Rikimaru Profile & Facts
Rikimaru (近田力丸) is a Japanese singer, dancer, and choreographer currently based in China. He gained prominence as a member of the international boy group INTO1 after securing third place in the Chinese survival competition show “Produce Camp 2021″. Rikimaru also serves as the leader of the Japanese-Chinese boy group WARPs UP. He made his solo debut on February 17, 2023 with the digital single “Up and Down“.
Rikimaru Official Fandom Name: RIKIANS
Stage Name: Rikimaru (リキマル)
Birth Name: Chikada Rikimaru (近田力丸)
Birthday: November 02, 1993
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Blood Type: O
Height: 171 cm (5’7″)
Nationality: Japanese
Instagram: itsmerikimaru
Twitter: itsrikimaru
TikTok: itsmerikimaru_
Spotify: RIKIMARU
Weibo: 力丸RKMR
YouTube: RIKI MARU
Rikimaru Facts:
– He is from Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
– He is a professional choreographer.
– He has a sister named Yumeri who is also a dancer. They work together in a studio @therespectjp.
– At age 9, he and his mother appeared and danced in the Japanese variety show named “Gakkō e Ikō“.
– In 2007, Rikimaru and his sister Yumeri formed the dance group named Respect.
– He is a former instructor of 1MILLION Dance Studio.
– He speaks Japanese, English, and Portuguese.
– He watches anime and enjoys going to escape rooms.
– Michael Jackson is his favorite artist.
– From 2012 to 2015, he went to Los Angeles (USA) to learn choreography, choreographing skills and interact with many dancers.
– During his time in LA, he joined ImmaBEAST, an American champion teen dance group, one of the top hip-hop dance groups in the USA.
– He created dance choreographies for Red Velvet‘s “Rookie”, Taemin‘s “Famous”, BoA‘s “Lookbook” and “One Shot, Two Shot”.
– For a year, he worked with SHINee.
– Since April 2020, he has a Maltipoo dog named Pochimaru that also has an Instagram account (@impochimaru).
– He came up with his fandom name RIKIANS on Instagram.
– He started dancing when he was 4 years old.
– His favorite colors are blue and black.
– His favorite food is sushi, spicy and vegan food but he isn’t vegan.
– On December 17, 2019 he debuted as a member of boy group WARPs Up.
– He became a member of the project boy group INTO1 formed from Tencent’s survival show on April 24, 2021.
– Liu Yi wass his Chinese teacher among the INTO1 members. He always taught him pronunciation.
– With Santa he worked on choreographies for INTO1.
– He prefers being alone so at first, he wasn’t used to living together with INTO1.
– After INTO1‘s debut, it was noticed that he is quiet and rarely voices his opinions. According to Bo Yuan, he’s the most talkative when he checks the members’ dance playback.
– When recording INTO1‘s “INTO THE FIRE” producers praised that Riki has a wide vocal range.
– Riki doesn’t care about anything outside of his professional field like food and clothing.
– He wants to film shows like “Great Escape” (密室大逃脱).
– He is a former SM Entertainment Choroegrapher.
– He was also the dance mentor for Enhypen‘s Ni-ki.
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