Rina Koike

Rina Koike
Rina Koike
Born	September 3, 1993 (age 31); Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2004–present
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)

Rina Koike (小池里奈, Koike Rina) (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

Year	Title	Role
2005	Einstein Girl
2006	Aogeba tôtoshi	Yōko Koike
2007	Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms	young Kyoka Ota
2008	Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World	Shizuka Nomura
	Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka	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
2013	Niryu Shosetsuka	Ai Kobayashi
2014	Girl's Blood	Mayu^[4]
2015	Ultraman Ginga S The Movie	Sakuya
2015	Shiro Majo Gakuen Owari to Hajimari	Rina Kinugasa
2020	Blue Heaven wo Kimi ni

TV Dramas

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

Publications

Photobooks

2006: Tenshinranman ISBN 4775601091
2006: Ichinen shi-kumi jū kyū-ban ISBN 477620357X
2007: Rina biyori ISBN 978-4812432952
2008: Rina no tabi ISBN 978-4847041174 (Making with DVD)
2009: Rina-iro 4 〜 seasons 〜 ISBN 978-4054037755
2009: sabrina ISBN 978-4091030740
2009: Sono manma. ISBN 978-4847042003 (Making with DVD)
2009: Koike Rina no subete misemasu! ISBN 978-4575301861
2010: BOMB tokubetsu henshū DVD-tsuki mukku `Koike Rina to Kobayashi shōjo complete file' ISBN 978-4056059137
2010: 17-Sai ISBN 978-4063528190
2012: Sotsugyō ISBN 978-4091032256
2012: Mubobi. ISBN 978-4847044809

DVDs

2004: Onii-chan to Issho
2006: Rina. Tanjō shite kara 12-nen
2006: Rina sagashi tsuā go shōtai
2007: Rina wa honjitsu ten'nen nari
2008: Ri nattsu ☆
2008: Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (Nomura Shizuka role)
2008: Kētai shōjo ~ koi no kagai jugyō ~ Vol. 1 ~ Vol. 6 (Fujimiya Momoka role)
2009: Rina-shiki 4 ~ seasons ~
2009: Fushigi shōjo katō urara (Kato Urara role)
2009: Bikkuri na!
2010: Koike Rina@san Daime Akechi Kogorou-Kobayashi Shoujo No Jikenbo- (Kobayashi girl role)
2011: Koike Rina RINAism ♪ ~ Rina-teki shinka-ron ~
2012: JD RINA 3
2012: Ri na~tsu moto.

References

^ Saito, Takashi (2021-02-06). "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?]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-23.
^ "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". Oricon News (in Japanese). October 1, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ "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". Nikkan Gendai (in Japanese). November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ 赤×ピンク (2014). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

External links

Official blog
Official profile at Twin Planet Entertainment
Rina Koike at IMDb

[1] Saito, Takashi (2021-02-06). "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?]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-23.

[2] "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". Oricon News (in Japanese). October 1, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.

[3] "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". Nikkan Gendai (in Japanese). November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.

[4] 赤×ピンク (2014). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

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