is a Japanese

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. Her management agency is

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, which also manages her younger sister, singer

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. Her full name is . She is of maternal

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descent. Rie debuted in TV on

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's variety show ''Ucchan Nanchan no Urinari!'' in mid-1990s, and sang in the group ''McKee'' on the show, releasing ''Can't Stop My Heart'' which charted as high as #28. She also has appeared in commercial for companies such as

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or Sapporo Beverage and in the 2006 movie ''

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'' (though uncredited). Rie appears regularly in

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s as ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as catalogues for several fashion companies in Japan. In 2007 she appeared on

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's videoclip for ''Akanezora''. In 2009 she married a businessman from

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. In late 2011, she announced she was

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.''BAILA'', November 2011 issue (on sale since 12 October 2010),

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References

External links

Profile at Stardust Promotion

1980 births Living people Models from Tokyo Japanese female models Japanese people of Spanish descent Stardust Promotion artists Models from Tokyo Metropolis {{Model-stub