is a Japanese fashion model and occasional actress. Since the late 1990s she has appeared in numerous magazines, catalogs, television commercials, TV shows and films.

Biography

Born in the main island of Amami, she began her professional fashion modeling career at the age of around 14 and began commercial fashion modeling at the age of around 15. She made her first television appearance in 1998 when she appeared on a TV ad for House Wellness Foods' soft drink ''Plussy''. She made her TV show debut in October 2000 on TBS's midnight show ''Wonderful''. Yahoo! Profile
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She has regularly appeared on numerous fashion magazines notably ''More'', ''Style'', ''Sweet'', '' Oggi'', ''Ar'', ''Ginger'', ''

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'', and numerous television and print ads including ones for Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s ''Sarasaty Cotton'', Kao's ''Sifone'' (in

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) and ''Biore'' and ''Prettia'',

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's ''Moco'' and Kirin's ''Premium Cocktail''. She made her acting debut in the 2004 film ''Gira'' directed by Noriyuki Taniguchi. Since then she has appeared in two films, one being the 2007 Japan Academy Prize-winning film ''

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. She left her long-term agency Hirata Office in March 2009, signing with the Dress Code agency. In 2010 she released her first solo

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, ''Karte'', consisted of her photographs taken over 6 years by photographer Chikashi Kasai. Near the end of 2010, Takeshita appeared on the first issue of the ''Closet'' magazine as one of its three best featured models along with Miho Tanaka and

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. In May 2012, she married with a general man who is two years younger. Her husband works in the food and beverage industry in Fukuoka, and they got married after a long-distance relationship. In December, she gave birth to her first daughter, named Mahana (真花).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeshita, Rena Japanese female models Japanese women television personalities 1981 births People from the Amami Islands Living people Models from Kagoshima Prefecture