Rina Koike Explained

Rina Koike
Height:156cm (61inches)
Birth Date:3 September 1993
Birth Place:Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Actress, model
Years Active:2004–present

(born September 3, 1993, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress affiliated with Twin Planet Entertainment.

Career

In the early 2000s, Koike auditioned for Hello! Project Kids but did not pass the audition.[1] Koike started a junior idol career with the DVD Big Brother at age 10, when she was in 4th grade. She played Sailor Luna in the 2004 live-action version of Sailor Moon, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.[2] She also played the role of Shizuka on the 2008 Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Kiva. In early 2011 she starred in the short TV drama Onegai Kanaete Versailles (おねがいかなえてヴェルサイユ "Fulfill My Wish Versailles"), alongside visual kei metal band Versailles.

After graduating from Asia University in 2016, Koike took a two-year break from the entertainment industry to spend time studying English in New Zealand and Australia.[3]

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRole
2005 Einstein Girl
2006 Aogeba tôtoshi Yōko Koike
2007 Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms young Kyoka Ota
2008 Shizuka Nomura
Shizuka Nomura
Guuguu Datte Neko de Aru young Kojima Asako
Aozora ponchi Nohara Tamae
2009 Sho no Michi Miki Tanmachi
2013 Gokudo no Tsuma-tachi Neo Sakura Nishizawa
Niryu Shosetsuka Ai Kobayashi
2014 Girl's Blood Mayu[4]
2015 Ultraman Ginga S The Movie Sakuya
Shiro Majo Gakuen Owari to Hajimari Rina Kinugasa
2020 Blue Heaven wo Kimi ni

TV Dramas

YearTitleRoleNetworkOther notes
2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 26 episodes later
2005 Koisuru ni chiyōbi "Tokyo Tower"
Omiya-san 4 Mizuho Yasuda Episode 8
Onna to Ai to Mystery -Kansatsu-i Hazuki Shinomiya shitaihakataru 6 Rika Komuro
Keishichō Sōsa-ikka 9 gakari Junko Kokonoe (daughter of Tsunehiko Watase and Yuko Kotegawa)
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 21 Mina Wakabayashi
2006 Kuitan Rei Kinoshita
Kuitan Special `Hong Kong zenbu tabechauzo!'-Hen Rei Kinoshita
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro 5 Series Aya Sato
Shibō Suitei Jikoku Yuki Watanabe
14-sai no Haha Sayaka Nagasaki
2007 Tōkyō ekiowasuremonoazukarisho young Chiaki Satomura
Kuitan 2 Rei Kinoshita
Kētai shōjo ~ koi no kagai jugyō ~ Momoka Fujimiya In addition to family theater
2008 Kamen Rider Kiva Shizuka Nomura
Fushigi shōjo Urara Kato Urara Kato
Keishichō Sōsa-ikka 9 gakari clerk
2009 Challenged Hiyo Okudera
2010 TV Tokyo kaikyoku 45 shūnenkinen drama special: "Sunchine Boy" Tsukada Chinatsu
Sandaime Akechi Kogorou Kobayashi 〜 Kyō mo meichi ga korosa reru 〜 Kobayashi MBS
Rei no ryoku-sha Oda giri Kyoko no uso 7-wa, 9-wa Shōko Toda
2011 Onegai Kanaete Versailles
2012 Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou Yuma Arisaka Episode 9
Houkago wa Mystery Totomo ni 5-kai-hyō/ ura Mina Kato
Kuro no jokyōshi (or "Kuro no Onna Kyoshi") Ai Ishikawa Episode 6
Tokumei Tantei Hosaka Asami Episodes 3,6 and 8
2013 Drama tokubetsu kikaku `Haha. Wagako e Aqua
Keiji 110-kiro Akira Mikami Episode 5
Engawa Keiji Monday Golden Chiaki Onoda
2014 Sailor Zombie Arina
Ultraman Ginga S Sakuya
Sutekina Sen Taxi
2015 Ultra Fight Victory Sakuya

Publications

Photobooks

DVDs

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Takashi . Saito . 小池里奈が5年ぶりに連ドラにレギュラー出演。伝説の美少女が休業と海外留学を経て掴んだものとは? . It's been 5 years since Rina Koike appeared as a regular in a serial drama. What's going on with this legendary beauty during her hiatus and studies abroad? . ja . . 2021-02-06 . 2021-10-23.
  2. News: 小池里奈、1年ぶりツイッター更新で活動再開を報告 ニュージーランド留学していた. ja. Oricon News. October 1, 2018. December 3, 2018.
  3. News: 南明奈と双璧 小池里奈は可愛らしさと美しさが奇跡の共存. ja. Nikkan Gendai. November 30, 2018. December 3, 2018.
  4. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=347445. ja:赤×ピンク (2014). 3 May 2014. allcinema.net. Stingray. Japanese.