Kwon Ri-se

Kwon Ri-se
Kwon at Incheon Festival Ara in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Kwon Ri-se
Also known as	RiSe
Born	(1991-08-16)August 16, 1991 Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Died	September 7, 2014(2014-09-07) (aged 23) Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2010–2014
Labels	KeyEast (2011–2013) Polaris Entertainment (2013-2014)

Korean name
Hangul	권리세
Hanja	權梨世
Revised Romanization	Gwon Ri-se
McCune–Reischauer	Kwŏn Ri-se
Stage name
Hangul	리세
Revised Romanization	Ri-se
McCune–Reischauer	Ri-se

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kwon.

Kwon Ri-sae (Hangul: 권리세; born August 16, 1991 – September 7, 2014) or Kwon Ri-se, better known by her stage name Rise (stylized as RiSe), was a South Korean singer. She was a member of the K-pop girl group Ladies' Code under Polaris Entertainment.

Ladies' Code was in a car accident in the early morning hours of September 3, 2014 around 1 am. The group was on their way back to Seoul after performing. The driver, the group's manager, was speeding on a slippery road due to rain and lost control of the van. The van lost a backwheel and collided with a guardrail. Bandmate, Go Eun-bi, was killed instantly by the crash. Other members, Ashley and Zuny, suffered minor injuries while member Sojung suffered major injuries, including a broken jaw. Rise died at 10:10AM local time on September 7, 2014 surrounded by her family, in Aju University Hospital after being in a coma since the accident and undergoing numerous surgeries. Her public funeral was held on September 9, 2014. Her body was then cremated and her remains were taken by her family to be laid to rest in a private funeral in Japan. She was 23 years old.