Rina Koike

Biography

Rina Koike (小池 里奈, Koike Rina) (born September 3, 1993, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress affiliated with Twin Planet. Koike first debuted as a junior idol in 2003. As an actress, Koike has appeared as Sailor Luna in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003) and Shizuka Nomura in Kamen Rider Kiva (2008).

== Career == In the early 2000s, Koike auditioned for Hello! Project Kids but did not pass the audition. When she was 9 years old, while visiting Tokyo with her family, she was scouted at a kissaten in an Isetan store. She then started a junior idol career with the DVD Big Brother at age 10, when she was in 4th grade. In 2004, she was cast in her first television drama role as Sailor Luna in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. 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.

== Filmography ==

=== Movies ===

=== TV Dramas ===

== 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.