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Rikimaru Profile & Facts

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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