BabymonsterRapper
Ruka
루카Kawai Ruka (河井瑠花)
The oldest member of Babymonster and one of its two rappers — a Japanese dancer who had already debuted in Tokyo before six years as a YG trainee.
- Age
- 24
- Mar 20, 2002
- Height
- 158 cm
- 5′2″
- MBTI
- ISTJ
- self-reported
- Debut
- 2024
- with Babymonster
At a glance
Profile
- Stage name
- Ruka (루카)
- Birth name
- Kawai Ruka (河井瑠花)
- Position
- Rapper
- Birthday
- March 20, 2002 (age 24)
- Zodiac sign
- Pisces
- Chinese zodiac
- Horse
- Height
- 158 cm (5′2″)
- Blood type
- O
- MBTI
- ISTJ
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Birthplace
- Japan
- Representative emoji
- 🦥
9 facts
About Ruka
Ruka is the oldest of Babymonster's seven members and, with Asa, one of the group's two rappers. Born in Japan in 2002, she had already debuted in the Japanese girl group Shibu3 Project before joining YG Entertainment, where she trained for roughly six years — the longest run in the line-up. She was the last of the seven to appear in the run of performance videos YG rolled out from January 2023, and has taken lyric credits on the group's own material since the first studio album.
- 01
Born on March 20, 2002, she is the oldest of the seven members.
- 02
Japanese; she and Asa are the group's two Japanese members.
- 03
Debuted in Japan with the girl group Shibu3 Project before joining YG Entertainment.
- 04
Trained at YG for about six years, the longest of the seven along with Rora and Asa.
- 05
Had been dancing for more than ten years by the time she auditioned for YG.
- 06
Yang Hyun-suk said he had never once criticised her dancing.
- 07
YG producer Bigtone said she looks like a rapper even when she is doing nothing at all.
- 08
She was the seventh and last member shown in the performance videos that began on January 12, 2023; her “Introducing Ruka” clip followed on February 9.
- 09
Wrote lyrics for “Love in My Heart” and the Japanese-language track “Woke Up in Tokyo” on Drip.
1 track
Solo & unit tracks
Songs on Babymonster releases that feature Ruka on her own or in a unit.
- Studio album
“Woke Up in Tokyo”
Unit: Ruka & Asa · Drip
6 other members
