Rio Teramoto

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.

Rio Teramoto
寺本莉緒
Teramoto in September 2019
Born	(2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 23) Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Riorio (りおりお) Rārio (らーりお)
Occupations	Gravure model actress
Years active	2015–present
Modeling information
Height	150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Agency	LesPros Entertainment
Website	www.fansnet.jp/en/rio_teramoto

Biography

Teramoto was born on 5 November 2001 in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. She has two older brothers.^[1] 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.^[2]

Career

After the "Dream Girl Audition 2015" competition, Teramoto was signed to the LesProsEntertainment talent agency.^[3] 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.^[1] 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."^[4][5][6][7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10] The attention earned her first of many appearances in Weekly Playboy.^[11]

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.^[12] Teramoto said, "[The book] was completely self-produced, and I made it with particular attention to costumes, makeup, and how it looks!"^[13] 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.^[14][15] She entered college in April 2020 but, as of early 2021, had yet to attend classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[16][17]

Teramoto is a baseball fan and supporter of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, saying in an interview that Ryosuke Kikuchi is her favorite player.^[18] She eats up to 15 cups of ramen a week.^[19] Her nominal measurements according to her official profile are 88G-60-88 cm (35G-24-35 in).^[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	We're Not Friends	Ema Shirota	Lead role	[21]
2022	Ah, The Pasture is so Green	Hana	Lead role	[22]

Television drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Girl Gun Lady	Bianca		[23]
	Women's War: The Bachelor Murders	Rio Ichinose		[24]
2022	Tonight, I Will Fall in Love with My Body	Akari Kurata	Episode 2	[25]
	Chatter About Love	Yui Meri		[26]
	Takahashi from the Bike Shop	Sayuri Kawamura		[27]
2023	Shuojo Love	Rio Komachi /Riopi		[28]
	The Song of the Outcast	Mai Sakuma		[29]
	Subscription Girlfriend	Na-chan		[30]
	Something's Wrong 2	Erika Takamiya	Episode 7	[31]
	The Best Teacher	Nakazono Kurumi		[32]
	Mr. Mitazono the Housekeeper	Mao Funaki		[33]
	THE TRUTH	as Herself		[34]
2024	RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi	Kanon		[35][36]
	Shinjuku Field Hospital	Ririka		[37]
	Qros's Woman: Madness Called Scoop	Mona	Episodes 1 & 10	[38]
	Omusubi	Asuka Ōkōchi	Asadora	[39]