Sasaki Rikako

Sasaki Rikako promoting BIG LOVE (2023)

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)
Birthdate: May 28, 2001 (2001-05-28) (age 21)
Birthplace: Miyagi, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 154cm
Hobbies: Collecting Kobito Dukan goods, sports
Specialties: Dancing, running, breaking eggs one-handed
Favorite Color: Pink, orange
Looks Up To: Kudo Haruka, Suzuki Airi, Tamura Meimi
Bands / Groups:
- SCK GIRLS (2011–2013)
- 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. On May 31, 2014 she became a model audition winner for the magazine "Pichi Lemon" and continued appearing regularly through October 2015.

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. The March 2016 issue of "Seventeen" magazine, released on February 1, introduced her one of the new regular ST models. Sasaki announced that she had graduated from her role as an ST model on March 1, 2020. The following year on June 11, 2021 she was revealed to be an exclusive model for "CanCam" fashion magazine.

Sasaki revealed through her blog on September 10, 2021 that she would be named a Minato Kesennuma Ambassador for her hometown, Kesennuma city. As an ambassador she would promote the region by spreading information on culture, history, food, nature, and various other attractions.

Discography

Video Releases

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

Publications

Photobooks

[2015.07.20] RIKAKO
[2020.05.28] Rikako -Shoujo, Dai Ni Shou- (莉佳子ー少女、第二章ー)

[2019.05.24] Angermook (アンジュルムック) (Wada Ayaka, Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Murota Mizuki, Sasaki Rikako, Kamikokuryo Moe, Kasahara Momona, Kawamura Ayano, Funaki Musubu, Oota Haruka, Ise Layla)

Works

Filmography

TV Programs

[2013–2014] ~Onedari Entame! ~Hapi☆Pure (~おねだりエンタメ! ~はぴ☆ぷれ)
[2015–2019] The Girls Live
[2021] ANGERME no Hello Pro! TOKYO Sanpo (アンジュルムのハロプロTOKYO散歩)

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)
[2019–] Hello Pro Dance Gakuen (ハロプロダンス学園)
[2019] Hello Pro Dance Gakuen Kagai Katsudou (ハロプロダンス学園課外活動)
[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 Kouhaku Taiko THE☆BATTLE 2020~Ano Atsuki Battle wo Futatabi SP~ (ハロプロ紅白対抗ザ☆バトル2020 ~あの熱きバトルを再びSP~)

Commercials

[2018] PIZZA-LA Summer Yokubari Quarter (よくばりクォーター)
[2018] PIZZA-LA Winter 2018 Yokubari Quarter "1980 Chaku Gurumi" (よくばりクォーター「１９８０着ぐるみ」)
[2019] PIZZA-LA Spring 2019 Yokubari Quarter (よくばりクォーター)

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－)
[2016] Mode (モード)
[2017] Yumemiru Television (夢見るテレビジョン)
[2018] Attack No.1 (アタックNo.1) (as Makimura Kyoko)

Trivia

Her official ANGERME image color is yellow.
She is half Filipino on her mother's side.
Her family experienced the 2011 Tohoku earthquake firsthand, and subsequently lost both their home and fishery 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.