| Rihwa リファ | |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1989 |
| Origin: | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Instrument: | Singing, acoustic guitar |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter |
| Years Active: | –present |
| Label: | Toy's Factory (2012–present) |
(born October 4, 1989 as Park Rihwa (Korean: 박리화; Kanji: 朴梨華; Japanese: パク・リファ Paku Rifa) Japanese-born Korean singer active in Japan.[1] She is represented by Toy's Factory and managed by Amuse, Inc.
Rihwa was born and raised in Sapporo until she graduated junior high school. She is considered to be Zainichi Korean.[2] She then went on to study overseas in Belleville, Ontario, for her high school education. She returned to Japan in 2009 after she graduated.[3] She started her career as a singer by releasing her first of three singles entitled "Private" beginning on May 18, 2010.[4] In January 2012, Rihwa released her first album Private #0 and moved to Tokyo.[5]
On April 20, 2012, it was announced that Rihwa had been signed to major label Toy's Factory.[6] She then made her major label debut with the single "Change".
| Title | Release Date | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon[7] | Japan Hot 100[8] | |||||||||||
| Indie Label | ||||||||||||
| "Private #1" | May 18, 2010 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Private #2" | December 8, 2010 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Private #3" | June 8, 2011 | — | — | |||||||||
| Major Label | ||||||||||||
| "Change" | July 11, 2012 | 68 | 24 | |||||||||
| "Promise" (約束) | October 3, 2012 | 14 | 30 | |||||||||
| "Hide and Seek with a Monster"/"Good Love" with Michelle Branch (モンスターのかくれんぼ) | February 20, 2013 | 80 | 55 | |||||||||
| "Last Love" | June 5, 2013 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||
| "Spring Breeze" (春風) | February 26, 2014 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region."×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | ||||||||||||
| Release Date | Title | Format | Peak Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indie Label | |||||
| January 1, 2012 | Private #0 | CD | — | ||
| Major Label | |||||
| April 2, 2014 | Borderless | CD, CD&DVD, Digital | 10 | ||
| October 31, 2018 | Wild Inside | CD, CD&DVD, Digital | 50 | ||
| May 1, 2020 | Who You R | CD, CD&DVD, Digital | 82 | ||