Kato Rico

 (加藤理子), formerly known as Hashimura Riko (橋村理子), is a Japanese idol, a former 1st generation member of Zero Project, a member of Zero Project Senbatsu, and a former member of Z4-B4, and a former 1st generation member of Up Up Girls (2).

She joined Up Up Girls (2) as a first generation member on February 25, 2017, and graduated on July 29, 2019, to study fashion design.

She was dismissed from Zero Project on March 8, 2022 alongside Shirosaki Matsuri due to a serious breach in contract regarding inappropriate behavior. She was also originally going to be a part of the the Z3 Senbatsu line-up.

Profile

 * Zero Project Registration Number: 1027
 * Zero Project Registration Date: July 1, 2021
 * Hobbies: Karaoke, singing while hula-hooping, baking bread and desserts, and drawing pictures
 * Special Skills: Cooking
 *  Dominant Hand: Right
 * Favorite Color: Pink
 * Favorite Idol: Tanaka Reina
 * Charm Point: Smile
 * Eastern Zodiac: Rabbit
 * Up Up Girls (2) Audition Song: YOLO

Zero Project Group History

 * Z5-B2 (Formation -> November 5, 2021)
 * Zero Project Senbatsu (November 21, 2021 -> March 5, 202)
 * Z4-B4 (November 21, 2021 -> March 5, 2022)

Trivia

 * She was born on the same day as former {Hello Pro Egg member Muto Mika.
 * She considered herself Up Up Girls (2)'s girl power representative.
 * She called herself "The world's cutest Rikko" (世界一可愛いりっこ).
 * She likes drawing, especially pictures of idols, and often posted her drawings on Twitter.
 * Her Up Up Girls (2) audition number was #14.