Rina Ōta

Rina Ōta(太田 莉菜, Ōta Rina; born 11 January 1988, in Chiba Prefecture), is a Japanese fashion model and actress. She is represented with Anoré.

Career

In 2001, Ōta won the Grand Prix along with Yui Aragaki at the 4th Reader Model Audition of the magazine Nicola. After that while modelling with Nicola, she appeared in other magazines and media. For her publications other than her model participation, Ōta collaborated with the fashion brand Pou Dou Dou, and served as the editor-in-chief of hotikiss, as well as the photograph collection hotikiss (both previsions).[citation needed]

She has appeared in many television advertisements for products such as Shiseido, Sony and Aohata (Kewpie). In one case, Ōta appeared in an advert for Ezaki Glico's Water Ring Kiss Mint gum, instead of Mariko Takahashi appearing.[citation needed]

She played the heroine in the film 69 released in 2004 and started her acting career. In the same year, Ōta was in charge of the April–September quarter of NHK's language programme Russia-go Kaiwa. She won the "Best Teen Fashionista Award" at the MTV Student Voice Awards 2006. Ōta later moved her agency from Okazaki Models to Anoré in March 2010.[citation needed]

Personal life

Rina Ōta was born on January 11, 1988, in Chiba Prefecture, to a Japanese father and a Russian mother.

Ōta married actor Ryuhei Matsuda on 11 January 2009, the two met through a mutual friend in the fall of 2007 and soon began dating. The pair share one child together, a daughter, born on 4 July 2009. They divorced in December 2017.

Filmography

TV dramas

Films

Internet drama

Magazine covers

Photo albums

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Participating works

External links

• [dead link] (in Japanese)