Watanabe Rika was a member of Sakurazaka46's 1st Generation.
History
- 2015.08.21 - Joined Keyakizaka46 as a Kanji Keyakizaka46 1st Generation member
- 2019.02.11 - Transferred to Keyakizaka46 1st Generation
- 2020.10.14 - Transferred to Sakurazaka46 1st Generation
- 2021.12.19 - Graduated from Sakurazaka46 (Announcement: October 22, 2021 | Final Activity: December 19, 2021)
Singles Participation
Sakurazaka46 A-Sides
- BAN
- Nagaredama (Sakura Eight)
Sakurazaka46 B-Sides
- Naze Koi wo Shite Konakattan darou? (Nobody's fault)
- Plastic regret (Nobody's fault)
- Kimi to Boku to Sentakumono (BAN)
- Sakurazaka no Uta (BAN)
- Dead end (Nagaredama)
- Mugon no Uchuu (Nagaredama)
- Utsukushiki Nervous (Nagaredama)
Keyakizaka46 A-Sides
- Silent Majority
- Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai
- Futari Saison
- Fukyouwaon
- Kaze ni Fukarete mo
- Glass wo Ware!
- Ambivalent
- Kuroi Hitsuji
Keyakizaka46 B-Sides
- Te wo Tsunaide Kaerouka (Silent Majority)
- Noriokureta Bus (Silent Majority)
- Kimi ga Inai (Silent Majority)
- Kataru Nara Mirai wo... (Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai)
- Aozora ga Chigau (Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai)
- Otona wa Shinjitekurenai (Futari Saison)
- Seifuku to Taiyou (Futari Saison)
- Bokutachi no Sensou (Futari Saison) (WCenter with Watanabe Risa)
- W-KEYAKIZAKA no Uta (Fukyouwaon)
- Wareta Smartphone (Fukyouwaon)
- Eccentric (Fukyouwaon)
- Hiraishin (Kaze ni Fukarete mo)
- Namiuchigiwa wo Hashiranai ka? (Kaze ni Fukarete mo)
- Mou Mori e Kaerou ka? (Glass wo Ware!)
- Student Dance (Ambivalent)
- I'm out (Ambivalent)
- Nobody (Kuroi Hitsuji)
- Gomen ne Christmas (Kuroi Hitsuji)
AKB48 B-Sides
Other Singles
Albums Participation
Keyakizaka46 Albums
- Getsuyoubi no Asa, Skirt wo Kirareta (Masshirona Mono wa Yogoshitaku Naru)
- Kimi wo Mou Sagasanai (Masshirona Mono wa Yogoshitaku Naru)
- Tokyo Tower wa Doko Kara Mieru? (Masshirona Mono wa Yogoshitaku Naru)
- Koko ni Nai Ashiato (Masshirona Mono wa Yogoshitaku Naru)
- Taiyou wa Miageru Hito wo Erabanai (Masshirona Mono wa Yogoshitaku Naru)
- Abunakkashii Keikaku (Masshirona Mono wa Yogoshitaku Naru)
- 10gatsu no Pool ni Tobikonda (Eien Yori Nagai Isshun 〜Ano Koro, Tashika ni Sonzaishita Watashitachi〜)
- Sajin (Eien Yori Nagai Isshun 〜Ano Koro, Tashika ni Sonzaishita Watashitachi〜)
Units
Aozora to MARRY
Photobooks
- [2017.12.05] Jouzetsuna Manazashi
Media Appearances
Stage Plays
- Zambi - Theater's End (ザンビ Theater's End) (2019)
Variety Shows
- Keyaki tte, Kakenai?
- KEYABINGO!
- Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?
Dramas
- Tokuyama Daigoro wo Dare ga Koroshita ka?
- Zankoku na Kankyakutachi
- Designer Shibui Naoto no Kyujitsu (デザイナー 渋井直人の休日) (2019) - Episode 11
Net Serialization
- Pechan Wonderland♡ (ぺーちゃんWonderland♡) (2019-)
Trivia
- Lightstick colors: Pastel Blue, Pastel Blue
- Audition song: Ito (Nakajima Miyuki)
- Favorite Nogizaka46 member: Shiraishi Mai
- She shares many traits with the other Watanabe from Ibaraki in Sakurazaka46, Watanabe Risa
- Something they hate about themselves: Indecisiveness
- Favorite food: Yakiniku
- Least favorite animal: Insects
- What they feel they were in a previous life: Sloths
- Favorite four-character idiom: Ishin Denshin 以心伝心 ("telepathy" or "communicating from mind-to-mind")
- She is shy and clumsy. On the day of the group's orientation event, she realised after arriving she left her carry bag at the train station
- Despite her reserved nature on variety shows, she is known to be upbeat and high tension at handshake events. Before joining Keyakizaka46, member Seki Yumiko described her as being bubbly and jumping up and down during handshakes.
- Sakurazaka46's oldest member.
- She wanted to become an older sister to the other girls in the group, but she says they think of her as a younger sister
- She can play the piano
- Her treasured item is a stuffed toy whale shark named Aoko that she bought during a high school trip to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. However, she often forgets it.
- She is close to former Keyakizaka46 member Nagasawa Nanako
- Has regularly appeared at GirlsAward and Tokyo Girls Collection runway shows.
Gallery
- After Graduation
COLAROCK - 2024
- Sakurazaka46
- Keyakizaka46
2020
Kuroi Hitsuji - 2019
Ambivalent - 2018
Glass wo Ware! - 2018
Kaze ni Fukarete - 2017
Fukyouwaon - 2017
Futari Saison -2016
Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai -2016
Silent Majority - 2016
2016
2015
Debut 2015
BACKS LIVE!! - 2021
NEW YEAR'S CARD - 2020