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| − | '''Chinen Rina''' ( | + | '''Chinen Rina''' (知念里奈) is a former [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] idol, turned [[dorama]] actress. She attended the acclaimed [[Okinawa Actors School|Okinawa Actors School]] whose graduates incluse, [[Amuro Namie]], [[MAX]], and [[Olivia Lufkin|OLIVIA]]. She debuted on the music scene in 1996 with the single, [[Do-Do for Me|DO-DO FOR ME]]. She started acting in 1997, and she became very popular. Because of this her music sales went up. After a five year run as a model, Rina left to be an full time model/actress. Her leaving is most likely due to her sinking sales. |
==Profile== | ==Profile== | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''Birthdate:''' February 6, 1981 |
| − | + | * '''Birthplace:''' [[Naha|Naha]], [[Okinawa]], [[Japan]] | |
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* '''[[Blood Type]]<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' O | * '''[[Blood Type]]<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' O | ||
* '''Ethnicity:''' Half-Japanese, Half-American | * '''Ethnicity:''' Half-Japanese, Half-American | ||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
| − | From a young age Chinen dreamed of being a star. To help her reach this goal she went to the [[Okinawa Actors School|Okinawa Actors School]] in hopes it would aid her towards her dream. At the school Chinen studied professional vocal training and dance. Her dream became reality when offered a contract by [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. | + | [[File:Chinen Rina.jpg|thumb|200px|Chinen Rina (2005)]] |
| + | From a young age, Chinen dreamed of being a star. To help her reach this goal, she went to the [[Okinawa Actors School|Okinawa Actors School]] in hopes it would aid her towards her dream. At the school, Chinen studied professional vocal training and dance. Her dream became reality when offered a contract by [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. She debut with the single "[[Do-Do for Me|DO-DO FOR ME]]" in 1996. Not long after its release, Chinen decided to branch out and be an actress. She starred in the [[dorama]] [[Five|Five]], which brought everyone's attention to her, in 1997. She went onto release two successful single within that same year ("[[Precious Delicious|precious・delicious]]" and "[[Pinch -Love Me Deeper-|PINCH -Love Me Deeper-]]", respectively), both reaching into the top 20 on the [[Oricon]]. Because of her new found popularity she was named and awarded as the [[Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] new member prize of 1997. | ||
| − | + | She went on to release two more singles in 1998. In January, she released "[[Break Out Emotion|Break out Emotion]]", which ranked in at #24 and selling less units than any previous release. Three months later saw the release of "[[Wing]]" which is her biggest hit, ranking in at #5 on the [[Oricon]]. Soon after it's release, with five singles under her belt Chinen released her debut album, "[[Growing|Growing]]". The album was a big success reaching #2 on the [[Oricon]]. | |
| − | Only a month had | + | Only a month had passed since the release of "[[Growing|Growing]]" and Chinen had another single out, "[[Be Yourself|Be yourself]]". With this single Chinen started to shed her Eurobeat, dance-pop sound and picked up a slight rock edge to her music. She went on to release three more singles with her new found style. With the release of [[Chinen Rina Growing Tour 1999|Chinen Rina Growing Tour 1999]], she had continued her new found rock chick image. During most of the concert she played her guitar while singing. She did change and comeback without and finished the concert with the pop portion. |
Her last single of '99 ("[[In Your Eyes (Chinen Rina)|IN YOUR EYES]]") was a power balled. It became Chinen's last single to enter the top 20 on the [[Oricon]]. In February of 2000 she released "[[Baby Love|Baby Love]]", the single reached #25 and selling more copies than "[[In Your Eyes (Chinen Rina)|IN YOUR EYES]]". Only a month later came the release of the album, "[[Passage -Best Collection-|Passage -Best Collection-]]". The album collected all of her single up until that point([[Do-Do for Me|DO-DO FOR ME]] through [[Baby Love|Baby Love]]). It also had an acoustic version of her "[[My Wish|My wish]]" track and a new song entitled "[[Again (Chinen Rina)|again]]". The album reached #10, and from this point on her stardom feel. | Her last single of '99 ("[[In Your Eyes (Chinen Rina)|IN YOUR EYES]]") was a power balled. It became Chinen's last single to enter the top 20 on the [[Oricon]]. In February of 2000 she released "[[Baby Love|Baby Love]]", the single reached #25 and selling more copies than "[[In Your Eyes (Chinen Rina)|IN YOUR EYES]]". Only a month later came the release of the album, "[[Passage -Best Collection-|Passage -Best Collection-]]". The album collected all of her single up until that point([[Do-Do for Me|DO-DO FOR ME]] through [[Baby Love|Baby Love]]). It also had an acoustic version of her "[[My Wish|My wish]]" track and a new song entitled "[[Again (Chinen Rina)|again]]". The album reached #10, and from this point on her stardom feel. | ||
| − | Over the course of her next four singles sales started | + | Over the course of her next four singles sales started dropping. Each single she released ended up selling less then the single before. With the release of "[[Love, Make Together|Love, make together]]" she changed to a more mature and sexier image. With this single she also changed her musical style to more of an R&B sound. "[[Club Zipangu|CLUB ZIPANGU]]" was even a Japanese language cover of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Martin Ricky Martin]'s [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Bangs She Bangs] and released under '''R・I・N・A'''. This was most likely done to help boost sales, but failed. She then released her second original album, "[[Breath (Chinen Rina)|breath]]" which also ended up being her last. The album reached #29 on the [[Oricon]] charting only for two weeks and become Chinen worst selling as well as worst ranking album. After a few lives to support the album, Chinen fell off of music scene. |
| − | Since then she has gone on to be an actress. She has gone on to be in a | + | Since then she has gone on to be an actress. She has gone on to be in a handful of [[dorama]] including a five season run on the show [[Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho|Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho]]. Most recently she has been in the musical [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Miserables Les Miserables], starring as Éponine. |
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| + | She began to date model [[Nakamura Kentaro]] in 2004. She later married him a year later on August 10 in a shotgun wedding. At the same time, she announced that she was three months pregnant. She later gave birth to a son on March 11, 2006. However, Nakamura and Chinen didn't stay together for long as they divorced a year after their son's birth with Chinen stating that Nakamura's drug problems was the reason for breaking up. | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
===Albums=== | ===Albums=== | ||
| − | * [1998.06.10] [[Growing]] | + | * [1998.06.10] [[Growing (Chinen Rina)|Growing]] |
* [2000.03.23] [[Passage ~Best Collection~]] | * [2000.03.23] [[Passage ~Best Collection~]] | ||
* [2001.05.04] [[Breath (Chinen Rina)|breath]] | * [2001.05.04] [[Breath (Chinen Rina)|breath]] | ||
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* [1997.09.18] [[Pinch -Love Me Deeper-|PINCH -Love Me Deeper-]] | * [1997.09.18] [[Pinch -Love Me Deeper-|PINCH -Love Me Deeper-]] | ||
* [1998.01.28] [[Break Out Emotion|Break out Emotion]] | * [1998.01.28] [[Break Out Emotion|Break out Emotion]] | ||
| − | * [1998.04.15] [[Wing]] | + | * [1998.04.15] [[Wing (Chinen Rina)|Wing]] |
| − | * [1998.07.15] [[Be Yourself|Be yourself]] | + | * [1998.07.15] [[Be Yourself (Chinen Rina)|Be yourself]] |
* [1999.01.13] [[Yes (Chinen Rina)|YES]] | * [1999.01.13] [[Yes (Chinen Rina)|YES]] | ||
* [1999.03.31] [[God Bless the World|GOD BLESS THE WORLD]] | * [1999.03.31] [[God Bless the World|GOD BLESS THE WORLD]] | ||
* [1999.06.23] [[Be Proud|Be proud]] | * [1999.06.23] [[Be Proud|Be proud]] | ||
* [1999.09.29] [[In Your Eyes (Chinen Rina)|IN YOUR EYES]] | * [1999.09.29] [[In Your Eyes (Chinen Rina)|IN YOUR EYES]] | ||
| − | * [2000.02.09] [[Baby Love|Baby Love]] | + | * [2000.02.09] [[Baby Love (Chinen Rina)|Baby Love]] |
* [2000.09.20] [[Love, Make Together|Love, make together]] | * [2000.09.20] [[Love, Make Together|Love, make together]] | ||
* [2000.11.15] [[Club Zipangu|CLUB ZIPANGU]] ('''R・I・N・A''') | * [2000.11.15] [[Club Zipangu|CLUB ZIPANGU]] ('''R・I・N・A''') | ||
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* [2000.04.01] [[Rina Clips 98-00|Rina Clips 98-00]] | * [2000.04.01] [[Rina Clips 98-00|Rina Clips 98-00]] | ||
* [2005.06.24] [[Digi Kishin DVD|digi+KISHIN DVD]] | * [2005.06.24] [[Digi Kishin DVD|digi+KISHIN DVD]] | ||
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| + | === Compilations / Others === | ||
| + | * [1997.07.24] ''[[Velfarre J-Pop Night Presents Dance with You|VELFARRE J-POP NIGHT presents DANCE with YOU]]'' | ||
| + | * [1997.05.21] ''[[Beach Side no Love Story ~'97 Summer]]'' | ||
| + | * [1997.11.12] ''[[Max Japan 4 ~Best Hits in Japan~|MAX JAPAN 4 ~BEST HITS IN JAPAN~]]'' | ||
| + | * [1998.01.21] ''[[Kodama no Omocha Soundtrack Vol. 3]]'' | ||
| + | * [1998.05.11] ''[[Beach Side no Love Story ~'98 Summer|Beach Side no Love Story ~'98 summer]]'' | ||
| + | * [1998.11.21] ''[[Max Japan 5|MAX JAPAN 5]]'' | ||
| + | * [1999.03.20] ''[[TV & CM Best Hits '99]]'' | ||
| + | * [1999.06.19] ''[[Beach Side no Love Story ~'99 Summer|Beach Side no Love Story ~'99 summer]]'' | ||
| + | * [1999.11.03] ''[[20 Seiki Best / Idol History Vol. 3|20 Seiki BEST / Idol History Vol. 3]]'' | ||
| + | * [1999.11.20] ''[[Max Japan 6 ~best Hits in Japan '99|MAX JAPAN 6 ~best hits in japan '99]]'' | ||
| + | * [2004.09.23] ''[[Fun Fun's Recommend ~Music & Visual Selection~|FUN FUN’S RECOMMEND ~MUSIC & VISUAL Selection~]]'' | ||
| + | * [2008.03.19] ''[[Flower Festival ~Vision Factory Presents|FLOWER FESTIVAL ~VISION FACTORY presents]]'' | ||
| + | * [2008.12.03] ''[[Vision factory Compilation ~Aku Yu, Sakka Seikatsu 40 Shuunen Kinenbi~|VISION FACTORY COMPILATION~Aku Yu, Sakka Seikatsu 40 Shuunen Kinenbi~]]'' | ||
| + | * [2010.02.24] ''[[Doraemon Eiga Shudaika Taizenshuu]]'' | ||
| + | * [2012.10.03] ''[[Shiawase no Uta]]'' | ||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | * [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/rina/ | + | * [http://www.rising-pro.jp/artist/chinen/ Official RISING PRODUCTION Site] |
| + | * [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/rina/ Official Sony Music Site] | ||
| + | * [http://ameblo.jp/rina-chinen/ Official Blog] | ||
* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/234317/ Oricon Profile] | * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/234317/ Oricon Profile] | ||
| + | * [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A5%E5%BF%B5%E9%87%8C%E5%A5%88 Japanese Wikipedia: 知念里奈] | ||
[[Category:Artists]] | [[Category:Artists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:25, 5 August 2015
Chinen Rina (知念里奈) is a former Japanese pop idol, turned dorama actress. She attended the acclaimed Okinawa Actors School whose graduates incluse, Amuro Namie, MAX, and OLIVIA. She debuted on the music scene in 1996 with the single, DO-DO FOR ME. She started acting in 1997, and she became very popular. Because of this her music sales went up. After a five year run as a model, Rina left to be an full time model/actress. Her leaving is most likely due to her sinking sales.
Contents
Profile
- Birthdate: February 6, 1981
- Birthplace: Naha, Okinawa, Japan
- Blood Type: O
- Ethnicity: Half-Japanese, Half-American
Information
From a young age, Chinen dreamed of being a star. To help her reach this goal, she went to the Okinawa Actors School in hopes it would aid her towards her dream. At the school, Chinen studied professional vocal training and dance. Her dream became reality when offered a contract by Sony Music Entertainment. She debut with the single "DO-DO FOR ME" in 1996. Not long after its release, Chinen decided to branch out and be an actress. She starred in the dorama Five, which brought everyone's attention to her, in 1997. She went onto release two successful single within that same year ("precious・delicious" and "PINCH -Love Me Deeper-", respectively), both reaching into the top 20 on the Oricon. Because of her new found popularity she was named and awarded as the Grand Prix new member prize of 1997.
She went on to release two more singles in 1998. In January, she released "Break out Emotion", which ranked in at #24 and selling less units than any previous release. Three months later saw the release of "Wing" which is her biggest hit, ranking in at #5 on the Oricon. Soon after it's release, with five singles under her belt Chinen released her debut album, "Growing". The album was a big success reaching #2 on the Oricon.
Only a month had passed since the release of "Growing" and Chinen had another single out, "Be yourself". With this single Chinen started to shed her Eurobeat, dance-pop sound and picked up a slight rock edge to her music. She went on to release three more singles with her new found style. With the release of Chinen Rina Growing Tour 1999, she had continued her new found rock chick image. During most of the concert she played her guitar while singing. She did change and comeback without and finished the concert with the pop portion.
Her last single of '99 ("IN YOUR EYES") was a power balled. It became Chinen's last single to enter the top 20 on the Oricon. In February of 2000 she released "Baby Love", the single reached #25 and selling more copies than "IN YOUR EYES". Only a month later came the release of the album, "Passage -Best Collection-". The album collected all of her single up until that point(DO-DO FOR ME through Baby Love). It also had an acoustic version of her "My wish" track and a new song entitled "again". The album reached #10, and from this point on her stardom feel.
Over the course of her next four singles sales started dropping. Each single she released ended up selling less then the single before. With the release of "Love, make together" she changed to a more mature and sexier image. With this single she also changed her musical style to more of an R&B sound. "CLUB ZIPANGU" was even a Japanese language cover of Ricky Martin's She Bangs and released under R・I・N・A. This was most likely done to help boost sales, but failed. She then released her second original album, "breath" which also ended up being her last. The album reached #29 on the Oricon charting only for two weeks and become Chinen worst selling as well as worst ranking album. After a few lives to support the album, Chinen fell off of music scene.
Since then she has gone on to be an actress. She has gone on to be in a handful of dorama including a five season run on the show Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho. Most recently she has been in the musical Les Miserables, starring as Éponine.
She began to date model Nakamura Kentaro in 2004. She later married him a year later on August 10 in a shotgun wedding. At the same time, she announced that she was three months pregnant. She later gave birth to a son on March 11, 2006. However, Nakamura and Chinen didn't stay together for long as they divorced a year after their son's birth with Chinen stating that Nakamura's drug problems was the reason for breaking up.
Discography
Albums
- [1998.06.10] Growing
- [2000.03.23] Passage ~Best Collection~
- [2001.05.04] breath
Singles
- [1996.10.21] DO-DO FOR ME
- [1997.03.31] precious・delicious
- [1997.09.18] PINCH -Love Me Deeper-
- [1998.01.28] Break out Emotion
- [1998.04.15] Wing
- [1998.07.15] Be yourself
- [1999.01.13] YES
- [1999.03.31] GOD BLESS THE WORLD
- [1999.06.23] Be proud
- [1999.09.29] IN YOUR EYES
- [2000.02.09] Baby Love
- [2000.09.20] Love, make together
- [2000.11.15] CLUB ZIPANGU (R・I・N・A)
- [2000.12.06] Just Believe
- [2001.03.07] Love you close
DVDs
- [1998.09.19] Plain VIDEO CLIPS
- [1999.08.04] Rina Chinen Growing Tour 1999
- [2000.04.01] Rina Clips 98-00
- [2005.06.24] digi+KISHIN DVD
Compilations / Others
- [1997.07.24] VELFARRE J-POP NIGHT presents DANCE with YOU
- [1997.05.21] Beach Side no Love Story ~'97 Summer
- [1997.11.12] MAX JAPAN 4 ~BEST HITS IN JAPAN~
- [1998.01.21] Kodama no Omocha Soundtrack Vol. 3
- [1998.05.11] Beach Side no Love Story ~'98 summer
- [1998.11.21] MAX JAPAN 5
- [1999.03.20] TV & CM Best Hits '99
- [1999.06.19] Beach Side no Love Story ~'99 summer
- [1999.11.03] 20 Seiki BEST / Idol History Vol. 3
- [1999.11.20] MAX JAPAN 6 ~best hits in japan '99
- [2004.09.23] FUN FUN’S RECOMMEND ~MUSIC & VISUAL Selection~
- [2008.03.19] FLOWER FESTIVAL ~VISION FACTORY presents
- [2008.12.03] VISION FACTORY COMPILATION~Aku Yu, Sakka Seikatsu 40 Shuunen Kinenbi~
- [2010.02.24] Doraemon Eiga Shudaika Taizenshuu
- [2012.10.03] Shiawase no Uta
Filmography
- [1997] Five
- [2002] Yume no California
- [2002] Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho
- [2003] Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 2
- [2004] Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 3
- [2004] Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 4
- [2005] Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 5
