'RiRia Niimura (新村理々愛, RiRia Niimura, born October 11, 1994 in Tokyo), better known by her stage name "RiRia", is an actor, model and flutist.^[1]^[2]

Personal life and career

RiRia
RiRia
新村理々愛
	RiRia headshot 2017
Born	RiRia Niimura; October 11, 1994 (age 29); Tokyo, Japan
Other names	RiRia
Occupation(s)	Actor, Flutist, Model, Graphic designer
Years active	2004–present
Agent(s)	Amuse, Inc., Daniel Hoff Agency, KAJIMOTO

RiRia attended The Music High School attached to The Faculty of Music,Tokyo University of the Arts and Colburn School.^[3] She is best known for her roles in the TV show Anime Crimes Division directed by Freddie Wong and The Gifted on FOX (channel). At the age of three, RiRia had started her career in music. She made her first debut performance as a solo flutist with an orchestra when she was ten, for number of years, she competed at both national and international competitions where she was awarded over 20 times, youngest in history. Her recording was used at 2010 Vancouver Olympics by its silver medal winning figure skater, Mao Asada during her short program performance.^[4] From the age of twelve, RiRia knew that she wanted to be an actor. She moved to Los Angeles on her own when she was seventeen to further pursue her career in entertainment.

Filmography

Film

2016 ‐Queen Annes Revenge ‐Queen Anne (Short film)
2017‐Dankalicious‐Dankalicious (Short film)
2017‐The Sun's Shadow‐The Moon (Short film)
2018‐Jezebel‐Bianca (Film)

TV

2017‐The Gifted (TV series)‐Student principal (1 episode: "eXtreme measures")

Web series

2017‐Escape the Night‐Haruko (YouTubeRED original)
2017‐Anime Crimes Division‐Kimiko (Web series)
2018‐Breakarate'‐Jessica (Verizon GO90 original)
2018‐World Wide Man Tour‐Ying (Web series)
2018‐Retrograde‐Ziggy (Web series)

Pilot

2018‐Festival Season‐Jordan Soto (Pilot)

Voice Over

2017 ‐Erased‐Satoru Fujinuma Voice over (Netflix original)

Awards and nominations

Music

2003‐12th Japan Classical Music Competition‐2nd place (The youngest in history)
2004‐13th Japan Classical Music Competition‐Grand prize (The youngest in history)
2005‐1st International Competition for Young Flutists in Zagreb‐1st place & The audience prize
2006‐BIWAKO International Flute Competition senior section‐The excellent prize (The Youngest in history)
2006‐BIWAKO International Flute Competition Junior section‐2nd place & The audience prize (The youngest in history
2006‐The KYOTO Arts and Music Festival‐The mayor's prize at Kyoto (The youngest in history)
2006‐Japan WIND and PERCUSSION Competition‐3rd Place (The youngest in history)
2007‐Japan Flute Convention Concours‐2nd place (The youngest in history)
2007‐1st International Flute Concours of Maxence Larrieu Junior section‐1st place
2007‐17th Japan Classical Music Competition‐Grand prize
2008‐International Flute Concours of Jean-Pierre Rampal‐None (Took part as the youngest in history)
2009‐Japan Flute Convention Concours flute section‐1st place & Masao Yoshida prize (The youngest in history)
2010‐1st World Classical Music Competition in TAIWANG junior section‐1st place
2011‐Japan Flute Convention Concours piccolo section‐1st place (The youngest in history)
2011‐2nd International Flute Concours of Maxence Larrieu‐1st place & Composers prize (The youngest in history)
2014‐29th Pasadena showcase house instrumental competition‐1st place

References

External links

Category:1994 births Category:American actresses of Japanese descent Category:American actors of Japanese descent Category:American film actresses Category:American film actors Category:American television actresses Category:American television actors Category:Living people Category:21st-century American actresses

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[KAJIMOTO-1] "KAJIMOTO ARTIST". KAJIMOTO ARTIST.

[2] "RiRia IMDb page".

[3] "Colburn Orchestra Concert - featuring soloist RiRia Niimura, flute".

[4] "『仮面舞踏会』よりワルツ真央SPエディット（ハチャトゥリアン）《2009-10SP》新村理々愛（フルート）青島広志指揮シアターオーケストラトーキョー".

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