is an

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model,

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and actress.

Early life

Reina was born in

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, to a Japanese mother and an Austrian father. She has a younger sister named . They moved multiple times due to her father's work, including to France and the United States, but have been living in

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since her first year of high school. Reina graduated from International Christian University High School and began attending

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. However, due to taking time off for work, she did not graduate until September 2015.

Career

Reina was scouted and began working as a model for

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in her second year of high school. She was an exclusive model for '' JJ'' and '' Vivi'', and is currently exclusive to ''With''. In 2011, Reina made her singing debut as a featured artist on

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's song "Love Disco". Reina began acting in 2012 with the TV drama ''Kuro no Onna Kyōshi''. Beginning with season 2 of '' Terrace House: Boys × Girls Next Door'' on January 11, 2013, Reina became a studio commentator on the reality television series ''

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''. She has continued this role on each installment of the franchise. She played the lead role in the 2015 horror film '' Tag''. Her performance earned her the Best Actress Award at the 19th

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in Canada. At the end of 2021, Reina began starring in ''Watashitachi Kekkon Shimashita 2'', the second season of the Japanese remake of ''

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'', where she was paired with actor Kōdai Asaka. Reina's second

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, January 2022's , reached fifth place on

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's weekly photobook chart.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

*
Official blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Triendl, Reina 1992 births Living people Models from Vienna Japanese female models Japanese television personalities Japanese people of Austrian descent People from Tokyo Japanese television actresses Japanese film actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Keio University alumni