1. Rino Sashihara is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress.
19 Facts About Rino Sashihara
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Rino Sashihara is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48.
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Rino Sashihara was promoted to a regular member of Team B in August 2008.
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Rino Sashihara placed 27th in the popularity-driven 2009 General Election, where she was grouped with the "Under Girls", the ones who would perform on the first B-side singles.
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Rino Sashihara remained in that position on the follow-up single releases until the following year, the 2010 General Election, where she placed 19th and was grouped with the main girls who sing on the title track.
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On December 4,2010, Sashihara attempted to upload 100 articles in a day on her official blog, with the number of page views reaching 35 million on the same day.
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In January 2011, Rino Sashihara starred in a half-hour television program titled "Although You Are Sashiko ", broadcast by TBS, which features her character.
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Rino Sashihara starred as the lead character in the NTV4 drama "Muse no Kagami" starting on January 14,2012.
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Rino Sashihara replied by saying that the man was "just a friend", and the story was completely false.
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On June 20,2012, Rino Sashihara had a panic attack onstage, and hyperventilated due to the stress.
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Rino Sashihara debuted at the HKT48 Theater as a member of HKT48 Team H on July 5,2012.
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Rino Sashihara released her second single, "Ikujinashi Masquerade", on October 17,2012.
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Rino Sashihara was given free reins over costume design, lyrics writing, PV direction, as well as choice of music and instrumental arrangement.
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Rino Sashihara received the most votes in AKB48's annual general election in 2013: with 150,570 votes she beat out Yuko Oshima, who received 136,503 votes.
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The book was based on a series of interviews with Rino Sashihara, and recollects various periods of her life and career.
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In 2015, Rino Sashihara won AKB48's general election with a total of 194,049 votes, returning to the center position.
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In 2016, Rino Sashihara won AKB48's general election with a total of 243,011 votes.
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In 2017, Rino Sashihara won AKB48's general election with a total of 246,376 votes.
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Rino Sashihara's concert was then held on April 28,2019, titled "Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert ~Sayonara, Sashihara Rino~".