  • ANGERME (2014–)

History

Prior to joining Hello! Project, Sasaki Rikako was a member of the earthquake support idol group SCK Girls and participated in the Morning Musume 11th Generation ~Suppin Utahime~ Audition. She was introduced as a new Hello! Pro Kenshuusei member at the March "Hello! Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~3gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~" concert. Later in 2014 she won a modeling audition with the magazine "Pichi Lemon" and began appearing regularly.

She was announced as a 3rd generation member of S/mileage at the October 4, 2014 showing of the "SMILE FANTASY!" stage play, along with Murota Mizuki and Aikawa Maho.

Discography

Video Releases

• [2015.02.xx] Greeting ~Sasaki Rikako~ (Greeting ~佐々木 莉佳子~)

Publications

Photobooks

• [2015.07.20] RIKAKO

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

• [2013–2014] ~Onedari Entame! ~Hapi☆Pure (~おねだりエンタメ! ~はぴ☆ぷれ)
• [2015–] The Girls Live

Internet

• [2013] Hello Pro Kenshuusei no Tadaima Kenshuuchuu! (ハロプロ研修生のただ今研修中!)
• [2015–] Hello! Station (ハロ！ステ)

Theater

• [2014] Bokutachi Karen na Shounen Gasshoudan (僕たち可憐な少年合唱団)
• [2014] LILIUM -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki- (LILIUM －リリウム 少女純潔歌劇－)

Trivia

• She is half Filipino on her mothers side.
• Her family experienced the 2011 Tohoku earthquake firsthand, and subsequently lost both their home and fishory to the tsunami.
• Her father submitted her application to SCK Girls, without her knowledge, because he thought the singing and dancing she loved would make her happy again.
• Has written that she thinks Kudo Haruka is cute.
• Says she wants to become like Sayashi Riho and Oda Sakura.
• Her small dream is to appear in a movie and drink juice in a bubble bath, her big dream is to become a top idol and take over the world.
• Her looks have been compared to Maeda Atsuko and Oshima Yuko.
• Favorite characters are Kobito Dukan.
• Her favorite Hello! Project song is "Bokura no Kagayaki" by °C-ute.
• Her favorite S/mileage song is "Watashi, Choito Kawaii Urabanchou".
• Wrote in a magazine that her goal is to improve in more ways than just dancing and singing.