Ishikawa Rika joined Morning Musume. in April of 2000 along with fellow fourth generation members Hitomi Yoshizawa, Nozomi Tsuji, and Ai Kago. Almost immediately, she and Kago were put into the subgroup Tanpopo to replace Ishiguro Aya, who had left the group the previous year. From 2001 to 2003, Ishikawa was loaned to Country Musume to form Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika. When Morning Musume was split into two groups in 2003, Ishikawa was a part of the Otome Gumi half Read more on Last.fm