Rino Sashihara

ABOUT RINO SASHIHARA

Pop star best known as a member of HKT48's Team H and, formerly, AKB48. She is also an actress who has been featured on shows like Koinaka and in films like I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow (2013).

She first auditioned for the 5th generation of AKB48 in 2007. She was made a member of Team B in 2008.

She published her first book, an autobiography called Gyakuten-ryoku ~ Pinchi o Mate ~, in August 2014.

She was born in Ōita, Japan.

She and Minami Minegishi have both been members of AKB48.