1. Rino Nakasone is a Japanese dancer, choreographer, artistic director and actor.
12 Facts About Rino Nakasone
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Rino Nakasone has worked as a choreographer in South Korea and Japan, working with groups such as Shinee, Girls' Generation, TVXQ, f, Red Velvet, and SMAP.
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Rino Nakasone was born in Naha, capital of Okinawa Prefecture on June 11,1979.
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Rino Nakasone became interested in dance after watching music videos by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and mimicking their moves.
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Rino Nakasone danced for other musicians, such as Justin Bieber, and taught dance at performing arts centers.
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Rino Nakasone joined an all-female dance group, Beat Freaks, which competed and was runner-up in America's Best Dance Crew in 2009.
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Rino Nakasone started her career as a choreographer in 2008 with South Korean boy band Shinee's debut song, "Replay".
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Rino Nakasone has choreographed for other SM Entertainment artists, including Super Junior and BoA, as well as Japanese groups AKB48 and SMAP.
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Rino Nakasone has directed concerts for BoA, Girls' Generation, Shinee, Taemin, SuperM and NCT 127.
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Rino Nakasone performed in two musicals in 2015, The Wiz and Asterisk, both in Japan.
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Rino Nakasone married LeeJ Razalan, the manager of Beat Freaks and a fellow dancer, in 2007.
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On May 6,2012, Rino Nakasone 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.