{"id":26995,"date":"2015-05-29T20:43:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/?page_id=26995"},"modified":"2016-04-06T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T18:23:06","slug":"hiigari-rio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/hiigari-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiigari Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HiiragiHiiragi Rio<\/strong> (\u67ca\u6728\u308a\u304a) is a Japanese idol and J-Pop singer.<\/p>\n

Her nickname is Riorio (\u308a\u304a\u308a\u304a)<\/p>\n

Her catchphrase is “Takama RioRio” (\u9ad8\u307e\u308a\u304a\u308a\u304a).<\/p>\n

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Biography \/ History<\/h2>\n

Hiiragi Rio was born on December 20, 1994 in Chiba, Japan.<\/p>\n

\"HiiragiShe debuted her solo career in August 2011.<\/p>\n

In January 2012, she was a finalist of the 2nd Moe Queen Contest (\u840c\u3048\u30af\u30a4\u30fc\u30f3\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30b9\u30c8)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

She is a former member of the Heart&Cupid.<\/p>\n

The idol group released its 1st single Diamond Rough<\/span> in February 2012.<\/p>\n

Riorio’s 1st live was held in December 2012. This event celebrated her 18th birthday.<\/p>\n

\"HiiragiIn January 2013, she received the Special Judges Award at the 3rd Moe Queen Contest<\/span> for being finalist 2 consecutive years.<\/p>\n

Hiiragi Rio’s 1st solo single Kimagure I Love You (\u30ad\u30de\u30b0\u30ecI love you)<\/span> was released in January 2013.<\/p>\n

She became the 12th generation Pistacchio Queen (\u52dd\u3061\u629c\u3051\u30d4\u30b9\u30bf\u30c1\u30fc\u30aa)<\/span> in April 2013.<\/p>\n

Riorio won the Karaoke Competition of Anime Songs<\/span> held by Luck-you in April 2013.<\/p>\n

The 1000 copies of her 2nd single Aoiro Flavor (\u9752\u8272Flavor)<\/span> were sold out in 29 days in July 2013.<\/p>\n

\"HiiragiThe song Drawing<\/span>, from this CD, was the theme song for the web drama Akiba Tekini (\u30a2\u30ad\u30d0\u7684\u306b)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Hiiragi Rio participated in the Allover<\/a> project along with members of various idol groups in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n

Riorio appeared as a guest at Crazy Kawaii Paris<\/span> in France in September 2013.<\/p>\n

She performed in Taiwan in October 2013.<\/p>\n

Hiiragi Rio was appointed Tokyo representative at the U.M.U Award 2013<\/span> in December 2013.<\/p>\n

\"HiiragiShe reached the 4th rank at the Solo Queen Contest<\/span> in March 2014.<\/p>\n

Hiiragi Rio participated in Japan Expo 2014<\/span> in Paris Nord Villepinte, France, in July 2014.<\/p>\n

Riorio made her major debut with the single Kimagure I Love You ~Watashi wo Mitsukete~ (\u30ad\u30de\u30b0\u30ec I love you \uff5e\u30ef\u30bf\u30b7\u3092\u898b\u3064\u3051\u3066\uff5e)<\/span> in April 2015.<\/p>\n

Hiiragi Rio performed again at Japan Expo 2015<\/span> in France, and then at Hyper Japan<\/span> festival in London, United Kingdom, in July 2015. Check out our photos and videos<\/a> of the event.<\/p>\n

She also participated in a festival in Macau, China, in July 2015.<\/p>\n

The single Banzai! Banzai!<\/a><\/span>, on sale in April 2016, was produced by Maeyamada Kenichi, aka Hyadain.<\/p>\n

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