Rio Teramoto
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{{Short description|Japanese gavure model and actress born (2001)}}
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| birth_place = Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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| years_active = 2015–present
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| height = 150 cm
| hair_color = Black
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| agency = LesPros Entertainment
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Rio Teramoto (寺本莉緒, Teramoto Rio, born 5 November 2001) is a Japanese gravure model and actress. She is represented by Les Pros Entertainment.
Biography
Teramoto was born on 5 November 2001 in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. She has two older brothers.{{cite web |title=『ミスヤングマガジン』広島県出身の16歳・寺本莉緒「『赤』の水着を着てみたい！」 {{!}} ニュース {{!}} Deview-デビュー |url=https://deview.co.jp/News?am_article_id=2118249&set_cookie=2 |website=Deview |access-date=18 March 2021|language=ja}} Her hobbies includes dancing and playing the piano, she began dancing at 3 years old and playing the piano at 5. Teramoto did her first modeling as a child, saying it inspired her to continuing pursuing it as a career.{{cite news |last1=Kojiro |first1=Hosoi |title=18歳のスーパールーキー・寺本莉緒がついに降臨！「『私の胸は大きいんだ！』って初めて気づいて。『これは使えるな』と（笑）」 - エンタメ - ニュース |url=https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/news/entertainment/2020/01/03/110456/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=週プレNEWS［週刊プレイボーイのニュースサイト］ |date=3 January 2020 |language=ja}}
Career
After the "Dream Girl Audition 2015" competition, Teramoto was signed to the LesProsEntertainment talent agency.{{cite web |title=DREAM GIRL AUDITION 2015 |url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/sd/dreamgirl/ |website=www.sonymusic.co.jp |access-date=18 March 2021|language=ja}} She worked promoting other performers at the 2016 Tokyo Idol Festival. In 2017, Teramoto worked on a various theatrical productions, including a role in Fiddler on the Roof. In 2018, she entered the "Miss Magazine" contest, which was revived for the first time in 7 years, taking the runner-up "Miss Young Magazine" title while being called "The Treasure of the Next Generation of Weekly Young Magazine."{{cite news |script-title=ja:「ミスヤングマガジン」寺本莉緒、『ぶちうれしいです』 {{!}} 芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン |url=https://thetv.jp/news/detail/154858/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=ザテレビジョン |date=8 August 2018 |ref=SOSO |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=Miss Magazine 2018 / Miss Young Magazine: Rio Teramoto |work=Weekly Young Magazine |issue=34 |publisher=Kondasha |date=7 August 2018 |language=ja}}{{cite news |script-title=ja:7年ぶり復活「ミスマガジン2018」グランプリ&各賞受賞者5名決定＜プロフィール＞ - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1780139 |work=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |date=8 August 2018 |language=ja}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:寺本莉緒、「水着になることに抵抗はなかった」ブレイクきっかけのグラビア {{!}} ENTAME next - アイドル情報総合ニュースサイト |url=https://entamenext.com/articles/detail/8282 |website=entamenext.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=ja}} Along with the other nine contest finalist, Teramoto formed the Miss Magazine Theater Company, putting on a stage version of the popular manga Are You Lost? for which she cut her hair.{{cite news |script-title=ja:"劇団ミスマガジン"が『ソウナンですか？』で旗揚げ公演 グランプリ沢口愛華「いっぱい稽古をしてきた成果を出したい」 {{!}} GirlsNews |url=https://girlsnews.tv/news/324753 |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=girlsnews.tv |date=11 August 2018}}
Teramoto attended AICJ Junior High school and High School in Hiroshima for much of her education but decided to transfer schools and move to Tokyo for career. She did appear in a 2019 episode of the television show Koi toka Ai toka (恋とか愛とか（仮）) filmed at the school before her departure.{{cite web |script-title=ja:Episode43 ｢駆ける女｣ |url=https://3ijtltpfe4isuxmnwgrgvfn4zq--www-home-tv-co-jp.translate.goog/koitoka/backnumber/episode43/ |website=www.home-tv.co.jp |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=ja }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} That same year, a private swimsuit photo of Teramoto posted to social media went viral, attracting attention in Japan and abroad and dramatically raising her online profile.{{cite news |script-title=ja:17歲神乳蘿莉脫了！「核武級雙峰、萌犬眼」超致命 {{!}} 娛樂 |url=https://www.nownews.com/news/3585108 |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=NOWnews今日新聞 |date=23 August 2019 |language=zh-Hant-TW}} The attention earned her first of many appearances in Weekly Playboy.{{cite web |title="We are decorating the cover of #Weekly Playboy released today! ♡ " |url=https://twitter.com/lespros_t_rio/status/1226752755341000705 |website=Twitter |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}
On 1 March 2020, her first photo book, Curiosity, was released, the same month she graduated high school. The photo shoots were done in Los Angeles, Teramoto's first visit to the United States.{{cite news |script-title=ja:現役高校生・寺本莉緒の1st写真集発売決定！！撮影場所はアメリカ・ロサンゼルス！！ |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000072.000041036.html |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo. 1{{pipe}}PR TIMES |date=16 December 2019 |language=ja}} Teramoto said, "[The book] was completely self-produced, and I made it with particular attention to costumes, makeup, and how it looks!"{{cite news |script-title=ja:寺本莉緒、初のカレンダー発売決定！！ |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000195.000041036.html |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo. 1{{pipe}}PR TIMES |date=11 May 2020 |language=ja}} The book was the number one book in the "Women's Talent Photobook Sales Ranking" by the end of the month and had already exceeded four reprints by July of that year.{{cite news |script-title=ja:3月「書泉・女性タレント写真集売上ランキング」世界標準グラマラス 寺本莉緒が首位 |url=https://news.dwango.jp/gravure/48361-2004 |website=ドワンゴジェイピーnews |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=ja |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411141812/https://news.dwango.jp/gravure/48361-2004 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |script-title=ja:8/3(月)発売のヤンマガ36・37合併号の表紙巻頭には #寺本莉緒 ちゃんが登場 🌟 |url=https://twitter.com/miss_maga_zine/status/1288434248223846401 |website=Twitter |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}} She entered college in April 2020 but, as of early 2021, had yet to attend classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |script-title=ja:寺本莉緒の美バスト、ラーメンダイエット効果⁉「引き締まって大きくなっています」 |url=https://news.dwango.jp/gravure/47727-2003 |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=ドワンゴジェイピーnews |language=ja |archive-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326175722/https://news.dwango.jp/gravure/47727-2003 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |script-title=ja:"大学1年生"寺本莉緒、今年は一度も通えず 来年こそ「友だちがたくさんできたら」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2178363/full/ |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=ORICON NEWS |language=ja}}
Teramoto is a baseball fan and supporter of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, saying in an interview that Ryosuke Kikuchi is her favorite player.{{cite news |script-title=ja:【365日グラドル日記（356）】グラビア界に新星現る！ 愛くるしい笑顔と胸の谷間がまぶしすぎる大型新人、寺本莉緒 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20180519/gra18051911300002-n2.html |access-date=18 March 2021 |work=SANSPO.COM |date=19 May 2018 |language=ja-JP}} She eats up to 15 cups of ramen a week.{{cite news |title=[interview] |work=Weekly Playboy |issue=11 |publisher=Shueisha |date=24 February 2020 |pages=82–83 |language=ja}} Her nominal measurements according to her official profile are 88G-60-88 cm (35G-24-35 in).{{cite web |script-title=ja:寺本莉緒 {{!}} LesPros Entertainment |url=https://www.lespros.co.jp/artists/rio-teramoto/ |website=レプロエンタテインメント - LesPros entertainment「感動プロデューサーズ」 |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=ja |date=23 December 2018}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| 2020
|We're Not Friends |Ema Shirota |Lead role |
| 2022
|Ah, The Pasture is so Green |Hana |Lead role |
=Television drama=
References
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External links
{{commons cat|Rio Teramoto}}
- {{URL|https://www.lespros.co.jp/artists/rio-teramoto/|Official profile}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Japanese gravure idols