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Ruru Dambara
段原 瑠々
Born (2001-05-07) May 7, 2001 (age 23)
Alma materActor’s School Hiroshima
OccupationSinger
Years active2013 - present
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
InstrumentsVocals
Member ofJuice=Juice (26 June 2017 - present)
Formerly ofHello Pro Kenshuusei (22 September 2013 - 26 June 2017)
WebsiteOfficial profile

Ruru Dambara (段原 瑠々, Danbara Ruru, born 7 May 2001) is a Japanese idol affiliated with Hello! Project as a member of the Tokyo-based J-pop girl group Juice=Juice, leading the group as of June 2024.[1].

Career

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Born in Japan’s Hiroshima Prefecture[2], Dambara studied at the Actor’s School Hiroshima as part of its 19th class before joining the Hello Pro Kenshuusei program in September 2013 from the first auditions for Morning Musume’s 12th generation. As a trainee under the Kenshuusei program for four years, she appeared as part of the backup crews at concert tours for senior acts like Berryz Kobo and °C-ute. On 26 June 2017, she was added to Juice=Juice along with then-Country Girls member Nanami Yanagawa and began activities with that group a month later[3]; she made her first appearance on a major-label single by the group in 2018 with the release of Sexy Sexy/Naite Ii yo/Vivid Midnight.

On 6 September 2019, Dambara sang the Japanese national anthem at a Nippon Professional Baseball match between the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Hanshin Tigers that took place at the Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima[4][5]

On 8 June 2024, Dambara succeeded Akari Uemura (a founding member of the group) as Juice=Juice’s leader during the group’s spring 2024 concert tour.[1]

Personal life

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Ruru Dambara’s older sister, Riri, is the former leader of the Japanese girl group Splash, with the two sisters being named similarly to each other[6]. Dambara has also publicly disclosed her admiration for former Morning Musume member Riho Sayashi, while former classmate Miina Yoneda (a former Last Idol member) opined in 2019 that Dambara “was so amazing that [she] couldn’t think of her as [her] rival.”[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Juice=Juiceの新リーダーに段原瑠々が就任!現リーダーの植村あかりは14日の武道館公演で卒業" [Ruru Dambara appointed as the new leader of Juice=Juice, current leader Akari Uemura to graduate at the Budokan concert on the 14th]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  2. ^ "J=J段原、得点伸びず涙 「カラオケ★バトル」奮闘でトレンド入り" [Juice=Juice's Dambara in tears after failing to score; trending on Karaoke Battle for her efforts]. Daily (in Japanese). 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ "ハロプロ新体制スタートで意気込み" [Hello! Project fans enthusiastic for the start of the collective's new system]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "「Juice=Juice」段原瑠々、9・6広島―阪神で国歌斉唱" [Juice=Juice's Ruru Dambara sang the Japanese national anthem at a Hiroshima-Hanshin baseball match on the 6th of September] (in Japanese). Sponichi. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  5. ^ "9・6 マツダスタジアム、Juice=Juice 段原瑠々の「国歌斉唱」を徹底解析する" [A thorough analysis of Juice=Juice's Ruru Dambara singing the Japanese national anthem at Mazda Stadium on the 6th of September] (in Japanese). ENTAME Next. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. ^ "Juice=Juice段原瑠々 THE FUTURE LEGEND" [Juice=Juice's Ruru Dambara: The Future Legend]. Top Yell (in Japanese) (September 2017). Takeshobo: 34. August 2017.
  7. ^ "Perfume、モーニング娘。...有名アイドルを輩出する"アイドル名門校"で挫折を乗り越えた少女<米田みいな>" [Perfume, Morning Musume... and Miina Yoneda, a girl who overcame setbacks at a prestigious idol school that produces famous idols]. TV Asahi Post (in Japanese). TV Asahi. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2020-08-12.

See also

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