is a

Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements b ...

and ''

tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "tal ...

''.NGT48・中井りか、太田プロダクションへの所属をサプライズ発表！「みなさんがいてくれたからこその大きなチャンス。これをしっかり受け止めたい。」
- ACTRESS PRESS 2017-11-18 She is a first generation member of the

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese

girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...

NGT48 NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth fl ...

. She is represented with

Ohta Production , sometimes shortened to Ohta Pro, is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was founded in 1963 and focuses on talent management for actors, athletes, comedians and '. The agency have produced numerous television ...

Life and career

Growing up in Toyama, Nakai had aspirations to become famous since she was in elementary school. With influences from

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

while she was young, she entered and passed the

audition for 1st generation members in 2015 during her 3rd year of high school. In 2016, she was placed in Team NIII with 15 other members and performed at the NGT48 Theater grand opening. In 2017 she signed up to

from her previous agency AKS, and had been appearing on various television programs afterwards, even performing in a dedicated one-day solo concert in 2018. She is currently active in both her idol activities and her career as a

and assistant MC.

Media

Television

Variety shows

* ( Fuji TV, October 2017–March 2019) * (

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Compan ...

, October 2017–December 2018) - Assistant MC * (

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...

, April 2018–March 2020) - Assistant MC * (TV Asahi, February 2019–September 2020) - ''MC'' * (Fuji TV, April 2019–March 2020) - ''MC'' alongside Kazutoyo Koyabu

References

External links

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Ohta Productions - Official Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakai, Rika Living people 1997 births Japanese idols Japanese women singers NGT48 members People from Toyama (city)