1. Rena Kato is a Japanese tarento, model, actress, hairdresser, makeup artist and former idol.
13 Facts About Rena Kato
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Rena Kato was a member, along with her good friends Anna Iriyama and Rina Kawaei, of a one-shot AKB48 subunit named AnRiRe.
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Rena Kato joined AKB48 to pursue that dream, with the encouragement of her friends.
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Rena Kato participated in the 10th-generation auditions held by AKB48, and joined as a kenkyuusei trainee in March 2010.
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Rena Kato officially participated on AKB48 singles on Chance no Junban's coupling song, titled "Fruits Snow", as part of Team Kenkyusei.
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Rena Kato was promoted to Team 4 on March 23,2012.
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Rena Kato was transferred to Team B after the AKB48 Tokyo Dome Shuffle on August 24,2012, where her then-team, the first version of Team 4, was disbanded.
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Rena Kato got her first center song in "Heart Electric", the 33rd single's B-side, "Kaisoku To Dotai Shiryoku", as the center of Undergirls, a duo center with SKE48 member Suda Akari.
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Rena Kato was transferred back to Team 4 during the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri.
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Rena Kato joined the Senbatsu for the third time in the 37th single's A-side, titled "Labrador Retriever", released on May 21,2014.
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From 2015 to 2017, Kato held annual contests called, inspired by the AKB48 Group's Senbatsu Sosenkyo.
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On December 16,2021, during a YouTube livestream, Rena Kato announced her graduation from AKB48 to pursue a career as a beautician.
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On September 30,2023, Rena Kato announced via Instagram that she had obtained a beautician's license.