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Former AKB48 member Kitahara Rie took to social media to announce that she is pregnant. Kitahara wrote, “I apologize for the inconvenience. I am pregnant with my first chiold. The birth is scheduled for the end of the year. I am now in a stable Read More …
Actress Kitahara Rie updated her YouTube channel on the 25th. She revealed that she had won a huge amount in the lottery after taking on the “10,000 yen scratch lottery project”. “Her winnings” will be used for future planning costs,” she explained. After purchasing four Read More …
In October 2012, the reality TV series “Terrace House: Boys x Girls Next Door” aired on Fuji TV’s “Cool TV”. The series was so popular and while the first initial season lasted through 2014, the series would feature a franchise that would grow popular to Read More …
Former AKB48 member turned actress, Kitahara Rie, posted a pre-wedding photoshoot and a video on her YouTube channel. Kitahara announced her marriage to actor Kasahara Hideyuki back on September 2021 and also discussed how her nails were done by former her former landlord Shizuka, when Read More …
Former NGT48/AKB48 member, actress Kitahara Rie (30) and actor Kasahari Hideyuki (38) announced through their agencies that they got married. The two sent a joint statement: We are pleased to report that we, Kasahara Hideyuki and Kitahara Rie have been married. We support each other, Read More …
It was a surprise for many who found out that “Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger” actress Kinjo Mana passed away on December 1st from an unspecified illness. Former AKB48/NGT48 member Kitahara Rie (29) mourned on Twitter of Kinjo’s death. Kitahara made a guest appearance in “Kishiryu Sentai Read More …
Former NGT48/AKB48 member turned actress, Kitahara Rie, posted photos on Instagram from her trip when she visited Cebu in the Philippines before covid-19. Cebu is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas and Cebu City was the first capital of the Philippines Read More …
The graduation concert at Yokohama Stadium for HKT48 member Sashihara Rino (26) also featured numerous surprises. Sashihara gave Uchida a message “Thank you very much for the wonderful memories. Let’s go home again in Heaven” and a brief video was shown of Sashihara and Uchida Read More …
With the anime series “Dororo” to be aired on January 2019, a stage version will also happen. Suzuki Hiroki will have the main role of Hyakkimaru, a ronin during the Sengoku period. Born malformed and limbless and without facial features or internal organs, a doctor Read More …
FRIDAY Digital is reporting that former AKB48/NGT48 member Kitahara Rie is dating actor Kasahara Hideyuki. The publication has posted a photo of the two together in a bistro and also a video clip (which can be seen by paid subscribers). Kitahara is a fifth generation Read More …
Former and current AKB48 members celebrated Akimoto Yasushi’s 60th birthday. Celebrating with Akimoto is Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Kojima Haruna, Minegishi Minami, Itano Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae, Shimazaki Haruka, Kitahara Rie, NGT48’s Ogino Yuka, Takahashi Juri, Kasai Tomomi and Matsui Jurina. 💖 A post shared by Read More …
Kohei Tsuka is one of Japan’s well-known playwrights who died at an early age of 62 due to lung cancer back in 2010. In 2018, Kohei would be 70-years-old and to celebrate his 70th anniversary of his birth, a special performance titled “Neo Bakumatsu Junjoden Read More …
NGT48 Captain (and longtime AKB48 member) Kitahara Rie is graduating from NGT48 and will be pursuing her career as an actress. But as her final days with the group are around the corner, her graduation solo song “Watashi no tame ni” (For Me) Short ver. Read More …
Kitahara Rie (26) been one of the well-known members from AKB48. Having joined the group back in 2007 and becoming a member of AKB48 when she was still in the fifth grade, and while she was a member of AKB48, she was also a concurrent Read More …
Kitahara Rie (26) had multiple hats to wear as a member of AKB48, SKE48 and NGT48 and also once starring in the hit reality TV show “Terrace House: Boys x Girls Next Door”. But since graduating from the idol group, producer Akimoto Yasushi asked her, Read More …