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RiRia Niimura (新村理々愛), better known by her stage name "RiRia", is an actor, model and flutist.

=Personal life and career= RiRia attended The Music High School attached to The Faculty of Music,Tokyo University of the Arts and Colburn School. She is best known for her roles in the TV show Anime Crimes Division directed by Freddie Wong and The Gifted on FOX (channel). At the age of three, RiRia had started her career in music. She made her first debut performance as a solo flutist with an orchestra when she was ten, for number of years, she competed at both national and international competitions where she was awarded over 20 times, youngest in history. Her recording was used at 2010 Vancouver Olympics by its silver medal winning figure skater, Mao Asada during her short program performance. From the age of twelve, RiRia knew that she wanted to be an actor. She moved to Los Angeles on her own when she was seventeen to further pursue her career in entertainment.

=Filmography=

Film

 * 2016 ‐Queen Anne''s Revenge ‐Queen Anne (Short film)
 * 2017‐Dankalicious‐Dankalicious (Short film)
 * 2017‐''The Sun's Shadow‐The Moon (Short film)
 * 2018‐Jezebel‐Bianca (Film)

TV

 * 2017‐The Gifted (TV series)''‐Student principal (1 episode: "eXtreme measures")

Web series

 * 2017‐Escape the Night‐Haruko (YouTubeRED original)
 * 2017‐Anime Crimes Division‐Kimiko (Web series)
 * 2018‐Breakarate'‐Jessica (Verizon GO90 original)
 * 2018‐World Wide Man Tour‐Ying (Web series)
 * 2018‐Retrograde‐Ziggy (Web series)

Pilot

 * 2018‐Festival Season‐Jordan Soto (Pilot)

Voice Over

 * 2017 ‐Erased‐Satoru Fujinuma Voice over (Netflix original)

=Awards and nominations=

Music

 * 2003‐12th Japan Classical Music Competition‐2nd place (The youngest in history)
 * 2004‐13th Japan Classical Music Competition‐Grand prize (The youngest in history)
 * 2005‐1st International Competition for Young Flutists in Zagreb‐1st place & The audience prize
 * 2006‐BIWAKO International Flute Competition senior section‐The excellent prize (The Youngest in history)
 * 2006‐BIWAKO International Flute Competition Junior section‐2nd place & The audience prize (The youngest in history
 * 2006‐The KYOTO Arts and Music Festival‐The mayor's prize at Kyoto (The youngest in history)
 * 2006‐Japan WIND and PERCUSSION Competition‐3rd Place (The youngest in history)
 * 2007‐Japan Flute Convention Concours‐2nd place (The youngest in history)
 * 2007‐1st International Flute Concours of Maxence Larrieu Junior section‐1st place
 * 2007‐17th Japan Classical Music Competition‐Grand prize
 * 2008‐International Flute Concours of Jean-Pierre Rampal‐None (Took part as the youngest in history)
 * 2009‐Japan Flute Convention Concours flute section‐1st place & Masao Yoshida prize (The youngest in history)
 * 2010‐1st World Classical Music Competition in TAIWANG junior section‐1st place
 * 2011‐Japan Flute Convention Concours piccolo section‐1st place (The youngest in history)
 * 2011‐2nd International Flute Concours of Maxence Larrieu‐1st place & Composers prize (The youngest in history)
 * 2014‐29th Pasadena showcase house instrumental competition‐1st place

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Category:1994 births Category:American actresses of Japanese descent Category:American actors of Japanese descent Category:American film actresses Category:American film actors Category:American television actresses Category:American television actors Category:Living people Category:21st-century American actresses