:Friedia Niimura

{{short description|Japanese businessperson}}

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| name = Friedia Niimura

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| birth_place = Germany

| other_names = Rin Kozue

| occupation = Businessperson

| website = {{URL|http://friedia.com/}}

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Friedia Niimura is a Japanese businessperson. Born in Germany, she lived in the USA until she was 13, then moved to Japan for approximately 10 years, working as a tarento under the stage name {{Nihongo|Rin Kozue|こずえ 鈴|Kozue Rin}}, but returned to the United States in 2005.{{cite web|url= http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2005netuai/KFullNormal20050903007.html|script-title= ja:こずえ鈴 米人気ロッカーと同棲発覚|trans-title=Rin Kozue living with popular American rocker|date= September 3, 2005|work= Sponichi Annex|publisher= Sports Nippon Newspapers|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121231223914/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2005netuai/KFullNormal20050903007.html|archivedate= 2012-12-31|accessdate= January 19, 2013|url-status= dead}} As of 2022, she is the owner of a Los Angeles stationery shop called Paper Plant.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/list/japanese-shops-los-angeles-home-goods-stationery-snacks|title=16 places in L.A. that make you feel like you’ve transported to Tokyo|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Julie|last=Wolfson|date=September 9, 2022|access-date=September 17, 2022}}

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