Rino Nakasone
{{Family name hatnote|Nakasone|lang=Okinawan}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = 仲宗根 梨乃
| name =
| image = Rino Nakasone.jpg
| caption = Rino Nakasone teaching the choreography for "Mr. Taxi" at a dance class in Los Angeles in October 2012
| alias = {{hlist|Rino Nakasone-Razalan|Music}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|6|11}}
| birth_place = Naha, Okinawa, Japan
| occupation = {{hlist|Dancer|choreographer|singer}}
| spouse = {{Marriage|LeeJ Razalan|2007|2012}}
| website = {{URL|rinonakasone.com}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| associated_acts = {{hlist|Beat Freaks|Harajuku Girls|Gwen Stefani|Britney Spears|Shinee|f(x)|Girls' Generation|NCT 127}}
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{{nihongo|Rino Nakasone|仲宗根 梨乃|Nakasone Rino|born June 11, 1979}} is a Japanese dancer, choreographer, artistic director and actor. Nakasone and her dance crew, Beat Freaks, participated in the third season of America's Best Dance Crew, where they finished in second place. Nakasone has worked as a choreographer in South Korea and Japan, working with groups such as Shinee, Girls' Generation, TVXQ, f(x), Red Velvet, and SMAP.
Early life and career
Rino Nakasone was born in Naha, capital of Okinawa Prefecture on June 11, 1979. She became interested in dance after watching music videos by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and mimicking their moves. At the age of nineteen, she went to Los Angeles to study dance.{{cite news|title=The Japanese Woman Behind K-Pop Bands' Moves|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/05/2009090500222.html|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=September 5, 2009|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121324/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/05/2009090500222.html|url-status=live}} Just after her visa expired, she got a job as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.
In 2004, she was chosen by Britney Spears as a backup dancer for Spears' Onyx Hotel Tour.{{cite news|last1=Hernon|first1=Matthew|title=Rino Nakasone Choreographs Her Dream Career|url=http://www.tokyoweekender.com/2015/04/rino-nakasone-choreographs-her-dream-career/|access-date=May 14, 2015|work=Tokyo Weekender|date=April 7, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083556/http://www.tokyoweekender.com/2015/04/rino-nakasone-choreographs-her-dream-career/|url-status=live}} After touring with Spears, she toured with Gwen Stefani as "Music", one of the Harajuku Girls, earning praise for her dance performance. She also danced for other musicians, such as Justin Bieber, and taught dance at performing arts centers. She joined an all-female dance group, Beat Freaks, which competed and was runner-up in America's Best Dance Crew in 2009.{{cite news|last1=Méndez|first1=Blanca|title=The 12 Coolest People in K-pop Right Now|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/lists/the-12-coolest-people-in-k-pop-right-now/|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=MTV Iggy|archive-date=February 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217015806/http://www.mtviggy.com/lists/the-12-coolest-people-in-k-pop-right-now/|url-status=live}}
Nakasone started her career as a choreographer in 2008 with South Korean boy band Shinee's debut song, "Replay".{{cite news|title=少女時代、美脚ダンスの振り付け担当は日本人ダンサー・仲宗根梨乃|url=http://www5.nikkansports.com/entertainment/ishii/archives/20101020_5937.html|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=Nikkan Sports|date=October 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023060843/http://www5.nikkansports.com/entertainment/ishii/archives/20101020_5937.html|archive-date=October 23, 2010|language=ja}} English translation at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827154212/http://soshified.com/pages/articles/_/news/102010-the-japanese-lady-in-charge-of-snsds-dances-nakasone-rino-r1332 Soshified.com] In 2009, she worked with SM Entertainment's dance team to create the choreography for Girls' Generation's "Genie". She has choreographed for other SM Entertainment artists, including Super Junior and BoA, as well as Japanese groups AKB48 and SMAP. She has directed concerts for BoA, Girls' Generation, Shinee, Taemin, SuperM and NCT 127.{{cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/meet-rino-nakasone-the-dance-expert-behind-your-favorite-k-pop-moves/|title=Meet Rino Nakasone: The Dance Expert Behind Your Favorite K-pop Moves|website=Rolling Stone India|last=Dongre|first=Divyansha|date=May 22, 2022|access-date=October 17, 2022}}
In 2010, she appeared in the dance multimedia production "Siren Assassins" as Queen Jade.{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Jevon|title='America's Best Dance Crew': Darrin Henson, choreography and style|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/03/americas-best-dance-crew-darren-henson-choreography-and-style.html|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165617/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/03/americas-best-dance-crew-darren-henson-choreography-and-style.html|url-status=live}} That same year, she joined The Pussycat Dolls after four of the original members left the group.{{cite news|title=Rino Nakasone, choreographer to the stars, is a Pussycat Doll|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2920991|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=May 27, 2010|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155158/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2920991|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Andrew C.|title=Rino Nakasone joins the Pussycat Dolls|url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?rino_nakasone_joins_the_pussycat_dolls_15219.aspx|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=Asia Pacific Arts|publisher=University of Southern California|date=May 27, 2010|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226053539/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?rino_nakasone_joins_the_pussycat_dolls_15219.aspx|url-status=dead}} She performed in two musicals in 2015, The Wiz and Asterisk, both in Japan.
List of choreographies
=Shinee=
- "Replay"
- "Love Like Oxygen"
- "Juliette"
- "Lucifer" (with Shim Jae-won)
- "Hello"
- "Your Number"
- "Kimi no Sei De"
- "Get the Treasure" (with 50)
=Girls' Generation=
- "Genie" (with Shim Jae-won)
- "Oh!"
- "Hoot"
- "Mr. Taxi" (with Shim Jae-won)
- "The Boys"
- "Paparazzi"
- "I Got a Boy" (with NappyTabs and Jillian Meyers){{cite news|author1=Choi Jun-yong|title=소녀시대, 신곡 공개 동시 음원차트 1~10위 싹쓸이 '올킬'|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2013010118382393297|access-date=February 16, 2015|work=Asia Economy Daily|date=January 1, 2013|language=ko|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226125733/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2013010118382393297|url-status=live}}
- "Beep Beep"
- "Love & Girls"
- "Boomerang"
- "Galaxy Supernova" (with Kevin Maher and Shim Jae-won)
- "Bump It"
- "Sign"
- "All Night" (with Fuko and Shuhei Meguri)
=Super Junior=
- "No Other" (with Maryss from Paris)
=BoA=
- "Dangerous"
- "Copy & Paste"
- "Shout it Out"
=Kangta=
=f(x)=
- "Chu" (with Hwang Sang-hoon)
- "Nu ABO" (with Maryss from Paris)
- "Gangsta Boy"
- "Hot Summer"
=TVXQ=
- "Maximum"
- "Keep Your Head Down" (with Shim Jae-won)
- "Android" (with Shim Jae-won){{cite news|last1=Nguyen|first1=Mai|title=Dancing Across the World: an interview with choreographer Rino Nakasone|url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?dancing_across_the_world_an_interview_with_choreographer_rino_nakasone_18509.aspx|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=Asia Pacific Arts|publisher=University of Southern California|date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226043428/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?dancing_across_the_world_an_interview_with_choreographer_rino_nakasone_18509.aspx|url-status=dead}}
=Red Velvet=
- "Rookie" (with Ryu So-hee){{Cite news|url=http://thestar.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/02/07/2017020701116.html|title=레드벨벳, 신곡 '루키 Rookie' 퍼포먼스로 상큼발랄함+여성美 발산!|website=The Star|last=Seong|first=Jin-hee|date=February 7, 2017|language=ko|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208033834/http://thestar.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/02/07/2017020701116.html|url-status=dead}}
- "#Cookie Jar" (with Fuko Takenaka)
=NCT 127=
=AKB48=
Personal life
Rino Nakasone married LeeJ Razalan, the manager of Beat Freaks and a fellow dancer, in 2007. On May 6, 2012, Rino announced that she and LeeJ had decided to go separate ways and would take their five years of marriage as a "special learning experience" while continuing to remain friends.{{cite web|last1=Nakasone|first1=Rino|title=LeeJ and I have decided to go separate ways.|url=https://facebook.com/pages/RINO-Nakasone/215321718500330?ref=stream#!/story.php?story_fbid=407754085923758&id=215321718500330|website=Facebook|access-date=May 15, 2015|date=May 5, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526180956/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FRINO-Nakasone%2F215321718500330%3Fref%3Dstream#!/story.php?story_fbid=407754085923758&id=215321718500330|url-status=live}}
Awards
=[[Huading Awards]]=
{{awards table}}
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| 2015
| Rino Nakasone-Razalan
| Global Best Dancer-Actor
|}
Bibliography
- ART BOOK「Rinosophy」2023
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://rinonakasone.com/ Rino Nakasone Official Website]
- [http://www.thebeatfreaks.com Beat Freaks Website]
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Category:Actors from Okinawa Prefecture
Category:Japanese choreographers
Category:Japanese female dancers
Category:Musicians from Okinawa Prefecture