Rika Watanabe: Her resplendent 'Happy 25th Birthday' post....

 In the past used to go a bit overboard with these birthday posts. However don't do nearly as many as I once did but here's someone who I do like immensely and never seems to have enough solo posts. Then again this is her 57th overall post with fourteen being solo ones, seeing as how they've all been done in less than three years those are impressive numbers. Bet most wouldn't remember but back in 2017 Rika finished 11th on the yearly top twenty list, for so long she was my fave Keya member.
 These days I'd place Rika third on the Keya list, some of it has to do with her not being as busy but then again the two that have eclipsed her are well deserving. Rika's last solo post was exactly two months ago and there hasn't been many new happenings since then. But have compiled many fine things for today that total over eighty pics, even if it wasn't her birthday this post still could have been done. There's been four solo posts for Keya members already this month and hope to have two more for May, hard to believe considering how quiet they've been as a group.

 Except for the stretch when Rika's photobook came out at the end of 2017 she's been a conservative dresser but you could say the same for most Keya members. But these days she's been dressing more conservatively than ever, she still looks terrific but it's a shame as she does have such an underrated figure. One of the gals to have passed Rika on my fave members list wished her a happy b-day along with Keya's two captains though both pics are a tad old.

 'Keyakise' birthday cards are always a fine way to celebrate....

.... and so aren't non b-day cards! If you didn't know 'Keyakise' is the name of Keya's mobile app game, I really like those pics of her as a maid.

 Those cards are from 2018/19 but are new for here as they had never been posted before. Rika has been an exclusive model for the Ray magazine for a few years now, at one time she didn't have many pics at their site but these days she does as these are all new ones added since April 1st.

 Forgot to see if these pics from the April issue of Ray were in her last solo post, will have them here just in case they weren't plus it's been her only spread these last three months.

 How about an oldie Rika spread then, at one time she seemed to have a solo spread every other month but it's been a year since her last one. This set from the February 2018 issue of Brody was promoting her photobook that came out in December 2017.

 Here's an extremely nice bonus for today which is this set that's a year old from the May 23rd edition of Young Jump. What makes it so special is that it's never been posted before as I wasn't sure what group post it should go in and it's one member from each '46' group.

 May is the month when the huge Spring/Summer 'Girls Award' fashion show is held. Of course for this year it was cancelled, Rika always makes an appearance at all of those bigger shows along with a few of her Keya mates. So let's go back two years to their 2018 Spring/Summer show and Rika took her stroll on the Ray stage.

 What I want to know is what happened to the unbeatable duo of 'W-Watanabe'?. 😍 They always appeared together in mag spreads or at shows but it's been ages since that's happened, sigh....

 Can't think of any better way to end off this Rika post with some of her 'greatest pics'. It's true that she has so many fewer gravure pics than most Idols though to me she looks so ultra perfect, almost forgot to mention it but birthday #25 happens today and where I live it's still May 16th. Not many solo Rika videos on YT but have one after the pics from a September 2018 Ray magazine event.