Riria

Riria Kojima
Native name	小島 梨里杏
Born	Riria Baba 18 December 1993 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Riria (former stage name)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Agent	LesPros Entertainment (present) Kirin Pro
Website	http://www.lespros.co.jp/artists/riria_kojima/

Riria Baba (馬場 梨里杏 Baba Riria, born December 18, 1993 in Tokyo), known professionally as Riria (梨里杏) and Riria Kojima (小島 梨里杏 Kojima Riria), is a Japanese actress who is affiliated with LesPros Entertainment. She is known for her role as Mio (ToQ 3gou) in the 2014 Super Sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Career

She was affiliated with Kirin Pro and started her career in 2001. In 2007, she moved to LesPros Entertainment. In 2008, she changed her name to "Riria". In 2011, she won the Playboy Grand Prix prize at the third Gravure Japan awards.^[1] In 2014, she appeared in two tokusatsu series; Ressha Sentai ToQger^[2] and Zero: Black Blood.^[3][4] In June 17, 2015, she changed her name to "Riria Kojima".

Filmography

Films

• Sabi Otoko Sabi Onna – "Boy? meets girl." (2011)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (2014) – ToQ 3gou (voice)
• Zero: Black Blood (2014) – Yuna
• Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (2014) – Mio
• Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. (2014) – Mio
• Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie (2015) – Mio
• Senpai to Kanojo (2015) – Aoi Okita
• Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninja in Wonderland (2016) - Mio
• Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016) - Namie Yūki

TV dramas

• Kinyō Entertainment: True Stories – Uso o Tsuita Otoko (Fuji TV, 2002)
• Getsuyō Mystery Gekijō: Nishimura Kyōtarō Suspense – Tantei Samonji Susumu 9 "16-nenme no Hōmonsha" (TBS, 2004) as Keiko Arimori (young)
• Kayō Suspense Gekijō: Keishichō Kanshikihan 17 (NTV, 2004) – Keiko Nanjō (young)
• Medaka episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2004) – Tae Kawashima (young)
• Division 1: Stage 15 – Odaiba Bōken Ō SP Kareshi Sensei!! last episode (Fuji TV, 2005)
• Kamen Rider Kabuto episode 20 (TV Asahi, 2006) – Hiroko
• Sensei wa Erai! (NTV, 2008) – 2-B student
• Bloody Monday (TBS, 2008)
• Koishite Akuma ~Vampire Boy~ (KTV, 2009) – Yuri Meguro
• Tensou Sentai Goseiger episode 20 (TV Asahi, 2010) – Mizuki Takasaki
• Shin Keishichō Sōsaikka 9-gakari Season 2 episode 11 (TV Asahi, 2010) – High school girl
• Ohisama episode 7 (NHK, 2011)
• Akko to Bokura ga Ikita Natsu (NHK General TV, 2012) – Natsumi Hara
• Idol Toshi Densetsu – Akai Heya (Pigoo HD, 2012) – Mana Sakurada
• Sansū Keiji Zero episode 10 (NHK Educational TV, 2013)
• Ressha Sentai ToQger (TV Asahi, 2014) – Mio
• Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kamen Rider Gaim: Spring Break Combined Special (TV Asahi, 2014) – Mio
• Omotesandō Kōkō Gasshōbu! (TBS, 2015) – Fūka Takeuchi
• Seishun Tantei Haruya ~Otona no Aku o Yurusanai!~ episode 2 (YTV, 2015) – Chiaki Hironuma
• Kozure Shinbee (NHK BS Premium, 2015) - Obun

Mobile dramas

• Oyaji no Shigoto wa Ura Kagyō (BeeTV, 2012) – Chika Matsuda
• All Esper Dayo! ~Yokubō Darake no Love Wars~ (dTV, 2015) – Asuka Hoshino

Music videos

• Funky Monkey Babys – Ato Hitotsu (2010)
• Dohzi-T – LOVE TRAP feat. Thelma Aoyama (2011)

Stage plays

• XYX (2008) – Miki
• Re-miniscence (2010) – Lily
• Letter (2011)
• Sorairo Drop (2012) – Manami Ozaki
• Rutsubo (2012) – Susanna Walcott
• Rakka Girl (2013) – Ai Futenma
• Welcome Home (2013)
• Joshi Kō (2013) – Takako
• Ressha Sentai ToQger Show: Ore ga Ressha ni Naru! Hyper ToQ 1gou Shuppatsu Shinkō!! (2014) – Mio
• Ressha Sentai ToQger Show: Saishū Ressha ga Yattekuru! Kagayake Rainbow Line!! (2015) – Mio

Publications

DVD releases

• Riria to Date (2005)
• I AM RiRia (2012)
• Hatachi. (2014)
• Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams (2015) – Mio

CD releases

• Ressha Sentai ToQger Character Songs: Rainbow Line(2014) - "Yellow Heart"
• Ressha Sentai ToQger Zenkyokushū: Rainbow Rush (2014) - "Yellow Heart"

Photobooks

• Lily White (2005)

References

1. "週プレnet". Shupure-net.shueisha.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
2. "２０１４年 :: 梨里杏's STORY 梨里杏オフィシャルブログ". Yaplog.jp. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
3. ""銀牙騎士・ゼロ"が主人公の「牙狼」新シリーズ、来年3月劇場公開！ – シネマトゥデイ". Cinematoday.jp. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
4. "牙狼＜GARO＞来春から新TVシリーズ＆来秋アニメ化発表！道外流牙主人公の新劇場版製作も – 芸能ニュースラウンジ". Newslounge.net. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

External links

• Official Profile at LesPros Entertainment (Japanese)
• Official Blog (Japanese)
• Official Twitter (Japanese)
• Official Instagram (Japanese)
• Riria at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Profile at Kirin Pro at the Wayback Machine (archived May 17, 2008)