{{Short description|Japanese singer and model}} {{Distinguish|text=Risa Watanabe, a former member of the same idol group}} {{External links|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox model | honorific_prefix = | name = Rika Watanabe | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = 渡辺 梨加 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|5|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = Berika, Pe-chan | citizenship = | alma_mater = | occupation = Idol, Model | years_active = 2015&ndash; | known_for = | spouse = <!-- {{marriage|name|start|end}} --> | partner = <!-- unmarried life partner; use ''Name (1950–present)'' --> | children = | parents = | relatives = | height = 166 cm<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/artist/20?ima=0000 |title=渡辺梨加 |work=欅坂46公式サイト |language=ja |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401011341/http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/artist/20?ima=0000 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | hair_color = black | eye_color = black | agency = Sony Music Labels | module ={{infobox musical artist |embed = yes |past_member_of = Sakurazaka46 |years_active = 2015–2022 }} | website = [http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/artist/20?ima=0000 website] | signature = }} {{nihongo|'''Rika Watanabe'''|渡辺 梨加|Watanabe Rika|born 16 May 1995}} is a former member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. She also serves as a regular model for the female fashion magazine ''LARME''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larme-magazine.jp/|title=LARME MAGAZINE|website=LARME MAGAZINE|language=ja|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> since July 2017<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/larmemagazine/status/884261361303175168|title=【NEWS】 ぺーちゃんLARMEモデルになります なんと！次号から欅坂46渡辺梨加ちゃんがLARMEのレギュラーモデルになることになりました|last=LARME|date=2017-07-10|website=@larmemagazine|language=ja|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larme-magazine.jp/archives/tag/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E6%A2%A8%E5%8A%A0|title=渡辺梨加 {{!}} LARME MAGAZINE|website=www.larme-magazine.jp|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> and an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine ''{{ill|Ray (fashion magazine)|ja|Ray (雑誌)|lt=Ray}}'' since November 2017.<ref name="Ray">{{ cite web | url=https://ray-web.jp/46441 | title=期待の大型新人"べりか"こと渡辺梨加がRay専属モデルに仲間入り❤ | work=Ray 365日、もっと可愛いワタシになりたい女の子のためのWEBサイト | language=ja | date=November 16, 2017 | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> Like other members, Watanabe is represented by Sony Music Labels.

==Biography== Born on 16 May 1995 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Watanabe passed first generation member audition of Keyakizaka46 on August 21, 2015, and started her activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/157793|title=「鳥居坂46」改め「欅坂46」誕生、1期生22名が決定|work=Music Natalie|language=ja|publisher=Natasha|date=21 Aug 2015|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref>

On 6 May 2017, she made her runway debut at the fashion and music event ''GirlsAward 2017 SPRING ／ SUMMER'', held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1684248 | title=欅坂46渡辺梨加、緊張のランウェイデビュー ピンクコーデで可愛さ全開＜GirlsAward 2017 S／S＞ | work=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース | language=ja | date=May 3, 2017 | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> She is also part of the subgroup {{nihongo|Aozora to Marry|青空とMARRY}} along with Risa Watanabe, Akane Moriya, Yūka Sugai and Manaka Shida. As part of the subunit, Watanabe made appearances in three songs: "Aozora Chigau" in "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai", "Wareta Sumaho" in "Fukyōwaon, and "Namiuchigiwa o Hashiranai ka?" in "Kaze ni Fukarete mo".<ref name="2ndsingle">{{cite web |title=『世界には愛しかない』 |url=http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/page/2ndsingle_detail |website=欅坂46公式サイト |access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref><ref name="4th single">{{cite web|url=http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/page/4thsingle|title=『不協和音』|website=欅坂46公式サイト|access-date=June 6, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="5thsingle">{{cite web |title=『風に吹かれても』 |url=http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/page/5th_single |website=欅坂46公式サイト |access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref>

On 10 July 2017, ''LARME'' announced that she will be one of the magazine's regular model.<ref name=":0" />

On 16 November 2017, ''{{ill|Ray (fashion magazine)|ja|Ray (雑誌)|lt=Ray}}'' announced that she will be one of the magazine's exclusive model.<ref name="Ray" />

==Personal life== She is nicknamed {{nihongo|Berika|ベリカ}}, {{nihongo|Rika|りか}}, and Pe-chan (ペーちゃん).<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1698490 | title=欅坂46渡辺梨加「TGC」初出演決定で"べりか"旋風巻き起こる グループ2人目となる専属モデルへの期待も | work=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース | language=ja | date=July 15, 2017 | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref>

She is close with Risa Watanabe, who from also from Ibaraki and shares the same family name. Fans call them collectively as "W Watanabe"<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1711597 | title=欅坂46渡邉理佐＆渡辺梨加、"Wわたなべ"ランウェイ実現 お揃いコーデで手つなぎ2ショット＜TGC2017A／W＞ | work=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース | language=ja | date=September 2, 2017 | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> or "Beri Beri".<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1815602 | title=欅坂46渡辺梨加＆渡邉理佐、お揃いニットで"パンポーズ"＜TGC SHIZUOKA 2019＞ | work=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース | language=ja | date=January 12, 2019 | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> and is also close with Nagasawa Nanako and Neru Nagahama, and are well known among fans as '''''Hotoke-zu'''''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/diary/detail/11868?ima=0000&cd=member|title=りぼん11月号発売中! {{!}} 欅坂46 長沢 菜々香 公式ブログ|website=欅坂46公式サイト|language=ja|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-date=2020-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422070547/https://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/diary/detail/11868?ima=0000&cd=member|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She is shy and clumsy, and her treasure Whale Shark Plush "'''AOKO'''"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%B2%96%E7%B8%84%E7%BE%8E%E3%82%89%E6%B5%B7%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8-%E3%83%9A%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%99%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B6%E3%83%A1-M-%E3%81%AC%E3%81%84%E3%81%90%E3%82%8B%E3%81%BF-51579B/dp/B01CX1NQ6S|title=Amazon {{!}} 沖縄美ら海水族館 ペタンコジンベエザメ M ぬいぐるみ 51579B {{!}} ぬいぐるみ {{!}} おもちゃ|website=www.amazon.co.jp|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is popular among the fans.

===Skills=== Her special skills are playing the piano<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2065480/full/|title=欅坂46が特技で"おもてなし" 絵画・書道・演劇も|date=2016-01-18|newspaper=ORICON STYLE|access-date=June 19, 2019|publisher=oricon ME}}</ref> and Japanese calligraphy (shodō).<ref name="hpwr">{{Cite news|author=井上朝夫|title=欅坂46 駆け上るまで待てない! －番外編－ 渡辺梨加|newspaper=HUSTLE PRESS OFFICIAL WEB SITE|date=2016-05-07|url=https://hustlepress.co.jp/keyakizaka46_35/|access-date=2016-05-07|publisher=HUSTLE PRESS|archive-date=2022-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621045755/https://hustlepress.co.jp/keyakizaka46_35/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Preferences === Her favorite food are bread,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=欅坂一人ひとり|journal=Weekly Young Magazine|volume=October 5, 2017|asin=B075G1M894|via=Kodansha}}</ref> chocolate, meat,<ref>{{Cite web|title=【注目の人物】欅坂46の正統派美女・渡辺梨加が気になる！華やかなルックスで早くも話題 - モデルプレス|url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1576536|access-date=2021-03-27|website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース|date=18 April 2016 |language=ja}}</ref> and potato.<ref>{{Cite web|title=欅坂46・渡辺梨加、オトナの美しさを発揮 輝く美脚も露わに|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2098588/full/|access-date=2021-03-27|website=ORICON NEWS|date=14 February 2018 }}</ref> She does not like fish and tomato.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Hirata|first=Masato|date=December 24, 2015|title=『blt graph.』521|journal=Gemstone|volume=5|pages=71–73|isbn=978-4-86336-531-5|via=TOKYO NEWS MOOK}}</ref>

Her favorite movies are ''Tangled<ref name=":1" />'' and other Disney movies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=欅坂46渡辺梨加「可愛すぎた」初ランウェイ直後はどんな感じだったのか――"ぺーちゃんの5分間"を余すところなくお届け！ - モデルプレス|url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1685890|access-date=2021-03-27|website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース|date=9 May 2017 |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Hobbies === Her hobbies are visiting neko cafes,<ref>{{Cite web|title=乃木坂46に続く"坂道シリーズ"第2弾・欅坂46を直撃！「私のここを知ってほしい」 モデルプレスインタビュー - モデルプレス|url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1539406|access-date=2021-03-27|website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース|date=27 October 2015 |language=ja}}</ref> shopping, sleeping,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=「永久保存版特別付録 欅坂46&ひらがなけやき コンプリートガイド」2016年新春特大号|journal=FLASHスペシャル グラビアBEST|volume=February 1, 2016|asin=B0198OSLRW|via=Koubunsha}}</ref> and looking up a place with good food and eating there.<ref>{{Cite web|title=欅坂46 駆け上るまで待てない！－番外編－ 渡辺梨加 {{!}} HUSTLE PRESS OFFICIAL WEB SITE|url=https://hustlepress.co.jp/keyakizaka46_35/|access-date=2021-03-27|language=ja|archive-date=2022-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621045755/https://hustlepress.co.jp/keyakizaka46_35/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has decided to eat curry on Thursdays.<ref name=":1" />

She prefers dogs over cats.<ref name=":1" />

==Discography== ===Singles=== ; Keyakizaka46 {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! EAN |- | rowspan="3" | 2016 || Silent Majority || {{EAN|4988009125930}} |- |Te o Tsunaide Kaerou ka || {{EAN|4988009125930}} |- |Kimigainai || {{EAN|4988009125954}} |- | rowspan="3" | 2016 || Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai || {{EAN|4988009130804}} |- |Katarunara Mirai o... || {{EAN|4988009130804}} |- |Aozora ga Chigau || {{EAN|4988009130835}} |- | rowspan="4" | 2016 || Futari Saison || {{EAN|4547366279399}} |- |Otona wa Shinjite Kurenai || {{EAN|4547366279399}} |- |Seifuku to Taiyou || {{EAN|4547366279375}} |- |Bokutachi no Sensou || {{EAN|4547366279399}} |- | rowspan="4" | 2017 || Fukyōwaon || {{EAN|4547366301274}} |- |W-Keyakizaka no Uta || {{EAN|4547366301274}} |- |Wareta Smartphone || {{EAN|4547366301274}} |- |Eccentric || {{EAN|4547366301298}} |- | rowspan="3" | 2017 ||Kaze ni Fukarete mo |- |Hiraishin |- |Namiuchigiwa o Hashiranai ka |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 || Garasu wo Ware |- | Mou Mori e Kaerou ka |- | rowspan="3" | 2018 || Ambivalent |- | Student Dance |- | I'm Out |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 || Kuroi Hitsuji |- |Nobody |}

;Sakamichi AKB {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! EAN !Ref. |- | 2017 || Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru? || {{EAN|4988003500702}} | |- |}

===Videos=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! EAN |- |rowspan="3"| 2016 || Rika Watanabe || {{JAN|4988009125916|ean=1}} |- |''Rika Watanabe'' || {{JAN|4988009130835|ean=1}} |- |''Rika Watanabe'' || {{JAN|4547366279375|ean=1}} |- |rowspan="5"| 2017 || ''KeyaBingo!'' || {{EAN|4988021715010}} |- |''Tokuyama Daigorō o Dare ga Koroshita ka?'' || {{EAN|4517331036388}} |- | "Rika Watanabe" || {{JAN|4547366301267|ean=1}} |- |"グループ発展祈願の旅 〜栃木編〜{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-11|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=#Type-A|reason= }}" || {{JAN|4547366331639|ean=1}} |- |"残酷な観客達" || {{JAN|4988021715553|ean=1}} |- |rowspan="2"| 2018 || "Rika Watanabe" || {{JAN|4547366350272|ean=1}} |- |"Rika Watanabe×Mao Iguchi" || {{JAN|4547366371079|ean=1}} |}

==Filmography== {{See also|Keyakizaka46#Filmography}}

===Events=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Ref. |- | 2017 || GirlsAward 2017 Spring / Summer || <ref>{{ cite web | url=https://2017ss.girls-award.com/model.php | work=マイナビ GirlsAward 2017 SPRING / SUMMER｜ガールズアワード | title=MODEL | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2017 |Girls Award 2017 Autumn/Winter |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://2017aw.girls-award.com/model.php | work=Rakuten GirlsAward 2017 AUTUMN/WINTER｜ガールズアワード | title=MODEL | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2017 |Tokyo Girls Collection 2017 Autumn/Winter |<ref>{{cite web | url=https://girlswalker.com/tgc/17aw/model/ | title=MODEL | work=マイナビ presents 第25回 東京ガールズコレクション2017 AUTUMNn/Winter | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2017 |Tokyo Girls Collection Hiroshima 2017 |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://girlswalker.com/tgc/hiroshima/2017/model/|title=MODEL|work=Istyle presents TGC HIROSHIMA 2017 by TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> |- |2018 |Tokyo Girls Collection 2018 Spring/Summer |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://girlswalker.com/tgc/18ss/model/ | title=MODEL | work=マイナビ presents 第26回 東京ガールズコレクション 2018 SPRING/SUMMER | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2018 |Girls Award 2018 Spring/Summer |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://2018ss.girls-award.com/model.php | title=MODEL | work=Rakuten GirlsAward 2018 SPRING/SUMMER｜ガールズアワード | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2018 |Girls Award 2018 Autumn/Winter |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://2018aw.girls-award.com/model.php | title=MODEL | work=Rakuten GirlsAward 2018 AUTUMN/WINTER | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2019 |Tokyo Girls Collection Shizuoka 2019 |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://girlswalker.com/tgc/shizuoka/2019/model/ | title=MODEL | work=SDGs推進 TGC しずおか 2019 by TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2019 |Tokyo Girls Collection 2019 Spring/Summer |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://girlswalker.com/tgc/19ss/model/ | title=MODEL | work=マイナビ presents 第28回 東京ガールズコレクション 2019 SPRING/SUMMER | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |- |2019 |Tokyo Girls Collection Kumamoto 2019 |<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://girlswalker.com/tgc/kumamoto/2019/model/ | title=MODEL | work=TGC KUMAMOTO 2019 by TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION | language=ja | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> |}

==Bibliography== ===Magazine Serializations=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Title ! Ref. |- | ''{{ill|Ray (fashion magazine)|ja|Ray (雑誌)|lt=Ray}}'' ||<ref name="Ray" />

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=== Photobook Release === On October 11, 2017, it was announced that Rika Watanabe will release her first photo collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/news/detail/M00765?ima=0000 |title=12月5日(火)渡辺梨加、12月19日(火)長濱ねる 1stソロ写真集発売決定! |website=欅坂46公式サイト |language=ja | date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> She became the first member in Keyakizaka46 to have a photobook. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Title !First week sales !Reference |- |饒舌な眼差し ''(Talkative look)'' <ref>{{ cite web | url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1726204 | title=欅坂46渡辺梨加、1st写真集タイトル・表紙・帯コメント解禁＜初版10万部突破／初出しカットあり＞ | work=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース | language=ja | date=November 18, 2017 | access-date=May 16, 2019 }}</ref> | | |}

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== *{{official website|URL=https://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/artist/20|Rika Watanabe}} &ndash; Keyakizaka46 Official Site {{in lang|ja}} *{{official website|URL=https://www.keyakizaka46.com/s/k46o/diary/member/list?ct=20|Rika Watanabe Official Blog}} &ndash; Keyakizaka46 Official Site {{in lang|ja}} *{{instagram|watanabe.rika.official|Watanabe Rika Official Instagram}}

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