Rina Takeda
Rina Takeda | |
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武田 梨奈 | |
| Born | June 15, 1991 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Agent | Sony Music Artists, Inc.[1] |
Rina Takeda (武田 梨奈, Takeda Rina, born June 15, 1991) is a Japanese actress, singer and martial artist. she is best known for playing Kei Tsuchiya in High Kick Girl![2] she hold her black belt in Ryukyu Shōrin-ryū Karate.
Life and career
[edit]Takeda was born on June 15, 1991, in Kanagawa Prefecture. She has said that she became interested in karate as a 10-year-old when she saw her father lose in a karate match and decided that she had to avenge his defeat.[1][3] In June 2008, the 17-year-old Takeda demonstrated her skills at her dojo for Shaolin Girl producer Fuyuhiko Nishi, and he was impressed enough to invite her to audition for the movie High Kick Girl!.[1] Takeda won the starring role as Kei Tsuchiya in the movie which was released in May 2009.[4][5] In late 2010, Takeda appeared on television in the MBS comedy tokusatsu series The Ancient Dogoo Girl as Doro-chan.[6][7]
Takeda had her second starring movie role in the February 2011 martial arts action film Karate Girl[8][9] together with Tobimatsu Hina followed by another action film The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl in March 2011.[10] In 2012, Takeda starred in a different genre of filmmaking with Dead Sushi, a comic horror movie directed by Noboru Iguchi, who had earlier directed her in The Ancient Dogoo Girl. The film had its US premier at the 2012 Austin Fantastic Fest where Takeda won the Best Actress award. Takeda and director Iguchi were both present at the festival.[11][12] She worked with Iguchi again in the action film Gothic Lolita Battle Bear, released theatrically in Japan in January 2014.[13]
Also in 2014, Takeda co-starred with Rumi Hanai in the science fiction fantasy Danger Dolls directed by Shusuke Kaneko.[14][15]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]- High Kick Girl! (2009) as Kei Tsuchiya
- Shoujo Senshiden Sion (少女戦士伝 シオン) (2010)
- Karate Girl (2011) as Ayaka Kurenai/Ayaka Ikegami
- The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl (2011) as Kisaragi
- Dead Sushi (2012)[16] as Keiko
- The Tale of Iya (2013) as Haruna
- Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (2014) as Kill Billy; Nuigurumaa[17]
- Danger Dolls (2014) as Rei
- Attack on Titan (2015) as Lil
- The Book Peddler (2016) as Suzume Akamatsu
- The World's Longest Photograph (2018) as Atsuko Takenaka
- Izanagi Kureta (2020) as Noriko
- Napoleon and Me (2021) as Haruko[18]
- Death in Tokyo (2021) as Mina[19]
- Sexual Drive (2022)[20]
- Japanese Style (2022)[21]
- Okashiratsuki (2023) as adult Nachi Hiyama[22]
- Muromachi Outsiders (2025)[23]
Television
[edit]- The Ancient Dogoo Girl (2010) as Doro-chan
- Wakakozake (2015) as Wakako Murasaki
- Devil Lover (2015) (Thai TV Series) as Sayaka
- Wakakozake Season 2 (2016) as Wakako Murasaki
- Wakakozake Season 3 (2017) as Wakako Murasaki
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Rina Takeda" (in Japanese). Son y Music Artists, Inc. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "High Kick Girl!". cityonfire.com. Retrieved 2023-02-25..
- ^ "An Interview With Rina Takeda". Far East Films. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ ハイキック・ガール！ (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ "Review: High Kick Girl!". Nippon Cinema. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ 古代少女隊ドグーンＶ（ファイブ） (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ "HIGH KICK GIRL RINA TAKEDA JOINING SEASON TWO OF THE ANCIENT DOGOO GIRL!". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ^ "KG カラテガール" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ "Rina Takeda Is Back In Uniform For KG". Neo. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ^ 女忍 ＫＵＮＯＩＣＨＩ (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ デッド寿司 (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ "Japanese splatter action comedy is on the menu when director Noboru Iguchi and karate girl Rina Takeda join forces to take on flying killer sushi monsters in DEAD SUSHI!". Austin Fantastic Fest. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ "ヌイグルマーZ" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ 少女は異世界で戦った (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "Danger Dolls (Review)". Influx Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "Dead Sushi DVD review". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Magical Teddybear-Transforming Lolita Shokotan Fights More Zombies in Trailer". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "武田梨奈主演『ナポレオンと私』今夏公開決定 濱正悟、染谷俊之と織りなすラブストーリー". Real Sound. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "映画「吾輩は猫である！」公式HP". waga-neko.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- ^ "橋本マナミら出演、秘めたる性衝動を暴く「Sexual Drive」日米で公開". Natalie. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "ジャパニーズ スタイル Japanese Style". eiga.com. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ^ "尾かしら付き。". eiga.com. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "室町無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official blog (in Japanese)
- Rina Takeda at IMDb
- Rina Takeda Interview
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
| People | |
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Yokohama
- Actresses from Yokohama
- Japanese female karateka
- Japanese film actresses
- Shōrin-ryū practitioners
- Martial artists from Yokohama
- Martial artists from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Singers from Yokohama
- 21st-century Japanese singers
- 21st-century Japanese women singers
- 21st-century Japanese actresses