Risa Watanabe

Risa Watanabe (渡邉 理佐, Watanabe Risa, born 27 July 1998[2]) is a Japanese fashion model and former idol. She is an exclusive model for the women's magazine non-no[2] and a former member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46.

Not to be confused with Rika Watanabe, a former member of the same idol group.
Risa Watanabe
渡邉 理佐
Risa Watanabe in Tokyo Girls Collection 2018 Spring/Summer
Born (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Other namesBerisa, Ricchan, Risa
OccupationFashion model
Years active2015–present
Modeling information
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Hair colorbrown
Eye colorblack
AgencySony Music Labels
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
Years active2015–2022
Formerly ofSakurazaka46
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Biography

On August 21, 2015, Watanabe passed the audition for Keyakizaka46 (now Sakurazaka46) and entered the entertainment industry.[3] She was part of the subgroup Aozora to Marry (青空とMARRY) along with Rika Watanabe, Akane Moriya, Yūka Sugai and Manaka Shida. As part of the subunit, Watanabe made appearances in three songs: "Aozora Chigau" from Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai, "Wareta Sumaho" from Fukyōwaon, and "Namiuchigiwa o Hashiranai ka?" from Kaze ni Fukarete mo.[4][5][6]

On October 8, 2016, she made her runway debut at the fashion and music event Girls Award 2016 Autumn/Winter, held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.[7]

On March 21, 2017, Watanabe attended the founding 45th anniversary event of the female fashion magazine Non-no, it was announced that she will be the magazine's exclusive model along with Nanaka Matsukawa and Aina Yamada.[2] Watanabe became the first to serve as a magazine exclusive model from Keyakizaka46.[8]

On January 24, 2022, she announced that she will graduate from Sakurazaka46 following the end of promotional activities for the group's 4th single.[9]

Personal life

She is nicknamed Berisa (ベリサ), Risa (りさ),[10] Ricchan (りっちゃん), and Risa-sama (理佐様).[11]

Risa revealed that one of her friends told her about Toriizaka46 audition so she went with the flow simply because she could and did it with half-hearted feelings at first, not really expecting to pass the first phase of the audition. She had long hair upon joining Keyakizaka46, but before making her debut, her hair was cut by 10 cm or more to make it shorter.[12]

As a child, she has a boyish haircut and she also claimed to only imitate what her older brother does.

She also revealed that she was able to obediently attend her Shichi-Go-San when she was 3 years old however, she refused to go due to her dislike of wearing kimono and being photographed when she was 7 years old. During her junior high school years she joined the volleyball club.[13] Once in high school, she had said to have started dieting by eating bean sprouts she brings to school as substitute for school lunch.

Risa is close with the Japanese actress-model, Yuko Araki.[14]

Among the members, she is close with the Rika Watanabe who comes from the same prefecture and is called W-Watanabe[15] or BeriBeri (べりべり) [16] by their fans. It is also notable that she is the closest with the now former member, Manaka Shida, as all other members including Keyakitte, Kakenai? MC, Teruyuki Tsuchida, have mentioned that the two are always together. They were known as one of the famous pairs in the group, dubbed as Za Kuuru or The COOL (ザ・クール), ShidaRisa (志田理佐), and MonaRisa (モナリサ).

Hobbies

Watanabe's hobby is shopping.[17] She mentioned her love for looking at transit maps of Japan.

Skills

Her special skills are playing rock–paper–scissors using both hands with the right hand always beating the left hand,[18] riding the unicycle, and using a hula hoop.[17]

It is notable that Risa's athletic skills are among the top of their group. Her 115 cm high jump was recorded as the best during the athletic ability test, her 26m softball putting was just second to Shida Manaka who had 30.5m record, and her 50-meter running record being 7.91 seconds during Kanji's sports battle against Hiragana.

Watanabe is also confident of her culinary skills. She likes cooking omurice and knows how to make sweets.

Discography

Singles
Keyakizaka46
Year Title EAN
2016Silent MajorityEAN 4988009125930
Te o Tsunaide Kaerou kaEAN 4988009125930
KimigainaiEAN 4988009125954
2016Sekai ni wa Ai Shika NaiEAN 4988009130804
Katarunara Mirai o...EAN 4988009130804
Aozora ga ChigauEAN 4988009130835
2016Futari SaisonEAN 4547366279399
Otona wa Shinjite KurenaiEAN 4547366279399
Seifuku to TaiyouEAN 4547366279375
Bokutachi no SensouEAN 4547366279399
2017FukyōwaonEAN 4547366301274
W-Keyakizaka no UtaEAN 4547366301274
Wareta SmartphoneEAN 4547366301274
EccentricEAN 4547366301298
2017Kaze ni Fukarete mo
Hiraishin
Namiuchigiwa o Hashiranai ka
2018Garasu wo Ware
Mou Mori e Kaerou ka
2018Ambivalent
Student Dance
I'm Out
2019Kuroi Hitsuji
Nobody
2020 Dare ga Sono Kane o Narasu no ka?

Sakurazaka46
Year Title EAN
2020Nobody's Fault
Naze Koi o Shite Konakattan darō?
Hanshinhangi
Plastic Regret
Buddies
Blue Moon Kiss
2021 Ban
Guuzen no Kotae
Sore ga Ai Nano ne
Kimi to Boku to Sentakumono
Microscope
Omotta Yori Mo Sabishikunai
Sakurazaka no Uta
Nagaredama
Dead End
Mugon no Uchū
Utsukushiki Nervous
Sakamichi AKB
Year Title EAN Ref.
2017Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru?EAN 4988003500702
2018 Kokkyo no Nai Jidai [19]

Videos
Year Title EAN
2016Risa WatanabeEAN 4988009125930
Risa WatanabeEAN 4988009130804
Risa WatanabeEAN 4547366279399
2017KeyaBingo!EAN 4988021715010
Tokuyama Daigorō o Dare ga Koroshita ka?EAN 4517331036388
Risa WatanabeEAN 4547366301274

Filmography
See also: Keyakizaka46 § Filmography

Events
Year Title Ref.
2016Girls Award 2016 Autumn/Winter[7]
2017Tokyo Girls Collection 2017 Spring/Summer[20]
2017 Girls Award 2017 Autumn/Winter [21]
2017 Tokyo Girls Collection 2017 Autumn/Winter [22]
2017 Tokyo Girls Collection Hiroshima 2017 [23]
2018 Tokyo Girls Collection 2018 Spring/Summer [24]
2018 Girls Award 2018 Spring/Summer [25]
2018 Girls Award 2018 Autumn/Winter [26]
2019 Tokyo Girls Collection Shizuoka 2019 [27]
2019 Tokyo Girls Collection 2019 Spring/Summer [28]
2019 Tokyo Girls Collection Kumamoto 2019 [29]

Bibliography

Magazine Serializations
Title Ref.
non-no[30][2]

Photobook Release

On February 4, 2019, it was announced that Risa Watanabe will release her first photo collection.[31] She became the sixth member in Keyakizaka46 to have a photobook, behind Rika Watanabe, Neru Nagahama, Yūka Sugai, Yui Imaizumi, and Yui Kobayashi.

Title First Week Sales Reference
無口 (Taciturn) [32] 73,388

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