Ryoha Kitagawa

Japanese idol (born 1998)
  • Idol
  • singer
  • model
  • music producer
Years active2013 (2013) – presentLabelsAKS
Musical artist

Ryoha Kitagawa (北川 綾巴, Kitagawa Ryōha, born 9 October 1998, in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and model. She is a former member of the idol groups SKE48 and AKB48, where she was a member of Team S and Team 4, respectively. She is the producer of the Nagoya-based idol group Onegai! Full House, which debuted in September 2021.

Career

Kitagawa passed SKE48's 6th generation auditions on January 1, 2013. Her debut was on February 28, 2013. Her debut stage performance was on April 20, 2013, at SKE48's Kenkyuusei Stage. In July 2013, together with Mako Kojima, Nana Okada, Miki Nishino, Nagisa Shibuya, Meru Tashima and Mio Tomonaga, they formed the sub-unit Tentoumu Chu!. Kitagawa's first SKE48 Senbatsu was for the single Sansei Kawaii!.

In February 2014, during the AKB48 Group Shuffle, it was announced that Kitagawa would be promoted to SKE48's Team S. On November 2, 2014, during SKE48's Request Hour Setlist Best 242 2014, SKE48's 16th single 12 Gatsu no Kangaroo was performed and Kitagawa and Ami Miyamae were the centers. This is the first time Jurina Matsui is not the center.[1]

Kitagawa held a concurrent position in AKB48's Team 4 from March 26, 2015. On May 18, 2018, it was terminated.

Kitagawa's lightstick colours are pink, purple and pink.[2]

Post-SKE48

On November 2, 2021, Kitagawa released her first photobook, titled Kimi no Taiyou (君の太陽, lit. 'Your Sun') and photographed in Shinojima, Aichi Prefecture.[3]

Discography

SKE48 singles

Year No. Title Role Notes
2013 12 "Utsukushii Inazuma" B-side Sang on "Yuudachi no Mae"
13 "Sansei Kawaii!" A-side Also sang on "Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka" as Aichi Toyota Senbatsu
2014 14 "Mirai to wa?" A-side Also sang on "GALAXY of DREAMS" as the same-name-subgroup
15 "Bukiyō Taiyō" A-side Also sang on "Tomodachi no Mama de" and "Houkago Race"
16 "12 Gatsu no Kangaroo" A-side Also sang on "I love AICHI" as Aichi Toyota Senbatsu; "Kesenai Honō" as Team S.
2015 17 "Coquettish Jūtai Chū" A-side Also sang on "DIRTY" as Team S and "Boku wa Shitteiru"
18 "Maenomeri" A-side Also sang on "Sutekina Zaiakukan" as Team S.
2016 19 "Chicken LINE" A-side Also sang on "Kanojo ga Iru" and "Tabi no Tochuu"
20 "Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai" A-side Also sang on "Happy Ranking"

AKB48 singles

Year No. Title Role Notes
2013 32 "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" B-side Sang "Aozora Cafe"
33 "Heart Electric" B-side Sang "Kimi Dake ni Chu! Chu! Chu!" as Tentoumu Chu!
34 "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de "Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru" to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nan-nichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono" B-side Sang on "Erande Rainbow" and "Escape"
2014 35 "Mae Shika Mukanee" B-side Sang on "Kinou Yori Motto Suki"
36 "Labrador Retriever" A-side First AKB48 A-side.
38 "Kibouteki Refrain" B-side Sang on "Ima, Happy"
2015 39 "Green Flash" B-side Sang on "Sekai ga Naiteru Nara" and "Hatsukoi no Oshibe"
2016 43 "Kimi wa Melody" B-side Sang on "Gonna Jump"

Appearances

Stage units

SKE48 Kenkyuusei Stage "Aitakatta" (会いたかった)
  1. ""Nageki no Figure" (嘆きのフィギュア)"
  2. ""Koi no PLAN" (恋のPLAN)"
  3. ""Senaka Kara Dakishimete" (背中から抱きしめて)"
  4. ""Rio no Kakumei" (リオの革命)"
SKE48 Kenkyuusei Stage "Seifuku no Me" ((制服の芽)
  1. "Ookami to Pride" (狼とプライド)
SKE48 Team S 3rd Stage "Seifuku no Me" ((制服の芽) (Revival)
  1. "Omoide Ijou" (思い出以上)

TV variety

  • AKBingo!
  • Tentoumu Chu! no Sekai o Muchuu ni Sasemasu Sengen (てんとうむChu!の世界をムチューにさせます宣言!) (2014)

TV dramas

  • Joshikou Keisatsu (女子高警察) (2014)

External links

  • SKE48 Official Profile
  • Official Blog
  • Ryoha Kitagawa on Google+

References

  1. ^ "ＳＫＥの歴史変革！Ｗ松井センター外れる". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ "R y o h a す と -り -+゜3。*". SKE48 Kenkyuusei Blog. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ SPA！広報マン (2021-10-08). "北川綾巴自ら名付け親に！ 1st写真集タイトル『君の太陽』に決定 ＆ 3種類の表紙カバーも完成!!". 日刊SPA! (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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  • Hinano Aoumi
  • Kimie Akahori
  • Himeka Arano
  • Yuzuki Ishiguro
  • Mizuki Ishizuka
  • Ruka Inoue
  • Ayuka Kamimura (vice leader)
  • Yoshino Kitagawa
  • Mikuru Kito
  • Marin Sakamoto
  • Anan Sugiyama
  • Nanami Takeuchi
  • Rika Tsuzuki
  • Miyu Nakasaka
  • Izumi Nakamura
  • Miyo Nomura
  • Chikako Matsumoto (leader)
Team KII
  • Shiori Aoki (vice leader)
  • Rika Aoki
  • Yuki Arai
  • Miki Ito
  • Sayaka Iriuchijima
  • Ayaka Ōta (leader)
  • Ayaka Okamoto
  • Ruka Kitano
  • Ena Suzuki
  • Airi Nakano
  • Mio Nishii
  • Fuyuka Fujimoto
  • Airi Mizuno
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  • Honoka Aikawa
  • Yūka Asai
  • Kaede Ikeda
  • Reona Ida
  • Natsuki Kamata
  • Haruka Kumazaki
  • Ami Kurashima
  • Makiko Saitō (general captain)
  • Kaho Satō
  • Kanon Sawada
  • Ōka Suenaga
  • Maya Sugawara
  • Yūki Takahata
  • Mizuki Tanabe
  • Marika Tani
  • Mirei Hayashi
  • Nao Fukushi (vice leader)
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  • Kyoka Shinohara
  • Riina Sugimoto
  • Yune Hara
  • Kurumi Morimoto
  • Sakura Yamamura
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