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Rika Nakai
Japanese television personality (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rika Nakai (中井 りか, Nakai Rika; born August 23, 1997) is a Japanese tarento.[1] She is a former member of AKB48's sister group NGT48. She is affiliated with Ohta Production.
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Early life and career
Growing up in Toyama, Nakai had aspirations to become famous since she was in elementary school.[2] With influences from AKB48 while she was young, she entered and passed the NGT48 audition for 1st generation members in 2015 during her 3rd year of high school.[2][3]
In 2016, she was placed in Team NIII with 15 other members and performed at the NGT48 Theater grand opening.[4] In 2017 she signed up to Ohta Production from her previous agency AKS,[5] and had been appearing on various television programs afterwards, even performing in a dedicated one-day solo concert in 2018.[6]
She graduated from NGT48 on August 31, 2023.[7]
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Personal life
On March 31, 2024, Nakainounced her marriage to a non-celebrity,[8] later revealed to be TV Tokyo director Yuuki Miyake.[9][10] On September 21, 2024, Nakai announced on the Fuji TV variety show All Night Fujiko, that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.[11] Nakai announced on social media that she had given birth to their first child on January 29, 2025.[12]
Media
Television
Variety shows
- Hakuchumu (白昼夢) (Fuji TV, October 2017–March 2019)[13]
- Smart Fondue (スマートフォンデュ) (TV Asahi, October 2017–December 2018) - Assistant MC[14]
- Seishun Koukou 3-nen C-gumi (青春高校3年C組) (TV Tokyo, April 2018–March 2020) - Assistant MC[15]
- Tadaya (無料屋) (TV Asahi, February 2019–September 2020) - MC[16]
- Kyou Kara Tomodachi ni Naremasuka? (今日から友達になれますか?) (Fuji TV, April 2019–March 2020) - MC alongside Kazutoyo Koyabu[17]
References
External links
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