Sashihara Rino was a member of HKT48's Team H, and HKT48's former theater manager. She is also a member of Not yet and has a solo career. Furthermore, she is the producer of the idol group =LOVE ("Equal Love") and their sister group ≠ME ("Not Equal Me").
Catchphrase
- 大分県出身、さっしーこと指原莉乃です
- Oita-ken shusshin, Sasshii koto Sashihara Rino desu
- (Born in Oita prefecture, I'm Sashihara Rino, also known as Sasshi)
- あなたの、あなたの、あなたの指原クオリティー覚醒! 大分県出身、指原莉乃です
- Anata no, anata no, anata no Sashihara KUORITII kakusei! Oita-ken shusshin, Sashihara Rino desu
- (I'll awaken your, your, your Sashihara quality! Born in Oita prefecture, I'm Sashihara Rino)
Team History
- 2007.10.06 - Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei
- 2008.08.02 - Promoted to Team B
- 2009.08.23 - Transferred to Team A (2009 Team Shuffle)
- 2012.06.16 - Transferred to HKT48 (Last performance as an AKB48 member: July 23, 2012)
- 2012.07.05 - Promoted to Team H
- 2013.04.28 - Given a Concurrent Position as HKT48 Theater Manager (AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai)
- 2017.02.23 - Given a Concurrent Position as STU48's 1st Generation member and manager
- 2017.11.25 - Cancelation of Concurrent Position in STU48
- 2019.04.28 - Graduated from HKT48 Team H (Announcement: December 15, 2018 | Graduation Ceremony: April 28, 2019 at Yokohama Stadium)
AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
- 1st Senbatsu Election - #27 (Undergirls)
- 2nd Senbatsu Election - #19 (Senbatsu)
- 3rd Senbatsu Election - #9 (Media Senbatsu)
- 4th Senbatsu Election - #4 (Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
- 5th Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
- 6th Senbatsu Election - #2 (Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
- 7th Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
- 8th Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
- 9th Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
- 10th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate
AKB48 Janken Tournaments
- 1st Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Nakatsuka Tomomi)
- 2nd Janken Taikai - Round 3 (Lost to Maeda Ami)
Discography
Singles
- [2012.05.02] Soredemo Suki da yo (それでも好きだよ)
- [2012.10.17] Ikuji Nashi Masquerade (意気地なしマスカレード) (with AnRiRe)
DVDs
Discography Participation
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- Shuumatsu Not yet
- Naminori Kakigoori
- Perapera Perao
- Suika Baby
- Hiri Hiri no Hana
Units
Stage Units
- RS1 (Tadaima Renaichuu)
- Faint
- B3 (Pajama Drive)
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc (After Kikuchi Ayaka's graduation)
- H2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)
- Confession (Revival)
- B4 (Idol no Yoake)
- Itoshiki Natasha
- A6 (Mokugekisha)
- Enjou Rousen
- H1 (Te wo Tsunaginagara)
- Kono Mune no Barcode (After Sugamoto Yuko's graduation)
- Team Surprise 1st Stage (Juuryoku Sympathy)
- Suiyoubi no Alice
- Suteki na Sankaku Kankei
- Dessan
- Team H Waiting Stage (Hakata Legend)
- Seifuku Resistance
- Seifuku no Bambi
- HW1 (Pajama Drive)
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
- H3 (Saishuu Bell ga naru)
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Team Surprise 2nd Stage (Bara no Gishiki)
- Youchien no Sensei
- Tokimeki ANTIQUE
- HW2 (Tadaima Renaichuu)
- Faint
- 7ji 12fun no Hatsukoi
- HW3 (Yuuwaku no Garter)
- Saturday Night Party
- Never!
- Yuuwaku no Garter
- H5 (RESET)
- Seifuku Resistance
Concert Units
Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Iki ni Kagiruze! AKB48 Natsu Matsuri
- Glass no I LOVE YOU
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
AKB48 Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryuushutsushinai yo ne?
Nenwasure Kanshasai Shuffle Sumaze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshiku ne
- 7ji 12fun no Hatsukoi
"Kami Kouen Yotei" AKB48 NHK Hall Concert 2009
- Junai no Crescendo
AKB104 Senbatsu Members Sokaku Matsuri
- Tonari no Banana
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'
- Heart Gata Virus
- Senaka Kara Dakishimete
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
Surprise wa Arimasen
- Bird
- Kinjirareta Futari
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011
Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena
- Soredemo Suki da yo
- Synchro Tokimeki
AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~
- Arashi no Yoru ni wa
- Avocado Janeshi...
HKT48 1st Anniversary
- Itoshiki Natasha
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Takeuchi Senpai
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
- Enjou Rousen
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai "Shirokuro tsukeyou janai ka!"
- HKT48
- AKB48 Group
AKB48 Super Festival at Nissan Stadium
- Itoshiki Natasha
AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~
- Fukuoka Dome
- Sapporo Dome
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
- Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?
- Osaka Dome
- Itoshiki Natasha
- Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?
- Nagoya Dome
- Choco no Yukue
- Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?
- Tokyo Dome
- Itoshiki Natasha
- Soredemo Suki da yo
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
HKT48 2nd Anniversary
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013
- Sashiharabu!
HKT48 Kyushu 7 Prefecture Tour ~Kawaii Ko ni wa Tabi wo Saseyo~
- Oita Iichiko Grand Theater
- Soredemo Suki da yo
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Pinocchio Gun
- Miyazaki Shimin Bunka Hall
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Kumamoto Kenritsu Gekijou
- Pinocchio Gun
- Kagoshima Shimin Bunka Hall
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Pinocchio Gun
- Saga Shimin Kaikan
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Pinocchio Gun
- Nagasaki Brick Hall
- Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou
- Pinocchio Gun
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014
- Enjou Rousen
- Seifuku no Bambi
Unit Matsuri 2014
- Boy Hunt no Houhou Oshiemasu
- Soredemo Suki da yo
AKB48 Sister Groups in Saitama Super Arena
- HKT48
- Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru
- Aa Mujou
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014
HKT48 3rd anniversary
- Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc
HKT48 National Tour ~Zenkoku Toitsu Owatoranken~
- Japanese Locations
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Soredemo Suki da yo
- Hong Kong
- Yokohama Arena
HKT48 4th Anniversary
AKB48 Manatsu no Tandoku Concert in SSA 〜Kawaei-san no Koto ga Suki Deshita〜
- Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru
HKT48 Spring Live Tour ~Sashiko du Soleil 2016~
- Junai no Crescendo
- 1994-nen no Raimei
- Hirahira
Kojimatsuri ~Kojima Haruna Kanshasai~
- Hare Ame Nochi Suki♡
- Love Machine
- Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara
- Yobisute Fantasy
- Mazariau Mono
- Scandalous ni Ikou
Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru Wanai~
Solo Songs
- Setsunai Reply (Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de tobe!)
- Watashi Datte Idol! (Jiwaru DAYS)
Photobooks
- [2012.01.19] Sashiko (さしこ)
- [2013.12.25] Neko ni Maketa (猫に負けた)
- [2016.03.22] Scandal Addiction (スキャンダル中毒)
Media Appearances
Stage Plays
- HKT48 Sashihara Rino Zachou Kouen at Meijiza
Dramas
- Majisuka Gakuen (マジスカ学園) (2010)
- Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジスカ学園2) (2011)
- Muse no Kagami (2012)
- Kodomo Keisatsu (2012)
- Yuusha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi (2012)
- Fukuoka Renai Hakusho 7: Hatsukoi no Uta (2012)
Variety Shows
- AKB 0ji 59fun!
- AKBINGO!
- Shukan AKB
- AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 3/4/5)
- HKT48 Tonkotsu Mahou Shoujo Gakuin
- HKT48 no Odekake (Presenter)
- Yonpara (With Not yet) (2011)
Trivia
- Hobbies: Sleeping
- Charm point: Eyes
- Special skill: Trombone
- Good friends with: Oya Shizuka, Kitahara Rie
- Producer of =LOVE and ≠ME
- Favorite food: Sweet & sour things, rolled cabbage
- Favorite drink: Yasai Ichinichi Kore Ippon
- Favorite artist: Yuzu
- Favorite TV show: Ametaalk!
- Favorite magazine: CUTiE, UTB, BLT, Pure Pure
- Favorite season: Spring
- Favorite brand: cantwo, olive des olive
- Favorite town: Oita prefecture
- Favorite AKB single: Baby! Baby! Baby!
- Favorite AKB stage song: Darui Kanji, Tsundere!
- Favorite AKB outfit: Darui Kanji
- Favorite Country: United States of America
- Favorite actor: Yamazaki Kento
- Originally a 2nd Generation AKB48 SEED (5th Generation overall), she was added to Team B on August 2008 replacing Kikuchi Ayaka. She was transferred to Team A during the team shuffle, and later to HKT48 following a scandal.
- Ironically, aside from being a 5th Generation AKB48 she also became the Center for the 32nd AKB48 Single through the 5th AKB48 General Election Selection.
- Some fans would often mistake her for Kitarie, and vice-versa.
- Her oshimen are Sato Yukari and Ota Aika
- Is known for her knowledge of wotagei, as well as being a wota herself
- Her favourite idol is Sato Masaki of Morning Musume '21.
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- She wrote a letter in 2005 to her favourite Berryz Koubou member Kumai Yurina. Yurina kept the letter and in 2012, she showed the letter to Sashihara, showing that she had the letter for all that time.

Sashiko in
Oide Shampoo PV
- Made a cameo appearance in Nogizaka46's controversial Oide, Shampoo PV as the only faculty member who stayed in the office and wasn't attacked by the students (portrayed by Nogizaka46's Senbatsu). Therefore it made her the 2nd AKB member to work with Nogizaka in a PV, after Maeda Atsuko.
- Ironically, Oide Shampoo is also Nogizaka46's single involved in their showdown competition against each other when Sashihara released her debut single Soredemo Sukidayo.
- She went to former Morning Musume's Tanaka Reina's Graduation Concert.
- Formerm member of Culture Club
- She is known for her talent in comedy and MC. She has worked on many variety shows that are not tied to the 48 groups
- In December 2011, Sashihara was chosen as the image character for the online game Maple Story and starred in a series of Maple Story commercials
- Has done update challenges on her social media
- In 2010 she updated her blog 100 times in 24 hours, receiving 35 million page views and around 200,000 comments
- In May of 2011, Sashihara made blogging history by updating her Ameba blog "Sashihara Quality" 200 times in 24 hours. She received 91 million page views and 810,000 comments in this time
- On May 4, 2012, Rino updated her Google+ account 300 times in 24 hours
- Was the producer of Matsumura Kaori's solo single Matsumurabu
- Was a member of the fake group "SONE" with Kitahara Rie, Minegishi Minami and Miyazaki Miho, that regularly participated on Request Hour MCs. They disbanded in 2014
- The first member in Japan 48Group to win the Senbatsu Election three times in a row and only member to gather over a million votes over the years.
- She was the chairman of Tokyo Idol Festival from 2017 until 2021, where she was succeded by Nagahama Neru.
- Snow Man's Watanabe Shota was her highschool classmate, and Yakata Miki was her elementary school classmate.