Rina (ex-Hinoi Team) update

Greetings to everyone as we close out the first month of the year. In this post, I’ll address Rina Takenaka (ex-Hinoi Team). She is the only member of Hinoi Team who is still pursuing her dream of becoming a musical artist. She goes by the name of ‘Rinana’ now. (My guess is that she wants her name to sound like Rihanna.) She is on Twitter, with the following handle: @rina_yumejyo . From the photos she posts on Twitter and Fb, she plays outside most days. She posts a lot of photos of herself, playing a guitar, on the street, by a public transportation map. I think her base is Kobe. Occasionally, she gets a gig indoors, like in a coffee shop. She has a mini-album out, too.

The other day, she tweeted something about a TV show (“Orange.”) I tweeted her back, asking if she was appearing in the show. She responded “I don’t appear.” We then had a little tweet exchange.

Me: Nice to hear from you. I’m thinking about making a movie about Hinoi Team.

Rina: Really?! I want to see it by all means.

Me: Maybe you could help me on it. That would be ideal!

Rina: I’m very happy to be told that. Please spread Rinana in your country.

Me: Yes, good luck. Keep making your music. Come to Los Angeles and perform. Ai Kago did and a lot of people saw it.

Rina: Of course! I go to Los Angeles by all means and make a performance!!

It may not seem like much, but I was thrilled to be able to communicate with someone I had stared at for countless hours, dancing in music videos. I imagine it was really her. I extremely doubt that a singer-songwriter who plays on the street would be able to afford a staff member to respond to tweets. Although I heard Rina’s father is quite rich . . . hmmm . . . maybe he could finance my movie, ha ha!

I think Rina is doing some fashion modelling, too. The photo that accompanies this post is of Rina. It was on a website that she promote via Twitter and Fb.