NI-KI

Nishimura Riki more well known by his stage name,he is also a member of the South Korean boy group ENHYPEN. He was born on December 9, 2005, and is the maknae of the group, as well as the only Japanese member.

Stage Name

Ni-ki 

Birth Name

Nishimura Riki 

Birthday

December 9, 2005

Nationality

Japanese

Height (cm & ft)

185cm* (6’1’’)

Blood Type

B

MBTI

ENTJ

Zodiac

Sagittarius (Western) / Rooster (Chinese)

Representative Emoji

🐆 or  🐥

PRE-DEBUT

• He was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. 

• He started dancing at the age of 3.  He was initially self-taught, starting with jazz and imitating Michael Jackson’s dances.

• He used to imitate Michael Jackson for 5 hours a day when he was young

• At age 5, he joined a dance academy where he first learned ballet.

• Prior to traveling to Korea to become a trainee, Ni-ki hosted his own workshops at LEAD Entertainment, a dance studio owned by Ni-ki’s family. 

• He came to South Korea on August 1st, 2019 when he was 13 (international age) by himself. From then until his participation in I-Land he lived alone in Seoul as a trainee at a home-stay.

• He trained under BE:LIFT for 8 months and was a famous trainee for his exceptional dance skills.

• As a trainee, before joining I-LAND, he used to send pictures to his mom every day so she wouldn’t worry about him too much.

• When he first came to South Korea, he couldn’t speak Korean. His Korean improved during I-LAND, especially with the help of his co-member Jay, who knows both Korean and Japanese. 

• Ni-ki was ranked 4th in the final episode of I-LAND with 1,140,718 votes. 

• Ni-ki auditioned two times: Once in the 2018 BIGHIT GLOBAL AUDITION with K-POP COVER DANCE FESTIVAL with "Sayonara Hatori' by Taemin of SHINee.  He was 12 at the time. He re-auditioned in South Korea in 2019 with the cover ‘Lie’ by Jimin of BTS, and successfully passed the audition to join Belift Lab when he was 13. 

• He made another officialm cover video of "lie' that he posted on ENHYPEN official account in 2020 when he was 15.

• Ni-ki has studied various genres of dance, including jazz, ballet, hip hop, b-boying, contemporary, latino, kpop, and freestyle. Ni-ki can also do acrobatics.

• He has danced with and learned from well known dancers/choreographers from Japan like Maasa Ishihara, Kento Mori, Travis Payne, Yorito, Riki Maru, Rino Nakasone, Fuko Takenaka and Jumi Lite.

• Ni-ki performed at the Pan Pacific Festival in Oahu, Hawaii in 2016 where he danced to a medley of Michael Jackson songs. 

• He also passed the KIDS Audition (June 1, 2014) and was chosen among hundreds of kids from all over Japan to be trained by famous Japanese choreographer and ex Michael Jackson’s dancer: Kento Mori.

• Ni-ki performed 'Billie Jean' and ‘Slave to the Rhythm' on a famous Japanese TV show with his older sister in front of Kento Mori when he was 9.

• Ni-ki is also a well-known Shawol (SHINee fandom name) among Japanese fans. He was part of the SHINee KIDS when he was 11, and danced on stage with SHINee during their FIVE dome tour in Japan (Sept 24, 2017). Each of the five kids were ‘mini’ representations of the idols; Ni-ki was a ‘mini Key’ (Kim Kibum).

HOBBIES AND SKILLS

• Ni-ki can memorize whole new choreographies within 10-20 minutes, as confirmed both by him and by the members in I-Land. (I-Land: episode 2; episode 12). The members have also said Ni-ki learns choreographies the fastest.

• Ni-ki can play basic piano.

• Ni-ki has many hobbies including: dancing, photography, soccer gaming, and watching movies.

• He has been praised multiple times by the filming directors for his great and natural ability to pose in front of cameras.

• Ni-ki developed his MC skills as he was the radio DJ for the famous Japanese radio show ANNX for one year (2021-2022).

LIKES AND DISLIKES

• Ni-ki likes playing video games, especially FIFA which he used to play a lot with Heeseung and Sunghoon till late.

• Ni-ki, along with Sunoo, enjoy watching horror movies. 

• Home Alone is his favorite movie of all time, and Itaewon Class is his favorite Korean drama.

• He likes sleeping a lot.  He said sleeping is what he does to relax.

• Ni-ki really loves bungeoppang.  He also likes warmed up strawberries and salted watermelons.  He dislikes pork.

• He enjoys photography. On music video sets, he will often borrow professional cameras from the staff to take pictures of the members.

• He likes it when his parents send him parcels from Japan. They often send him Japanese snacks that can’t be found in Korea as well as gifts for the other members. His parents gifted all seven of them personalized wooden chopsticks with their names in Japanese.

• He dislikes bugs and waking up in the morning.

• Ni-ki loves amusement parks. When he was a kid he used to go every year to Disneyland, Sealand, and Universal Studios.