Rikimaru Chikada
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| Born | November 2, 1993 Hyogo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Education | Kyoto University of Foreign Studies - Department of Brazilian and Portuguese Studies |
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Rikimaru Chikada was born on 02 November, 1993 (Scorpio) in Hyōgo, Japan. As a Japanese Dance|dancer, choreographer and artist, he is known by the name Rikimaru.
In 2019, he debuted as the leader of WARPs UP, a Japan-China boy group signed to [AVEX Trax.[1].
In 2021, Rikimaru debuted as a member of INTO1, an international boy group under WAJJIWA Entertainment, after having finished in third place in the talent show Chuang 2021[2].
Early life & Family
Rikimaru was born on November 2, 1993 in Hyōgo, Japan. His mother is a jazz dancer and runs a dance studio. His father is a professional baseball player and coach. His younger sister, Chikada Yumeri, is also a dancer and choreographer. Rikimaru and his sister worked together at a studio called @theosystemjp.
He attended high school at Itami Kita High School and graduated from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, majoring in Portuguese (Department of Brazilian and Portuguese Studies).
Rikimaru started dancing at the age of 4, started teaching dance at the age of 13, and became a choreographer at the age of 19. Rikimaru's commercial choreography debut is BoA's LookBook (Dance Break) (2015)[3]
Career
1997 - 2011 (4-18 years old): Development in Japan
Rikimaru started learning dance at age 4. 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[4].
From 2007 to 2008, Respect participated in many dance competitions in Japan and won awards such as 4th Dance Olympics Champion, MOVE MIX BEST G Class Champion, 9th COMBOX Champion, National Super Kids Dance Contest Kyushu Tournament Champion, 2nd K-palette cup Runner-up, Dance Attack Tokyo Tournament Runner-up, Shikoku Tournament Special prize, Kobe Rokko Island 1st Dance Championship Special prize, etc.[4]. In 2011, Respect was the Champion of Dance Attack High School Student Division and 24 hour TV: Dance Koshien[4]. 24 hour TV: Dance Koshien is a nationwide high school dance competition in Japan, organized by Nippon Television, with 346 participants.
In addition, Rikimaru also won some individual awards including KIDS MIX 2007 Best Dancer Award and ALL KANKUU Dance Contest Excellent Performance Award 2007.[4]
2012 - 2020 (19-27 years old): International exchanges and WARPs UP
From 2012 to 2015, Rikimaru went to Los Angeles (USA) to learn choreography, choreographing skills and interact with many dancers. During his time in LA, he joined ImmaBEAST, an America's champion teen dance group, one of the top hip-hop dance groups in the USA[5].
In 2015, Rikimaru had his first commercial choreography - LookBook (Dance Break) by BoA [3].
Rikimaru participates in choreographing, teaching dance and collaborating with many studios around the world, including 3 major Dance Studios in Japan, Korea, USA:
- From 2015 to 2020, Rikimaru was a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher at Japan's leading studio - EN Dance Studio[6].
- From 2016 to 2018, Rikimaru was a dance choreographer and special guest coach at dance studio “1M Studio Dance”, Korea[7].
- From 2015 to 2018, Rikimaru exchanged and developed his experience at the Millennium Dance Complex Los Angeles studio, USA[8].
In 2016, Rikimaru was invited to be a judge of the Dance Vision contest in China [9].
In 2018, Rikimaru and his sister Yumeri led the team and won Dance Vision Vol.6 [10]. In the same year, his choreography won the runner-up award of the World Of Dance Junior (Osaka Station) [11].
Rikimaru is a choreographer for many domestic and foreign artists, including many times collaborating with artists of SM Entertainment, Korea and some Japanese artists. He also choreographed the works of the groups that he joined - WARPs UP and INTO1.
In 2019, Rikimaru became a member of the boy group - WARPs UP under the management company - AVEX with the role of a leader, a vocalist, a choreographer and some other jobs.
As of 2020, Rikimaru has about 30 commercial choreographic works, among which he personally choreographed 16 works and collaborated on choreographing 14 works.[3]
2021 - now: Chuang 2021 and INTO1[2]
In 2021, Rikimaru, as an Avex Trax trainee, participated in Produce camp 2021 (Chuang season 4), a variety show of an international boy band formation produced by Tencent Video. He had managed to stay in Class A from the beginning to the end of the show. His rankings after each episode were 8 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 3 [2].
On 24 April, 2021, Rikimaru ranked third during the final episode with 16,591,943 votes, securing him a spot as an official member of the project boy group INTO1.[2]
Choreography
Personal Works
| No | MV/Stage | Artist | Note | References |
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| 1 | Famous | Taemin | MV, Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 | [3][12] |
| 2 | Eclipse | Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 | [12] | |
| 3 | Into the Rhythm | Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 | [12] | |
| 4 | One Shot Two Shot | BoA | MV | [13] |
| 5 | ABOAB | SHINee | Concert SHINee World 2017 | [14] |
| 6 | Tell me your name | |||
| 7 | JOJO | |||
| 8 | Nothing to lose | |||
| 9 | Kitchen Beat | NCT127 | NCT 127 Arena Tour NEO CITY: JAPAN | [3] |
| 10 | I wanna I wanna | Banana Lemon | 3 versions | [3] |
| 11 | Girls gone wild | [3] | ||
| 12 | SugarBaby | [3] | ||
| 13 | Ever After | Tokyo Girl's Style | [3] | |
| 14 | 2016 Crazy World | Show Lo | R&B part | [3] |
| 15 | Cloud9 | Warps Up | [15] | |
| 16 | Supernova | [16] |
Collaborative choreographies
| No | MV/Stage | Artist | Note | Team | Reference |
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| 1 | Lookbook | BoA | Dance Break | [3] | |
| 2 | Mars | [Taemin | Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 | [Rino Nakasone | [12] |
| 3 | Slave | Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 | Rino Nakasone team | [12] | |
| 4 | Tiger | Taemin Arena World Tour 2019 | Rino Nakasone team | [12] | |
| 5 | Kiminoseide | SHINee | Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan | Rino Nakasone | [14] |
| 6 | Evil | Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan | Rino Nakasone team | [14] | |
| 7 | Stranger | Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan | Rino Nakasone team | [14] | |
| 8 | Love like oxygen | Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan | Rino Nakasone team | [14] | |
| 9 | Your name/Replay | Musical version, 8 versions
Concert SHINee World The Best 2018, Japan |
Rino Nakasone team | [14] | |
| 10 | Every time | Rino Nakasone team | [14] | ||
| 11 | Work you out | Dancers performance | Rino Nakasone team | [14] | |
| 12 | GENTLEMEN | Rino Nakasone, Maika | [14] | ||
| 13 | Rookie | Red Velvet | Intro | [3] | |
| 14 | One Hundred Degrees | Warps Up | [16] |
Performances in Chuang 2021
| Release date | Information | Position |
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| 17/02/2021 | "A Caminhada"
"China"
"Love love love"
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| 03/03/2021 | "Lit"
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Center |
| 10/03/2021 | "我们一起闯" (Chinese version)
"Chuang To-Gather Go!" (English version)
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4th |
| 28/03/2021 | "Joker"
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Center |
| 10/04/2021 | "Jade"
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Center |
| 24/04/2021 | "We are the youth, we are the future"
"Joga O Bum Bum Tam Tam"
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Other Projects
MV with his appearance
| Year | Choreography | Artist | Role | Reference |
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| 2016 | LookBook | BoA | Dancer | [17] |
| 2015 | Make That Sh*t Work | Willdabeast, T-Pain ft. Juicy J | Dancer | [14] |
| 2015 | You Will (Dance Video) | [Kento Hori | Dancer | [18] |
TV Show
| Year | Program | Reference |
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| 2011-2012 | Sekai 1 no SHOW taimu 〜 gyara wo kime runoha anata 〜 | [14] |
| Sutadorafuto kaigi | ||
| PON! | ||
| 24 jikan terebidansu koushien | ||
| Toku dane | ||
| Hirunandesu |
TV Commercial
| Year | Choreography | Artist | Role | Reference |
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| 2018 | ClearLatte CM | Naomi Watanabe | Dancer | [14] |
Personal Endorsements
| Date | Brand | Title | Reference |
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| 06/06/2021 | Sitrana | Sitrana Asia-Pacific Cream Brand Ambassador | [19] |
| 10/07/2021 | ELIXIR | ELIXIR Brand Essence Ambassador | [20] |
| 12/08/2021 | Celvoke | Celvoke Lip Makeup Spokesperson For Asia-Pacific | [21] |
References
- ↑ "RIKIMARU - PROFILE | WARPs UP".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 "CHUANG 2021".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 "Rikimaru Choreography 2015 - 17 (BOA, SHINee, Red Velvet and Banana Lemon)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "兄・力丸と、妹・夢里の兄妹ダンスユニット". 19 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rikimaru&Yumer1(Respect / Immabeast)_MBS DANCE GRANDE_2017.10.15".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rikimaru WORKSHOP - EN Dance Studio". 26 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rikimaru Chikada - 1Million Dance Studio".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rikimaru - Millennium Dance Complex Los Angeles".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Dance Vision vol.4 街舞大赛 Popping & 齐舞 全部信息公布".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Respect Crew - Dance Vision vol.6 齐舞大赛冠军".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "【力丸编舞】Aeipathy 2nd Place Junior Division World of Dance Osaka 2018".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Taemin: X™️ Concert & "Famous" 3rd JP Mini Album 8/28 Release!". 10 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "BoA -ONE SHOT TWO SHOT / Choreography(dance) by Rikimaru".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 "Rikimaru Chikada WORK SHOP".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "WARPs UP / Cloud 9（MUSIC VIDEO)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 "WARPs UP / One Hundred degrees（MUSIC VIDEO）".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "LookBook - Official MV - BoA".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Kento Mori - You Will (Dance Video)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Sina Visitor System".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rikimaru and Elixir".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Official announcement Rikimaru as Celvoke Lips Makeup Spokesperson for Asia-Pacific".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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