**Height:** 143 cm
**Hometown:** Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Risa is a demanding young girl who absolutely adores her father. It seems her father gives her anything she wants. Risa seems to have a cheetah or tiger motif, and usually wears prints of these animals in her clothes. In her S Rare+ she carries a white tiger cub, and in her second S Rare she has a plush like the cub she held in the former card. It is implied her father may be a poacher, as her second S Rare shows she has a rug made out of giraffe skin, and this could also be the reason she's associated with endangered species like cheetahs and tigers.

It's obvious Risa loves her father dearly and like most young girls, has stated she'd like to marry him one day. Unlike the vast majority of idols in the series, she sees the Producer as the second most important man in her life: Dad always comes first and foremost. The traits she finds charming in the Producer, are really those that he shares with her father.

In the tie in Cinderella Girls Theater skits, Risa is introduced by Ayaka Kishibe. She states that she is becoming a top idol for her father. Her love of her father extends to most of her life, even making her want to make pancakes for him. She is extremely prideful, and doesn’t seem to like horses after one licks her face and bites her hair. She planned to use Yuu Ohta’s dog as a pompom. Mary Cochran and Rika Jougasaki see her as a sort of role model and she seems to have found a friend in Haru Yuuki.

The U149 in the title refers to the aspiring idols at the center of it all: These small girls are ready to make it big! All under 149 centimeters tall, this group of aspiring pop idols dream of performing for thousands of people. But with zero experience, they’ve got a lot of work to do. Not to mention there’s a distractingly cute prince in town! With the help of their rookie producer, who’s just as short, can they stay focused and make it to the top? 
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited) 
 

Note: Announced during DAY 2 of "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10th ANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND!!!" final tour concert, a TV anime adaptation of the spin-off manga THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149.

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Spin-off manga of THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, focusing on younger idols. The manga centers around girls under 149 centimeters tall (under about 4-feet, 11-inches) who aspire to be idols despite not having a producer or gigs. However, maybe with a marvelous dress, a marvelous stage, and a marvelous prince ... The new Cinderella story follows these small idols and their small rookie producer. 
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

A new episode included in volume 4 of the Blu-ray release featuring Kozue Yusa and Yukimi Sajou.

Four girls suddenly show up at a wedding ceremony, and they take off with the bride. The bride is confused by all this, as "someone" pursues them to take back the bride with a car chase and a running gun battle.

The anime will stream exclusively in the The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage smartphone games.

Irregularly serialized in The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls social mobile game app itself, this "cute, comical" manga follows the idols' "real" daily life that can only be found in these panels.
 
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

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