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{{Short description|Panda}}
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| title = Ri Ri
| label1 = [[Japanese name]]|data1=力力<ref name="people.com.cn">{{cite news|title=Giant pandas Shin Shin and Ri Ri have been traveling to Japan for 7 years|url=http://japan.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0213/c35421-29822816.html|work=[[People's Daily]]|date=2018-02-13|author=}}</ref>
| label2 = [[Chinese name]]|data2=比力<ref name="people.com.cn"/>
| image              = [[File:Ri Ri.jpg|Panda Ri Ri|300px]]
| caption            = Ri Ri sleeping in 2024 [[Ueno Zoo]]
| label3 =Born|data3=2005
| label4 =Partner|data4=[[Shin Shin (giant panda)|Shin Shin]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The happiness of the giant panda Shin Shin makes the Japanese happy|url=https://www.dw.com/de/das-muttergl%C3%BCck-von-riesenpanda-shin-shin-macht-japaner-selig/a-39208351|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=Jun 12, 2017|author=}}</ref>
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'''Ri Ri''' ([[Japanese name]]: 力力; [[Chinese name]]: 比力) is a male [[giant panda]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Pictures of the Day: 03 March 2017|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/pictures-day-03-march-2017/male-giant-panda-ri-ri-eats-bamboo-grass-ueno-zoological-gardens/|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=Mar 3, 2017|author=}}</ref> who was born on August 16, 2005 in [[China]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Panda power rebounds at Ueno Zoo|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/23/national/panda-power-rebounds-at-ueno-zoo/|work=[[The Japan Times]]|date=Feb 23, 2012|author=}}</ref>
After the devastating [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], he and his partner [[Shin Shin (giant panda)|Shin Shin]] traveled from China to [[Tokyo]], Japan where they arrived at the [[Ueno Zoo]] on February 21, 2011<ref>{{cite news|title=Ueno Zoo panda pair off-limits to public as female in heat|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/22/national/ueno-zoo-panda-pair-appear-poised-mate-will-off-limits-public-viewing/|work=
[[The Japan Times]]|date=Feb 22, 2017|author=}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|title=Shin Shin the panda gives birth in Tokyo zoo|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-panda/shin-shin-the-panda-gives-birth-in-tokyo-zoo-idUSL3E8I534E20120705|work=[[Reuters]]|date=July 5, 2012|author=}}</ref> to lift the mood of the Japanese public.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japanese zoo announces rare panda pregnancy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-zoo-panda-pregnancy-rare-ueno-shin-shin-ri-ri-china-a7744276.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=19 May 2017|author=Hyun Oh}}</ref>
In early 2012, Ri Ri was found mating with Shin Shin,<ref>{{cite news|title=Tokyo's panda Shin Shin gives birth at Ueno zoo|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-18722366|work=[[BBC News]]|date=5 July 2012|author=}}</ref> who gave birth to a male cub on July 5, 2012 (which died from pneumonia 6 days later); [[Xiang Xiang (giant panda, born 2017)|Xiang Xiang]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Panda diplomacy: tears of joy as China extends Xiang Xiang's stay in Japan|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3113549/panda-diplomacy-tears-joy-china-extends-xiang-xiangs-stay-japan|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=Dec 11, 2020|author=Julian Ryall}}</ref> on June 12, 2017; and twins Xiao Xiao (male) and Lei Lei (female) on June 23, 2021.
==See also==
* [[Shin Shin (giant panda)|Shin Shin]]
* [[List of giant pandas]]
* [[List of individual bears]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Famous giant pandas}}
[[Category:2006 animal births]]
[[Category:Individual giant pandas]]
[[Category:Individual animals in Japan]]
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