Rino Nakasone

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Rino Nakasone
仲宗根 梨乃
Rino Nakasone.jpg
Rino Nakasone teaching the choreography for "Mr. Taxi" at a dance class in Los Angeles in October 2012
Born (1979-06-11) June 11, 1979 (age 45)
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Other names
  • Rino Nakasone-Razalan
  • Music
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • choreographer
  • singer
Spouse
LeeJ Razalan
​
(m. 2007⁠–⁠2012)​
Musical career
Website rinonakasone.com

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.

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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. [1] 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. [2] After touring with Spears, she toured with Gwen Stefani as "Music", one of the Harajuku Girls, earning praise for her dance performance. [1] She also danced for other musicians, such as Justin Bieber, [2] 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. [3]

Nakasone started her career as a choreographer in 2008 with South Korean boy band Shinee's debut song, "Replay". [4] In 2009, she worked with SM Entertainment's dance team to create the choreography for Girls' Generation's "Genie". [1] She has choreographed for other SM Entertainment artists, including Super Junior and BoA, as well as Japanese groups AKB48 and SMAP. [2] She has directed concerts for BoA, Girls' Generation, Shinee, Taemin, SuperM and NCT 127. [5]

In 2010, she appeared in the dance multimedia production "Siren Assassins" as Queen Jade. [6] That same year, she joined The Pussycat Dolls after four of the original members left the group. [7] [8] She performed in two musicals in 2015, The Wiz and Asterisk, both in Japan. [2]

List of choreographies

Shinee

Girls' Generation

Super Junior

BoA

Kangta

f(x)

TVXQ

Red Velvet

NCT 127

AKB48

Personal life

Rino Nakasone married LeeJ Razalan, the manager of Beat Freaks and a fellow dancer, in 2007. [4] 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. [13]

Awards

Huading Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2015Rino Nakasone-RazalanGlobal Best Dancer-ActorWon [14]

Bibliography

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