When Kitagawa joined Morning Musume, she was in her last year of middle school, she graduated middle school and began high school on following April. As of April 2021, she is currently in her second year of high school.

Early Life

Kitagawa Rio was born on March 16, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.

2019

On June 22, she was announced as a winner of the Morning Musume '19 LOVE Audition and would join Morning Musume '19 as a 15th generation member alongside Okamura Homare and Yamazaki Mei.[1][2] They were introduced on stage during the Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER concert tour from July 13 and will begin performing with the group in the Morning Musume '19 Concert Tour Aki.

On August 28, Kitagawa, Okamura, and Yamazaki held their debut fanclub event, Morning Musume '19 15ki Member FC Event, at Yamano Hall.

On September 5, the 15th generation members began a fanclub-exclusive web talk show, titled Three stations.

2020

On March 25, she was scheduled to celebrate her 16th birthday at a fanclub event titled Morning Musume '20 Kitagawa Rio Birthday Event, featuring two shows at LANDMARK HALL. However, it was cancelled in consideration of a new policy established by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.[5] It was later rescheduled.

On November 12, she released her first solo photobook, First Time.

2021

On March 16, Kitagawa celebrated her 17th birthday at a fanclub event titled Morning Musume '21 Kitagawa Rio Birthday Event, featuring two shows at KT Zepp Yokohama in Yokohama.