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{{short description|Japanese model, actress and singer (born 1988)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2011}}
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| name               = Rika Izumi
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| native_name        = 泉 里香
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|10|11}}
| birth_place        = Kyoto, Japan
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| other_names        = {{Nihongo|Chisaki Hama|浜千咲|}}
| height             = {{height|m=1.66}}
| years_active       = 2003–present
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| agent              = [[Stardust Promotion]]
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{{Nihongo|'''Rika Izumi'''|泉 里香|Izumi Rika|born October 11, 1988}} is a Japanese model, actress and singer. She formerly used the stage name {{Nihongo|'''Chisaki Hama'''|浜千咲|Hama Chisaki}} when she was with Snow Rabbits Productions. After Izumi returned to the modeling world in 2008, she used both 泉里果 and 泉里香 as stage names; both are pronounced "Izumi Rika".
==Life==
Isumi was born in [[Kyoto]]. Her first major acting role was as [[Sailor Mercury|Ami Mizuno]] (Sailor Mercury) in the live action ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live-action series)|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''.
In Act Zero and the Special Act, she was credited as "Rika" (梨華; note different [[kanji]] than her current stage name).
She released a CD "single", containing two songs, for her character Sailor Mercury: ''Mi Amor'' (Spanish: ''my love'') and ''Yakusoku'' (約束, meaning ''promise'').
Before PGSM, Izumi's only television work was on an Idol special on Sky PerfecTV Japan called "Being Junior, Go!" She has also modeled in magazines called ''Monthly De-View'' (Winter 2002–2003). ''Pichi Lemon'' (Summer 2003), ''For Lillie'' (April 2003), ''Up-To-Boy'' (November 2003), and ''Melon'' (July 2003 to June 2005, when it stopped publication). She was on the cover of three consecutive issues of ''Pure Pure'' or ''Pure²'', a magazine aimed at the under-fifteen crowd (Issues 17 to 19, her photos were along with those of many other like-aged idols). She had released a single in November 2003 for a song entitled "Koisuru Soldier" (''[[Kanojo wa Ijiwaru]]'' ["Nasty Girl"] was the other song on that CD; it was released on her agency's label and distributed by Windsong). She was also in a magazine called ''Bomb!'' with [[Miyuu Sawai]] and [[Keiko Kitagawa]] in character as Sailor Mercury.
After PGSM, Izumi's career went on hiatus for two years as she finished high school. No new photos of her surfaced, and when she attended PGSM cast reunions, her ex-castmates were careful not to post her full name in blogs nor post photos of her. When she was accepted at [[Meiji University]] as a literature major in 2007 (the same university ex-PGSM castmate Kitagawa attended), she resumed her career.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
In June 2008, Rika returned to the modeling world after years of inactivity.<ref>[http://www.s-woman.net/pinky/sp/princess08_2/03.html プリンセスPINKYオーディション/PINKY/s-woman.net/集英社] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626093328/http://www.s-woman.net/pinky/sp/princess08_2/03.html |date=2008-06-26 }}. S-woman.net. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.</ref> She was in the top twelve in a competition for the title of "Pinky Princess" (total number of entrants: 5,427).
She signed with Sun Music Brain agency on June 1, 2008.<ref name="sunmusic-brain1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090531132854/http://sunmusic-brain.jp/profile.php?id=180 泉　里香 (いずみ　りか)], sunmusic-brain.jp (in Japanese)</ref> New photos of her appeared in the August 2008 issue of ''Ray'' magazine, and she has appeared in subsequent issues. The ban her former castmates had of posting photos of her was lifted; she was photographed with Sawai, Kitagawa, [[Mew Azama]], and [[Ayaka Komatsu]] at a party celebrating Komatsu's twenty-second birthday, and Komatsu posted the photo on her blog on August 7, 2008. In December 2008, she appeared in a commercial for [[Nissin Food Products]].<ref name="sunmusic-brain1"/> In May 2010, she moved from Sun Music Brain to Sun Music Productions, another division within the same agency.
She has been mentioned as being in the casts of three movies: ''The Go Master'' (2006), ''Clearness'' (2008), and ''Go Seigen'' ("Five Restrictions") (2008). The Sun Music Brain bio lists a November 2007 movie with Izumi in the cast. It was called ''Oh Kiyohara''.<ref name="sunmusic-brain1"/>
Rika has also done runway modeling since her 2008 return. In 2011, she had a cameo in the movie ''Paradise Kiss'' in which she was reunited with her ex-PGSM castmate Kitagawa.
In 2013 she played the role of Akira Kazuraba (Kota's sister) in ''[[Kamen Rider Gaim]]''.
She is currently signed with [[Stardust Promotion]], her [http://www.stardust.co.jp/section1/profile/izumirika.html official profile page] on Stardust states she is part of the cast of the 2016 movie ''Scoop!''.
==Filmography==
===Movies===
* ''[[The Go Master]]'' (2006)
* ''Clearless'' (2008), Reiko
* ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Scoop!]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Waiting for Spring (manga)|Waiting for Spring]]'' (2018), Nanase Kashiwagi
* ''The Memory Eraser'' (2020), Nanami Ando
* ''You're Not Normal, Either'' (2021), Minako Togawa<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/92727/|title= まともじゃないのは君も一緒|access-date= January 21, 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref>
* ''That Disappearance'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96631/|title= その消失、|access-date= February 11, 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref>
===Television===
* ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series) |Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' (2003-2004), [[Sailor Mercury|Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury]]<ref name=TT2018/>
* ''[[Magerarenai Onna]]'' (2010)
* ''Shin Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari'' Season 2 Episode 11 (2010), Risa Mizoguchi
* ''Nasake no Onna: Kokuzeikyoku Sasatsu-kan'' Episode 4: (2010), Sachi Oda
* ''Karyū no Utage'' Episode 1 (2011)
* ''Tempest'' Episode 7 (2011)
* ''Tokyo Jōkyū Date #7 Kuramae'' (2012)
* ''Koisuru Hae Onna'' (2012), Arisa Mita
* ''[[Shomuni]]'' (2013), Akane Mita
* ''[[Kamen Rider Gaim]]'' (2013), Akira Kazuraba
* ''Ms. Kanna!'' Episode 6 to 9 (2017)
* ''[[Princess Jellyfish]]'' (2018), Syoko Inani<ref name=TT2018>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/news/detail/137652/|title= 泉里香「海月姫」で強烈キャラ熱演！「声を低くしてSっ気たっぷりで」|access-date= August 23, 2021|work= The Television}}</ref>
* ''Galápagos'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2022/08/24/kiji/20220824s00041000347000c.html|title= 織田裕二 34年ぶりNHKドラマ！来年「ガラパゴス」刑事役で主演「これほど怖いと感じたことはない」|access-date= September 4, 2022|work= Sponichi}}</ref>
* ''[[Dear Radiance]]'' (2024), [[Izumi Shikibu]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/583655|title= 「光る君へ」に南沙良、泉里香、片岡千之助が出演 伊藤健太郎はオリジナルキャラに|access-date= 25 July 2024|work= Natalie}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Japan|Biography}}
* [http://www.stardust.co.jp/section1/profile/izumirika.html Rika's official Stardust Profile page]
* [http://star-studio.jp/rikaizumi/ Rika's Official Blog]
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