# Rina Ōta

Rina Ōta (太田 莉菜, Ōta Rina, born 11 January 1988, in Chiba Prefecture), is a Japanese fashion model and actress. She is represented with Anoré.

## Career

In 2001, Ōta won the Grand Prix along with Yui Aragaki at the 4th Reader Model Audition of the magazine Nicola. After that while modelling with Nicola, she appeared in other magazines and media. For her publications other than her model participation, Ōta collaborated with the fashion brand Pou Dou Dou, and served as the editor-in-chief of hotikiss, as well as the photograph collection hotikiss (both previsions).
She has appeared in many television advertisements for products such as Shiseido, Sony and Aohata (Kewpie). In one case, Ōta appeared in an advert for Ezaki Glico's Water Ring Kiss Mint gum, instead of Mariko Takahashi appearing.
She played the heroine in the film 69 released in 2004 and started her acting career. In the same year, Ōta was in charge of the April–September quarter of NHK's language programme Russia-go Kaiwa. She won the "Best Teen Fashionista Award" at the MTV Student Voice Awards 2006. Ōta later moved her agency from Okazaki Models to Anoré in March 2010.

## Personal life

Rina Ōta was born on January 11, 1988, in Chiba Prefecture, to a Japanese father and a Russian mother.
Ōta married actor Ryuhei Matsuda on 11 January 2009, the two met through a mutual friend in the fall of 2007 and soon began dating. The pair share one child together, a daughter, born on 4 July 2009. They divorced in December 2017.

## Filmography
### TV dramas

| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 2007 | Girlfriends | Noel Fujisaki | Fuji TV 721 |
| 2008 | 2 Cool | | NTV |
| 2013 | Neo Ultra Q | Meri | WOWOW |
| 2014 | Watashi to iu Unmei ni tsuite | Saori Fuyuki | WOWOW |
| 2014 | The Long Goodbye | Shihatsu Harada | NHK |
| 2016 | Love Love Alien | Sotsuki Shinohara | Fuji TV |
| 2016 | Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari '16 Aki no Tokubetsu-hen: Shachū no Dekigoto | Uriko | Fuji TV |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2004 | 69 | |
| 2006 | Yumorescue: Sakasama no Chō | |
| 2008 | Ginmaku-ban Sushi-ōji: New York e Iku | Nae |
| 2013 | Nō Otoko | Yuria Mizusawa |
| 2013 | Casablanca no Tantei | |
| 2014 | The Next Generation -Patlabor- | Ekaterina Kratievna Kanukaeva (Kasha) |
| 2014 | Hot Road | Hiroko |
| 2014 | Princess Jellyfish | Mayaya |
| 2015 | The Next Generation -Patlabor- Shuto Kessen | Ekaterina Kratievna Kanukaeva (Kasha) |
| 2016 | Terra Formars | Mariari Seijo |
| 2017 | Kimi to 100-kai-me no Koi | Haruhiro Oohara |
| 2021 | Daughter of Lupin the Movie | Natasha |

### Internet drama

| Year | Title | Role | Website |
| 2016 | Terra Formars / Aratanaru Kibō | Maria Magi | dTV |

### Magazine covers

* Title
* Nicola
* non-no
* mini
* Zipper
* Pretty Style
* Seda
* Jille
* Fudge
* Nylon Japan
* Biteki
* Marie Claire

### Photo albums

| Year | Title | Book code |
| 2005 | hotikiss 2 | ISBN 978-4107901910 |
| 2008 | Gekkan Rina Ohta | ISBN 978-4107901910 |

### Advertisements

| Year | Title |
| 2003 | Shiseido "Hanatsubaki" |
| 2005 | Shiseido "Aude Recipe" |
| 2005 | Kewpie Aohata Jam |
| 2006 | miumiu world wide campaign |
| 2011 | AEON 2011 Natsu Campaign "Mizugi Majic" |
| 2013 | KDDI "au Play Screen / Odoroki o, Jōshiki ni." |
| 2013 | Sanei-International Natural Beauty Basic 2013-Nen Akifuyu Campaign |

### Participating works

| Year | Title | Ref. |
| 2007 | Eiga Ex Machina Soundtrack | |
| 2012 | Eiga Seiji: Riku no Sakana image song "Sacrifice" | |