Dambara Ruru

Dambara Ruru (段原瑠々) is a second generation member of Juice=Juice under Hello! Project. She initially joined Hello! Project as an Hello Pro Kenshuusei on September 22, 2013 and was formally introduced on December 7, 2013 alongside six other girls.

Early Life
Dambara Ruru was born on May 7, 2001 in Otake, Hiroshima, Japan.

Prior to participating in the Morning Musume 12ki Member "Mirai Shoujo" Audition, she was a 19th generation student of Actor's School Hiroshima.

2013
Dambara participated in the 12th generation auditions, and made it to the finals, but she failed to join.

On September 15, Dambara graduated from Actor's School Hiroshima.

On September 22, a self-introduction video of Dambara was uploaded to the Hello Pro Kenshuusei YouTube channel, revealing that she was a new member of the program.

On December 7, Dambara was officially introduced as a Hello Pro Kenshuusei at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~12gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~ alongside Yamaki Risa, Yokogawa Yumei, Niinuma Kisora, Oura Hirona, Haga Akane and Funaki Musubu, all seven girls did a dance performance of Juice=Juice's Watashi ga Iu Mae ni Dakishimenakya ne.

2014
On January 12, Dambara participated in Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~GOiSU MODE~'s Hiroshima concert, she also handed out momiji manju to the members of Hello! Project backstage.

Dambara participated in the opening act and as a back dancer for the Morning Musume '14 Concert Tour Haru ~Evolution~.

She won the fan vote at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2014 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ for singing "Memory Seishun no Hikari".

2015
Dambara participated in the opening act and a as back dancer for the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Aki ~℃an't STOP!!~.

2016
Dambara participated in the opening act and as a back dancer for the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2016 Haru ~℃ONCERTO~.

2017
Dambara participated in the opening act and as a back dancer for the ℃-ute Concert Tour 2017 Haru ~℃elebration~.

On May 5, at the Hello! Project Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2017 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~, it was announced that she would debut alongside Ichioka Reina and Kawamura Ayano in the near future.

On June 26, it was announced through a special episode of Hello! Project Station that Dambara would be joining Juice=Juice along with Yanagawa Nanami as new members. They began performing with the group in the Hello! Project 2017 SUMMER concert tour and Juice=Juice LIVE AROUND 2017 ~Seven Horizon~.

On August 11, Dambara and the four other members promoted from Hello Pro Kenshuusei released a digital song titled "Gobaku ~We Can't Go Back~".

2018
On May 8, Dambara celebrated her 17th birthday at a fanclub event titled Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2018, featuring three shows at TOKYO FM HALL.

Personal Life
Family= She has an older sister named Riri, who is a member of the group SPL∞ASH.

When Dambara joined Juice=Juice, she was a first year high school student. As of April 2018, she is currently attending her second year of high school.
 * -|Education=

The following list are notable friendships Dambara Ruru has acquired:
 * -|Friendships=
 * Funaki Musubu: She gets along best with ANGERME member Funaki Musubu.
 * Niinuma Kisora: She is good friends with Niinuma Kisora outside Juice=Juice.

Dambara's given name, Ruru, means "lapis lazuli" (瑠; ru) repeated (々).
 * -|Name Meaning=

Here is a list of nicknames that have been used to refer to Dambara Ruru:
 * -|Nicknames=
 * Danbaran (だんばらん): Her first official nickname, given to her when she first joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
 * Runrun (るんるん): Her second official nickname when she was in Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
 * Dan-chan (だんちゃん): Used by Taguchi Natsumi, Nomura Minami, and Kanazawa Tomoko.
 * Ruru-tan (るるたん): Used by Inoue Hikaru.
 * Ruru-chan (るるちゃん): Another one of her nicknames when she was in Hello Pro Kenshuusei. Used by Miyazaki Yuka and Kanazawa Tomoko.
 * Ruu-chan (るーちゃん): Used by Miyamoto Karin, Uemura Akari, Yanagawa Nanami, and Takagi Sayuki.

Profile
Stats=
 * Name: Dambara Ruru (段原瑠々)
 * Nickname: RunRun (るんるん), Danbaran (だんばらん)
 * Birthday:
 * Birthplace: Otake, Hiroshima, Japan
 * Blood type: A
 * Height: 163cm
 * Western Zodiac: Taurus
 * Hello! Project Status:
 * 2013-09-22: Hello Pro Kenshuusei Member
 * 2017-06-26: Juice=Juice Member
 * Juice=Juice Fruit (Member Color):
 * Hello! Project Groups:
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013–2017)
 * Juice=Juice (2017–Present)
 * -|Q&A=
 * Hobbies: Watching DVDs and videos of Hello! Project seniors, collecting character goods, making omelets
 * Special Skills: Singing, Dancing, Piano, being able quickly memorizing songs
 * Favorite Music Genre: Ballad
 * Favorite Food: Hamburger, mother's cheesecake
 * Favorite Color: Pink, Orange
 * Favorite Sports: Music, Athletics, Dodgeball
 * Charm Point: Her love for singing, bedhead
 * Motto: "Doryoku wa kanarazu mukuwareru!" (努力は必ず報われる!; Efforts will be rewarded by all means!)
 * Favorite Hello! Project songs: "One•Two•Three", "ROCK Erotic", "Bishoujo Shinri", "Only you", "Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke", "Help me!!"
 * Looks Up To:  Sayashi Riho

Magazines

 * [2014.06.23] UTB (with Niinuma Kisora, Oura Hirona)
 * [2014.07.10] JUNON (with Tanabe Nanami, Hamaura Ayano, Makino Maria, Sasaki Rikako, Niinuma Kisora, Funaki Musubu)
 * [2014.07.24] B.L.T. (with Funaki Musubu)

Theater

 * [2018] Time Repeat ~Eien ni Kimi wo Omou~

Internet

 * [2013-] Hello! Project Station

Trivia

 * In the March 2014 issue of Gekkan Entame, she was ranked as the 2nd member who "eats the most" in Hello Pro Kenshuusei.
 * She wanted to join Hello Pro Kenshuusei because she thought she could get her skills up.
 * For her, the hardest thing about joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei was people telling her, "But you made it so far in the auditions..."
 * She thinks she won't lose to any other member in singing.
 * She wants to be an idol that is admired by everyone.
 * She is the second Hello! Project member from Actors School Hiroshima, the first being Sayashi Riho.
 * When asked why she wanted to join Morning Musume, she replied that when she would go to their  concerts, the members seemed to shine and she thought "Ah, I want to do that too!".
 * She says she wants to do solos. She wants to convey her energy to the people listening to her singing and for them to be moved.
 * When asked who she aspires to be like in Hello! Project, she said Sayashi Riho. She sees her as a "dai-senpai," and says that her dance isn't even comparable to Sayashi's. Upon joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei, she wants to work hard to get even a little bit more closer to her(in terms of aspiring to be like her).
 * Her Hello Pro Kenshuusei rivals were her generation-mates, especially Funaki Musubu. They were rivals in the Morning Musume audition, and they all joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei at the same time, so she doesn't want to lose to any of them.
 * Before her first Kenshuusei performance, she was nervous, because she had spent most of her time in lessons just watching herself and others, but now other people were going to be watching her. She was happy seeing the audience wave their glowsticks in time with their dance.
 * Her dream was to join Morning Musume after getting a lot of lessons and practice in Hello Pro Kenshuusei. If she can't join Morning Musume, she'd be happy to join a new unit.
 * Tsunku's comments: "You can't call yourself a pro if you don't have both the rhythm and a heart-felt song down. You can't just be good, you need to feel the more subtle rhythms and include emotions, so I want you to try copying more and more of the world's best singers to get to that point. Memorize everything about all the female singers you can."
 * According to an interview with JUNON in July 2014, Dambara hopes on getting a red member color.
 * She has the same birthday as Morning Musume 5th generation member Konno Asami, former Hello Pro Kenshuusei member Maeda Irori and Morning Musume 10th generation member Sato Masaki.
 * She went to karaoke many times with her mother to practice Hatsukoi Cider.
 * In an interview with Top Yell in July 2016, Dambara was nicknamed "The Future Legend".
 * Her future goal is to make people happy and give them energy.
 * Her family is always telling her to stop being so noisy, but she can't help wanting to sing.
 * When she hears her older sister singing, Ruru joins in and sings in harmonization.
 * She won't lose to other Kenshuusei in her love for music.
 * Her appeal was singing some of Matsuura Aya's Zutto Suki de Ii Desu ka.
 * She wants to challenge her shyness.
 * Haga Akane's debut was the most surprising to her. She was more mentally prepared for the debuts after that.
 * With many of the girls from her generation getting into groups before her, she had thought about quitting. She'd actually gone out and said that she wanted to quit three times. But when asked in return if she'd quit if that were the case, she'd reply 'It's not like I particularly want to quit!' and keep at it. She's competitive, and is the type who doesn't want to quit until she gets some sort of result.
 * When her group had yet to be made known, Morning Musume would have been her first choice. But she was happy to have gotten into Juice=Juice. Juice=Juice hadn't crossed her mind as a possibility because the group had never taken in new members before.