Reika Sakurai

{{short description|Japanese actress (born 1994)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Reika Sakurai

| image = Yokohama International Film Festival 2024 Sakurai Reika (53869336714).jpg

| caption = Sakurai at the Yokohama International Film Festival in 2024

| alt = waist up portrait of Sakurai wearing sequined dress, directly facing camera

| native_name = 桜井 玲香

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

| signature =

| other_names = Cap (キャップ)

| occupation = Actress

{{Infobox

| child = yes

| label1 = Hometown

| data1 = Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture}}

| years_active = 2011–present

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

| embed = yes

| genre = J-pop

| years_active = 2011–2019

| instrument = Vocals

| label = Sony Records/N46Div

| past_member_of = Nogizaka46

}}

}}

{{nihongo|Reika Sakurai|桜井 玲香|Sakurai Reika|born May 16, 1994}}, is a Japanese actress. She was a first generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46.{{cite web|url=http://www.nogizaka46.com/member/detail/sakuraireika.php|title=桜井 玲香 メンバー紹介 乃木坂46公式サイト|trans-title=Reika Sakurai, member introduction, Nogizaka46 official website|publisher=Nogizaka46 LLC|accessdate=2015-07-04|archive-date=2017-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729085717/http://www.nogizaka46.com/member/detail/sakuraireika.php|url-status=dead}} She was also the captain of the group before her departure.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-05 |title=【JAPAN EXPO】乃木坂46、パリで初海外ライブ 『NARUTO』OPで盛り上げる |trans-title=Nogizaka46 hold their first overseas live in Paris |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2039487/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217114235/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2039487/full/ |archive-date=2024-02-17 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=ORICON NEWS}}

Biography

Sakurai was born in her mother's hometown of Hakodate, Hokkaido, on May 16, 1994. Sometime later, her parents relocated and she was raised in Kanagawa Prefecture's, Yokohama City.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kobunsha.com/special/nogizaka46/sakurai/ |title=桜井玲香ファースト写真集『自由ということ』特設ページ {{!}} 写真集 {{!}} 光文社}}

Career

In 2011, Sakurai auditioned for Nogizaka46 and was chosen as one of the first generation members.

Her audition song was Happiness's "Kiss Me".{{cite web|url=http://www.scramble-egg.com/artist/event11/nogizaka46_02.htm|script-title=ja:「乃木坂46」最終オーディション取材レポート(2)|trans-title=Nogizaka46 The final audition report|accessdate=2015-07-05|publisher=Scramble-Egg Inc.|language=Japanese}} She was chosen as one of the members performing on their debut single "Guruguru Curtain", released on February 22, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2011/12/nogizaka46-to-make-their-cd-debut-in-february/|title=Nogizaka46 to make their CD debut in February|accessdate=2015-07-06|publisher=6Theory Media, LLC|work=tokyohive}} She took the front position for Nogizaka46's second single "Oide Shampoo", released on May 2, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.nogizaka46.com/smph/member/senbatsu_archive2.php|script-title=ja:メンバー紹介(2ndシングル『おいでシャンプー』の選抜メンバー)| 乃木坂46公式サイト|accessdate=2018-07-29|publisher=Nogizaka46 LLC|language=Japanese}} In June 2012, she was appointed the captain of Nogizaka46.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.jp/entertainment/news/1623732.html|script-title=ja:乃木坂センター生駒里奈、成長ほめられ喜ぶ|accessdate=2015-07-05|publisher=Nippon Television Network Corporation|language=Japanese}} After graduating from high school, she studied sociology at college.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG5V7S7QG5VUZVL004.html|script-title=ja:(乃木坂46日々是勉強)桜井玲香 アイドルからつながる場所へ|accessdate=2015-07-05|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company|language=Japanese|archive-date=2014-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231025653/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG5V7S7QG5VUZVL004.html|url-status=dead}} In April 2013, she regularly appeared on the television drama Bad Boys J with other Nogizaka46 members.{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/86816|script-title=ja:伝説のヤンキーマンガドラマ化でAKB板野、乃木坂橋本共演|accessdate=2015-07-05|publisher=Natasha, Inc|language=Japanese}}

File:Reika Sakurai Nogizaka46 HTC event 20140903.jpg in 2014]]

From October 25 to November 9, 2014, she played the heroine in the musical Mr. Kaminari, alongside former Nogizaka46 bandmate Misa Etō.{{cite web|url=http://t.pia.jp/interview/stage/mr-kaminari2014.jsp|script-title=ja:インタビュー チケットぴあ|trans-title=Interview|accessdate=2015-07-06|publisher=PIA Corporation|language=Japanese}} In 2016, she was cast as the leading role in Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō, a stage adaptation of the film Memories of Matsuko. Former Nogizaka46 bandmate Yumi Wakatsuki also played the same role.{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/nogizaka46/news/1688962.html|script-title=ja:乃木坂46桜井、若月が舞台「嫌われ松子―」挑戦|accessdate=2016-08-12|publisher=Nikkan Sports News|language=Japanese}} In February 2017, she shot herself to promote her photo book titled Jiyu to Iu Koto which was released on March 8, 2017.{{cite web |url= https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2017/02/nogizaka46s-sakurai-reika-shoots-first-photo-book-in-malaysia|title=Nogizaka46's Sakurai Reika shoots first photo book in Malaysia |date=February 6, 2017|access-date=February 10, 2021|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC.}}

On July 8, 2019, Sakurai announced that she would be graduating from Nogizaka46 on September 1, 2019,Nogizaka46 Sakurai Reika Graduation Concert - Yoakemade Tsuyogaranakutemoii, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HoFdzg9JRsSakurai Reika Graduation - Sign Out Nogizaka46, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7pKav8P-w timing her graduation to coincide with the final stop of the group's national summer tour.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2139595/full/|language=ja|title=乃木坂46キャプテン・桜井玲香、卒業発表「新たな道標を」 9・1神宮球場がラスト|work=Oricon News|date=2019-07-08|access-date=2019-07-08}}Overture, Jikochudeikou, Taiyou Knock, Free & Easy, Hadashide Summer - Sakurai Reika Graduation, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCyNSF99ID0

On March 1, 2021, she has opened an official web site and fan club.{{cite web| url=https://www.wws-channel.com/news2/258558.html?view=more| language=ja| title=桜井玲香のオフィシャルサイト兼ファンクラブがオープン!会員限定グッズの販売も開始に| website=WWS channel| date=March 1, 2021| access-date=March 4, 2021}}

Discography

=Singles with Nogizaka46=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! data-sort-type="number" | No.

! Title

! class="unsortable" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="4"| 2012

| 1

| "Guruguru Curtain"

| A-side

| Debut as 1st Generation member; Also sang on "Nogizaka no Uta", "Aitakatta Kamoshirenai", "Ushinaitakunai kara" and "Shiroi Kumo ni Notte"

2

| "Oide Shampoo"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Kokoro no Kusuri" and "House!"

3

| "Hashire! Bicycle"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka" and "Oto ga Denai Guitar"

4

| "Seifuku no Mannequin"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Yubi Bōenkyō"

rowspan="3"| 2013

| 5

| "Kimi no Na wa Kibō"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Shakiism", "Romantic Ikayaki" and "Psychokinesis no Kanosei"

6

| "Girl's Rule"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover", "Hoka no Hoshi Kara" and "Ningen to Iu Gakki"

7

| "Barrette"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Tsuki no Ōkisa", "Watashi no Tame ni, Dareka no Tame ni" and "Sonna Baka na…"

rowspan="3"| 2014

| 8

| "Kizuitara Kataomoi"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Romance no Start", "Toiki no Method" and "Dankeschön"

9

| "Natsu no Free & Easy"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Nani mo Dekizu ni Soba ni Iru", "Mukuchi na Lion" and "Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda?"

10

| "Nandome no Aozora ka?"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Tōmawari no Aijō", "Korogatta Kane o Narase!" and "Tender Days"

rowspan="3"| 2015

| 11

| "Inochi wa Utsukushii"

| A-side

|

12

| "Taiyō Nokku"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Hane no Kioku"

13

| "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Popipappapā", "Kanashimi no Wasurekata" and "Sukima"

rowspan="3"| 2016

| 14

| "Harujion ga Sakukoro"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Yūutsu to Fūsen Gum"

15

| "Hadashi de Summer"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Boku Dake no Hikari"

16

| "Sayonara no Imi"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Kodoku na Aozora"

rowspan="3"| 2017

| 17

| "Influencer"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Jinsei o Kangaetakunaru"

18

| "Nigemizu"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Onna wa Hitori ja Nemurenai", "Hito Natsu no Nagasa Yori…" and "Naitatte Iijanaika?"

19

| "Itsuka Dekiru kara Kyō Dekiru"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Fuminshō"

rowspan="3"| 2018

| 20

| "Synchronicity"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Against" as 1st Generation member and "Kumo ni Nareba ii"

21

| "Jikochū de Ikō!"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Anna ni Sukidatta no ni…"

22

| "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari Shitaku Naru"

| A-side

| Also sang on "Kokuhaku no Junban"

rowspan="2"| 2019

| 23

| "Sing Out!"

| A-side

|

24

| "Yoake Made Tsuyogaranakutemoii"

| A-side

| Last single to participate; also sang on "Boku no Koto, Shitteru?", "Boku no Omoikomi" and "Tokidoki Omoidashite Kudasai" which was her graduation song.

2020

| align="center" | —

| "Sekaijū no Rinjin yo"

| align="center" | —

| Charity song during the COVID-19 pandemic

=Albums with Nogizaka46=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! data-sort-type="number" | No.

! Title

! class="unsortable" | Participated song

2015

| 1

| Tōmei na Iro

|

  • "Boku ga Iru Basho"
  • "Dareka wa Mikata"
2016

| 2

| Sorezore no Isu

|

  • "Kikkake"
  • "Taiyō ni Kudokarete"
  • "Kuchiyakusoku"
2017

| 3

| Umarete Kara Hajimete Mita Yume

|

  • "Skydiving"
  • "Settei Ondo"
  • "Rewind Ano Hi"
2019

| 4

| Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made

|

  • "Arigachi na Ren'ai"
  • "Pocchito"

Filmography

=Television=

class="wikitable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Channel

!Notes

!{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

rowspan="2" |2013

|Bad Boys J

|Mariya Miyashita

|NTV

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=345437|work=allcinema|publisher=Stingray|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:TV BAD BOYS J|accessdate=2015-07-04}}

Umi no Ue no Shinryōsho

|

|Fuji TV

|One episode

|{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=347168|work=allcinema|publisher=Stingray|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:TV 海の上の診療所|accessdate=2015-07-04}}

rowspan="3" |2015

|Tenshi no Knife

|Cafe worker/Ayumi Nishina

|Wowow

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/tenshi/caststaff/|publisher=WOWOW Inc.|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:キャスト&スタッフ 連続ドラマW 天使のナイフ|trans-title=Tenshi no Knife cast and staff|accessdate=2015-05-26|archive-date=2015-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507065846/http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/tenshi/caststaff/|url-status=dead}}

Hatsumori Bemars

|Bunan

|TV Tokyo

|

|{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=353354|work=allcinema|publisher=Stingray|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:TV 初森ベマーズ|accessdate=2015-07-04}}

Hana Moyu

|

|NHK

|Taiga drama

|{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2055643/full/|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:乃木坂46生駒・白石ら十福神『大河』初出演 生田「まさかのオファー」|accessdate=2015-07-09}}

rowspan="1" |2024-2025

|Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger

|Maimi Baisu

|TV Asahi

=Films=

class="wikitable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

2013

|Bad Boys J: Saigo ni Mamoru Mono

|Mariya Miyashita

|{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=346468|work=allcinema|publisher=Stingray|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:映画 劇場版 BAD BOYS J -最後に守るもの-|accessdate=2015-07-04}}

2017

|Asahinagu

|Shōko Yasomura

|{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/movie/86575/|title=あさひなぐ|work=eiga.com|publisher=eiga.coms|accessdate=September 2, 2017}}

2021

|Shinonome-iro no Shūmatsu

|Mirei Ōtsuki

|{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/428659|title= 元乃木坂46の桜井玲香、映画「シノノメ色の週末」で岡崎紗絵&三戸なつめと共演|access-date= May 19, 2021|work= Natalie}}

2025

|Requiem

|Sae Mukai

|{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101678/|title= REQUIEM|access-date= April 25, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

=Theater=

class="wikitable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Venue

!{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

2014

|Mr. Kaminari

|Doremi Usuki

|Sunshine Theatre

|{{cite web|url=http://news.walkerplus.com/article/51721/|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:乃木坂46・桜井玲香&衛藤美彩がSET「Mr.カミナリ」でお互いの演技をほめ合い!?|accessdate=2015-07-04|archive-date=2015-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822003840/http://news.walkerplus.com/article/51721/|url-status=dead}}

rowspan="2" |2015

|Subete no Inu wa Tengoku e Iku

|

|AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo

|{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/159973|publisher=Natasha, Inc|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:乃木坂46生駒里奈ら、ナイロン100°Cの名作舞台リメイクに挑戦|accessdate=2015-09-19}}

Princess Knight

|Hecate

|Akasaka ACT Theater

|{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061460/full/|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:乃木坂46・生田&桜井が意気込み ミュージカル『リボンの騎士』|accessdate=2015-11-12 |date=29 October 2015 }}

rowspan="2" |2016

|Joshiraku 2: Toki Kakesoba

|Tetora Bōhatei

|AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo

|{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/stage/news/182346|publisher=Natasha, Inc|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:乃木坂46が再び落語家に!生駒里奈らも参戦の「じょしらく弐」舞台は2066年|accessdate=2016-04-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-05/joshiraku-manga-gets-new-stage-play-with-nogizaka46-idols/.100666|title=Joshiraku Manga Gets New Stage Play With Nogizaka46 Idols|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=2019-09-06}}

Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō

|Matsuko Kawajiri

|Shinagawa Prince Hotel

|

2018-2019

|Rebecca

|I

|

| rowspan="6" |{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

rowspan="2" |2019

|The Bank Robbery

|

|

Dance of the Vampires

|Sarah

|

rowspan="2" |2020

|Flashdance

|Gloria

|

West Side Story

|Maria

|

2021

|Ghost

|Molly Jensen

|

rowspan="2" |2022

|Flower Drum Song

|Mei Li

|

DOROTHY ~The Wizard of Oz~

|Dorothy Gale

|

|

rowspan="2" |2023

|First Date

|Casey

|

Jekyll & Hyde

|Emma Carew

|

2024

|In This Corner of the World

|Rin Shiraki

|

2025

|Bonnie and Clyde

|Bonnie Parker

|

Bibliography

=Photobooks=

  • Kikan Nogizaka vol.1 Sōshun (5 March 2014, Tokyo News Service) {{ISBN|9784863363878}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025311898-00|script-title=ja:季刊乃木坂 vol.1|accessdate=2015-05-26|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}
  • Jiyuu to Iu Koto (6 March 2017, Kobunsha) {{ISBN|9784334902193}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I027999334-00|script-title=ja:自由ということ : 桜井玲香ファースト写真集|accessdate=2018-07-29|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}
  • Shisen (27 November 2019, Kobunsha) {{ISBN|9784334902469}}{{cite web|url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000067-I000353421-00|script-title=ja:桜井玲香2nd写真集 視線|accessdate=2019-12-28|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}

References

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