Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as (里奈, 璃奈, 莉愛, 璃菜, 利奈, 理名, 莉菜, 里菜, and 理菜). It is also a feminine name in the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...

language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and is also a Hebrew name meaning "song; joy". The name Rina is also a hypocoristic for various names ending with 'rina' (Italian ''

Caterina Caterina is a feminine given name which is an Italian and Catalan form of the name ''Katherine''. Notable people with the name include: In music: * Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun * Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and ...

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Katharina Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. It may refer to: In television and film: *Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter *Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director *Katharina Thalbach, German actre ...

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Ekaterina Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian ''Yekaterina''. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below. Arts *Ekaterina Medvedeva ...

'' and others) and is a feminine given name of Japanese origins. Rina is also a similar name of

Tina Tina may refer to: People *Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina'' Places * Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia *Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomo ...

Actresses

Rina Aizawa is a Japanese actress and gravure idol signed under Box Corporation. She is best known for her role Saki Royama/Go-on Yellow in Super Sentai series '' Engine Sentai Go-Onger. '' History She debuted in 2008 in the TV Asahi's tokusatsu series ''En ...

(逢沢りな, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol *, Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality *, Japanese actress *

Rina Koike (born September 3, 1993, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress affiliated with Very Berry Production. Career In the early 2000s, Koike auditioned for Hello! Project Kids but did not pass the audition. Koike started a junior idol ca ...

(小池里奈, born 1993), Japanese actress and idol *

Rina Kitagawa is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Ken-On. Biography Kitagawa made her debut anime role for '' Gatchaman Crowds''. She voiced Yuuko Omori/Cure Honey in '' HappinessCharge PreCure!''. Filmography Anime *'' HappinessCharge Precu ...

(born 1993), Japanese voice actress *

Rina Misaki Rina or RINA may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Rina (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kento Rina, Indian politician * Mahfuza Rahman Rina, Bangladeshi politician * Tongam Rina (born 1979), Indian journ ...

, female Japanese voice actress and singer *

Rina Morelli Rina Morelli (6 December 1908 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian film and stage actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1939 and 1976. She was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Her husband, Paolo Stoppa, was an Italian stage and ...

(1908-1976), an Italian film and stage actress *

Rina Satō is a Japanese voice actress with hundreds of television and video game productions, many multi-year, and is active in film and as a singer as well. She won the Best Lead Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. Satō has been appearing since 2003 ...

(佐藤利奈, born 1981), Japanese actress and singer *

Rina Uchiyama is a Japanese actress and idol. Career Uchiyama was first discovered in her hometown in Kanagawa Prefecture by the talent agency Sweet Power at the age of 15. She was signed up by the agency, and in 1998, moved to Tokyo to launch her career in ...

(内山理名, born 1981), Japanese actress and idol *

Rina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (russian: link=no, Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная); ( — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named Peopl ...

(1902-1991), Soviet actress and singer

Athletes

*, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *

Rina Hill Rina Bradshaw-Hill (born 7 July 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian/British athlete, who competes in triathlon and international running. Hill began triathlons at 23 years as cross training for her running. After winning the 1992 Bri ...

(born 1969), Australian/British athlete *, Japanese curler *, better known as , Japanese kickboxer *

Rina Dewi Puspitasari Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 5 October 1985 in East Jawa) is an athlete from Indonesia. She competes in archery. Puspitasari represented Indonesia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 46th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow ...

(born 1985), Indonesian archer *

Rina Thieleke Rina Thieleke (born 13 November 1987) is a German former competitive ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skat ...

(born 1987), German ice dancer

Musicians and singers

Rina Aiuchi , professionally known by her stage name, and formerly known as R, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, businesswoman, fashion model, and YouTuber. Born in Higashiōsaka, Japan, she won the first season of the audition ''Super Starlight Contest'', ...

(愛内里菜, born 1980), former J-pop singer, songwriter, and producer *

Rina Chikano The Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchand ...

(近野莉菜, born 1993), member of the J-pop idol group AKB48 *

Rina Chinen (born 9 February 1981) is a Japanese entertainer, former singer, and musical theater actress. She is affiliated with Rising Production. History Rina Chinen took lessons as a child from the Okinawa Actors School. By the time she reached junior hi ...

(知念里奈, born 1981), Japanese entertainer, model, TV actress, and former singer *

Rina Fujisawa Rina Fujisawa (藤沢里菜 ''Fujisawa Rina'', born 18 September 1998) is a Japanese professional Go player. Biography Fujisawa is the daughter of Kazunari Fujisawa, an 8-dan professional Go player. She is also the granddaughter of the late ...

(藤沢　里菜 born 1998), Japanese professional Go

player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is ...

Rina Ketty Rina Ketty (1 March 1911 – 23 December 1996), whose real name was Cesarina Picchetto, was an Italian singer, notably of the legendary song '' J'attendrai''. The song became a huge hit during World War II and was appreciated by Allied soldiers ...

(1911-1996), French chanteuse *

Rina Massardi Romarina Massardi (21 June 1897 – 23 July 1979) was an Italian-Uruguayan singer, actress, and film director, responsible for the first South American lyric film, released in 1938. Biography Romarina Massardi was born in , a town near Brescia, ...

(1897–1979), Italian-Uruguayan singer, actress, and filmmaker *

Rina Sawayama is a Japanese–British singer-songwriter, actress and model. Born in Niigata, Japan, she emigrated to London with her parents at age five. She is known for her musical versatility and has been labelled a "musical chameleon". In 2017, she ...

(born 1990), Japanese-British singer-songwriter *

Rina Suzuki (musician) , better known for both with her full name or by her stage name RINA, is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. She is the drummer and vocalist of the Japanese rock band Scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social react ...

(鈴木理菜, born 1991), Japanese musician, drummer, and vocalist of the all-female pop rock band SCANDAL

Other persons

Rina Banerjee Rina Banerjee (born 1963) is an Indian-American artist and sculptor."Bio"
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(born 1963), Indian-American artist *

Rina Foygel Barber Rina Foygel Barber (known until 2012 as Rina Foygel) is an American statistician whose research includes works on the Bayesian statistics of graphical models, false discovery rates, and regularization. She is the Louis Block Professor of statis ...

, American statistician * Rina Chibany (born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant *

Rina Lasnier Rina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois poet. Born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville- Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Université de Montréal. Although she was the author ...

(1915-1997), Canadian Québécoise poet *

Rina Mimoun Rina Mimoun is an American television writer and producer. Career Mimoun's career began at the age of 21 with a Writers Guild of America internship on the Fox comedy ''Ned and Stacey'' and a first staff writer job on the UPN sitcom '' Guys Lik ...

, American television writer and producer * Rina Mor (born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner *

Rina Schenfeld Rina Schenfeld ( he, רנה שיינפלד) (born 1938) is an Israeli choreographer and dancer. As prima ballerina and choreographer of the Batsheva dance company, she was described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most important artists ...

(born 1938), Israeli choreographer and dancer *

Rina Venter Elizabeth Venter (born 9 December 1938), known as Rina Venter, was the Minister of National Health and Population Development of South Africa, from 1989 to 1994. Venter graduated from Pretoria University and was a social worker for 20 years. ...

(born 1938), first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post (Minister of National Health and Population Development) *

Rina Zazkis Rina Zazkis is a Canadian scholar in education and mathematics. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and a Canada Research Chair in STEM Teaching and Learning. Career Zazkis began her academic career at Simo ...

, Canadian educator and academic

Fictional characters

* Rina (''Guitar Hero''), a character in the video game ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' *Rina, a female bassist in the TV series

Drake & Josh ''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows two teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker ( Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols ( Josh Peck) as they live together despite opposite personalities. Th ...

*Rina, a patient from season 3 of the TV series

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into ...

* Rina Lazarus, one of the two main characters in the ''Decker/Lazarus'' novels *Rina, the female protagonist of ''

A Jewish Girl in Shanghai ''A Jewish Girl in Shanghai'' () is a 2010 Chinese animated family film written by Wu Lin and based on his graphic novel of the same name. It is directed by Wang Genfa and Zhang Zhenhui, and voiced by Cui Jie, Zhao Jing and Ma Shaohua. Set mainl ...

'' * Rina (''Suikoden''), character in the console role-playing game ''Suikoden II'' *

Rina Tōin The following is a list of characters from the manga and anime series ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch''. They are grouped according to their roles in the series. Wherever possible, the spelling of the names are taken from the English translati ...

(洞院リナ), a character from the anime and manga series ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch'' *, a character from the media project

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the ''Love Live!'' series and its game series ''Love Live! School Idol Festival''. It was first introduced in 2017 as "Perfect Dream Project" and was initially created as part of the game ''Lov ...

*Rina Umebayashi (梅林里奈), the main character from the Legend of the Angel webcomic series

References

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