Rina is a feminine

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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, 梨奈, and 理菜). It is also a feminine name in the

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language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and in Hebrew it is a 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 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 folk music hist ...

'', German ''

Katharina Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. Notable people with this name include: Television and film * Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter * Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director *Katharina ...

'', Russian ''

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. Its Western counterpart is Catherine (Katherine). Notable people with the na ...

'' and others). Rina is also a similar name of Rena.

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 '' ...

(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 Twin Planet Entertainment. Career In the early 2000s, Koike auditioned for Hello! Project Kids but did not pass the audition. Koike started a junior ...

(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''. Filmography Anime series *''Blood Blockade Battlefront'' – Angelica *'' Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV'' – Lu ...

(born 1993), Japanese voice actress * Rina Misaki (born 1980), 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. Her husband, Paolo Stoppa, was an Italian stage and film actor, as well as a renowned Italian language dub ...

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

Rina Nakayama 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 jo ...

(born 1984), Japanese voice actress and 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 200 ...

(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 (); ( — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1970. Biography Ekaterina Zelyonaya was bor ...

(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 Br ...

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

Rina Dewi Puspitasari Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 5 October 1985 in Bojonegoro) is an archer 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 (born 1987), German ice dancer *

Rina Saigo is a Japanese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 330 by the WTA, achieved on 9 September 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 317, set on 26 February 2024. Career Saigo made her WTA Tour debut ...

(born 2000), Japanese tennis player

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 Balaj Rina Balaj (; born 27 January 1999), known mononymously as Rina, is a Kosovo-Albanian rapper and singer. Life and career 1999–2019: Early life and career beginnings Rina Balaj was born on 27 January 1999 into an Albanian family in the c ...

(born 1999), Kosovo-Albanian rapper *

Rina Chikano The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 has many members who have left the group for various reasons such as focusing on solo careers. Some members have left to help launch AKB48's sister groups. The member lineup often changes as when girls get olde ...

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

Rina Chinen , 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 high, she relocated to O ...

(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 Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop g ...

(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 i ...

Rina Ketty Rina Ketty (1 March 1911 – 23 December 1996), whose real name was Cesarina Picchetto, was an Italian singer. She is best known for singing the legendary song "J'attendrai," which became a huge hit during World War II and was appreciated by Al ...

(1911-1996), French chanteuse * Rina Massardi (1897–1979), Italian-Uruguayan singer, actress, and filmmaker *

Rina Sawayama is a Japanese and British singer-songwriter, actress and model. Born in Niigata (city), Niigata, Japan, she immigrated to London with her parents at the age of five. In 2017, she Self-publishing, self-released her debut extended play, ''Rina ...

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

Rina Suzuki (musician) is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. She is best known as drummer of the all-female rock band Scandal since 2006. Rina occasionally performs lead vocals and guitar in the band. She is also a part of the sporadic supergroup Halloween ...

(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 (born ) 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 statistics at the University of ...

(born 1982/83), American statistician *

Rina Chibany Rina Chibany () (born 7 February 1991) is a Lebanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2012. She represented her country in the 2012 Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pag ...

(born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant *

Rina Fukushi Rina Fukushi (Japanese: 福士リナ; January 27, 1999 in Manila, Philippines) is a Japanese model and singer. She was a member of the girl group Gaia. Life She was born in Manila, Philippines to a Filipino mother and to a Japanese father.Various ...

(born 1999), Japanese model *

Rina Lasnier Rina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois Canadian 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 ...

(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 Rina Mor-Goder (; née Messinger; February 16, 1956) is an Israeli lawyer, writer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1976. Biography Rina Goder (née Messinger) was born in Kiryat Tiv'on, near Haifa. Her father was a mechanic and pil ...

(born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner * (born 1984), Indonesian actress, presenter, comedian and singer * Rina Piccolo, Canadian cartoonist *

Rina Schenfeld Rina Schenfeld (; 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 of our generation." Biogr ...

(born 1938), Israeli choreographer and dancer *

Rina Venter Elizabeth Hendrina 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 ...

(born 1938), first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post (Minister of National Health and Population Development) * Rina Zazkis, 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 teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) as they live together despite their opposite personalities. Na ...

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

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

* Rina Lazarus, one of the two main characters in the ''Decker/Lazarus'' novels *Rina, the female protagonist of '' A Jewish Girl in Shanghai'' * 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 ''Lo ...

*Rina Umebayashi (梅林里奈), the main character from the Legend of the Angel webcomic series *Rina Ishimori, a character from the video game and anime ''

Little Battlers Experience , or simply ''LBX'', is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, with the main ...

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