Rina Yamanaka

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Magical Idol

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**Rina María Yamanaka Solís** is an heroine of the Battle Rhythm series.

## About Rina

Rina Yamanaka was a half-mexican (which she meet Carlos and Adriana), she is one of the successful J-Pop Idols of the current era.

Somepoint she loves Carlos Velásquez, but if also these two are dating, but unfortunately her parents, Yoshiro and Daniela won't get date without business to do, they made No-Date after that.

Rina and Adriana are trained by Natalie Volkova, infact maked Rhythmic Martial Arts at the time. Even her bodyguard, Jacob Moses, who is protect.

She can join 30th International Rhythmic Martial Arts Tournament to rescure her sister, Sayaka, who kidnapped by Dark Fists, Don Z.

## Appearance

She is japanese and wearing an uniform resembling one of the AKB48 idol outfits.

### Inspirations

She's a J-Pop Idol in the same vein as the likes of Athena Asamiya and Rise Kujikawa. Like Athena, Rina uses special powers, in her case, is Mahou Chikara, which is the equivalent of Athena's Psycho Power, but with the added element of Superpowerful Genetics, and the way she conjures her powers resemble the constructs from every Lantern Corps in existence (mostly the Star Sapphire Corps and its known representative Carol Ferris) from the DC Universe. Also, like Rise, she has a crush on the protagonist.

## Bios

* **Battle Rhythm:** *"Rina is a half-mexican high school student of the Nana Mizuki academy and one of the successful J-Pop Idols of the current era, and like her best friend Adriana, used to be a disciple of the former martial arts teacher Natalie Volkova. As a child, met four people that later would become the Rhythm Battlers during an exchange student program, and since them, she befriended all of them, especially Carlos. She enters the 30th International Tournament of Rhythmic Martial Arts with the motive of rescuing her young sister Sayaka from the dark hands of Don Z."*

## Gameplay

Her power source, the Mahou Chikara, is inheritable from generation to generation, and she's a descendant of warriors bred by the Japanese Gods from the Divine Dimension, of which they are referred as the Mahou Sentouki, from the side of her father Yoshiro. The minimum age to manifest is 13, which is the age her sister Sayaka currently has. Rina's fighting style, Freestyle Combat Pop is a mix of Freestyle Combat (not to be confused with Mixed Martial Arts by the way) with Pop (J-Pop to be more specific). Her musical motif is obvious, as she's a famous Idol Singer whose wonderful voice is inherited by her mexican mother, Daniela (see "Fun fact" below for more details).

## Movelist

### Signature Moves

* **Mahou Sphere:** She launches a pink colored sphere with her two hands. Can be performed in air too.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Mahou Comet Charge**, has her energy ball expanded twice and deals more damage.
* **Mahou Slash:** She conjures a pink colored sword and swings it upward, slashing her opponent. Serves as a Combo Opener.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Mahou Slicer**, has the sword swinginig five times in succession.
* **Mahou Capture:** She conjures a pink colored whip and wraps it towards her opponent, dragging him/her closer to herself. Serves as a Combo Opener once her opponent is close to her.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Mahou Trap**, has two pink whips which drags her opponent faster upon making contact.
* **Mahou Reflector:** She conjures a pink shield that reflects her opponent's incoming projectiles.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Mahou Force Field**, has the shield that covers her entirely and lasts for three additional seconds.
* **Mahou Teleport:** She teleports to the other side, tresspassing projectiles and other attacks. Stronger versions go farther.
	+ Her Super Rhythmic version, **Mahou Powerport** has the teleport weaponized which deals three hits in contact and serves as a Combo Opener.

### Ultra Rhythmic Move

* **Mahou Final Symphony:** Rina prepares by snapping her fingers as she says "Here I come!" and then dashes towards her opponent. If the move connects, she starts to hit him/her with five flash steps coming from different directions in form of a star as she says "Mahou Final Symphony!". Later, she launches a big Mahou Comet Charge in the air to the direction of her opponent, causing a big explosion from the area, sending him/her to the ground.

## Sequences

### Battle Intro

Rina starts to spin elegantly and then blows a kiss to the camera as she raises her left arm with enthusiasm and says "I will bring happiness to the spotlight!" before she goes to her Freestyle Combat Pop stance.

### Match Point

Rina conjures a pink microphone from her left hand, raises her right hand in victory and says "My *Mahou Chikara* never ends!".

### Victory Pose

Rina gives a wave with her hands as if she's thanking her fans, then she spins and makes a heart sign as the camera focuses closely on her. Pink colored light streaks follow her post-sequence.

#### Victory Screen

* (Mirror Match) "Eeh!? I just fought with a cosplayer of me? *Arienai!*"
* (vs. Carlos) "*Gomen ne*, sweetheart. I never intended to hurt you."
* (vs. Murdock) "It's my idea or why the Rap music is so rough? No offense."
* (vs. Garrett) "You just shouts out loud! Can you tone down your screams a bit?"
* (vs. Joaquín) "Adri-chan will never get you if you don't leave your womanizing tendencies."
* (vs. Natalie) "This is not the Natalie-sensei I knew years ago. *Onegai*, go back to your senses!"
* (vs. Reggie) "Do you like pets? I have ones in my house!"
* (vs. Tomas) "Me, joining your carnival? No, thanks. I'm not doing *Gravure* stuff again."

## Notes

* Speaking of Sayaka, one of the hints of the **Sequel Hook** is that her sister starts to manifest the Mahou Chikara in the last part of her ending. Perhaps the younger sister will get **Promoted to Playable** in the sequel, as I'm foreshadowing that Sayaka will take the route of Sailor Saturn.
* Fun fact: Her complete name is Rina María Yamanaka Solís. Her father, Yoshiro, was a former Idol Agency producer, and her mother, Daniela, was a talented pop star back in her heyday. Both of them met 20 years ago when Yoshiro discovered Daniela and hired her as part of the Idol Program. However, they fell in love and got married, but it caused the side effect of creating the "No-Date" clause because the paparazzi revealed their romance and they had to left the business.
* Another fun fact: She used to be a *Gravure Idol* before entering to the music industry. The reason why she left is because her former fanbase was unpleasable to the point of demanding more photobooks and she didn't have enough time to make more photo sessions. At the time, she released five photobooks, one of them is "Blossoming Springs", which featured her in a beach, wearing a pink bikini. Her measurements are 85-54-82. Ironic enough, only her boyfriend Carlos has the right to see her former stuff!