is a Japanese actress, singer and martial artist. hold black belt in Ryukyu

Shōrin-ryū Shōrin-ryū (少林流) is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the oldest styles of karate. It was named by Choshin Chibana in 1933, but the system itself is much older. The characters 少林, meaning "sparse" or "scanty ...

Karate (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fuj ...

Life and career

Takeda was born on June 15, 1991, in

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...

. 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. In June 2008, the 17-year-old Takeda demonstrated her skills at her

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for ''

Shaolin Girl is a 2008 Japanese sports action comedy film inspired by the Stephen Chow's film ''Shaolin Soccer'' (2001). Unlike the original film, the movie focuses on women's lacrosse. It starred Japanese actress Ko Shibasaki and Hong Kong actors Lam Chi C ...

'' producer Fuyuhiko Nishi, and he was impressed enough to invite her to audition for the movie ''

High Kick Girl! is a 2009 Japanese martial arts film directed and co-written by Fuyuhiko Nishi and starring Rina Takeda. Plot A brown belt girl who desperately wants to get a black belt and believes she can qualify for it by facing a group of black belt holde ...

''. Takeda won the starring role as Kei Tsuchiya in the movie which was released in May 2009. In late 2010, Takeda appeared on television in the MBS comedy

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series ''

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'' as Doro-chan. Takeda had her second starring movie role in the February 2011 martial arts action film ''

Karate Girl is a 2011 Japanese martial arts film directed by Yoshikatsu Kimura starring Rina Takeda. Plot Rina Takeda and Hina Tobimatsu co-star as sisters Ayaka and Natsuki Kurenai, the youngest descendants of a legendary Okinawan karate master named Sho ...

'' together with Tobimatsu Hina followed by another action film '' The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl'' in March 2011. In 2012, Takeda starred in a different genre of filmmaking with '' Dead Sushi'', a comic horror movie directed by

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, who had earlier directed her in ''

''. The film had its US premier at the 2012

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where Takeda won the Best Actress award. Takeda and director Iguchi were both present at the festival. She worked with Iguchi again in the action film ''

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Noboru Iguchi and starring Shoko Nakagawa. Cast * Shoko Nakagawa as Yumeko Aikawa, a gothic lolita fashionista * Rina Takeda as Kill Billy, Takeshi's sidekick; and Nuiguruma, Yumeko's superhero alte ...

'', released theatrically in Japan in January 2014. Also in 2014, Takeda co-starred with Rumi Hanai in the science fiction fantasy Danger Dolls directed by Shusuke Kaneko.

Filmography

Films

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'' (2009) as Kei Tsuchiya * (2010) *''

'' (2011) as Ayaka Kurenai/Ayaka Ikegami *'' The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl'' (2011) as Kisaragi *'' Dead Sushi'' (2012) as Keiko *''The Tale of Iya'' (2013) as Haruna *''

'' (2014) as Kill Billy; Nuigurumaa *'' Danger Dolls'' (2014) as Rei *''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...

'' (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 *''Death in Tokyo'' (2021) as Mina *''Sexual Drive'' (2022) *''Japanese Style'' (2022)

Television

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'' (2010) as Doro-chan *''

Wakakozake is a Japanese manga series by Chie Shinkyu. It has been serialized by Tokuma Shoten in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Zenon'' since the September 2011 issue; it is also available on ''Web Comic Zenyon''. The series has thirtee ...

'' (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

External links

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Rina Takeda Interview
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