Sashihara Rino

Sashihara Rino 指原 莉乃
Sashihara Rino, 2018
Information
Nickname	Sasshii (さっしー  Sasshii?) Sashiko (さしこ  Sashiko?) Rino (りの  Rino?) Rinochan (りのちゃん  Rinochan?) さしP (SashiP  さしP?)
Birthdate	November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21) (age 26)
Birthplace	Oita, Japan
Bloodtype	O
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Height	159cm
B-W-H	73-53-81.5cm
Shoe Size	23.5cm
Professional Information
Genres	J-Pop
Occupation	Singer, Idol, Actress, HKT48 Theater Manager, Producer
Years Active	2007-2019 (11 years)
Agency	Ota Pro
Group	HKT48
Team	Team H
Generation	AKB48 5th Generation 1st Generation HKT48
Associated Acts	HKT48, AKB48, SKE48, SDN48, Nogizaka46, NMB48, JKT48, SNH48
SNS	sashihara-rino (Ameba) Vine Weibo
Google+	+指原莉乃
Twitter	@AKB_s_rino_jp / @345__chan @345insta
Graduated	April 28, 2019

Sashihara Rino was a member of HKT48's Team H. She also was a member of Not yet, has a solo career and was the HKT48 theater manager along with Ozaki Atsushi. Furthermore, she is the producer of the idol group =LOVE ("Equal Love"), and their sister group ≠ME ("Not Equal Me").

Team History

• 10.2007 - Joined AKB48 as a Kenkyuusei on October, 2007
• 02.08.2008 - Promoted to Team B
• 23.08.2009 - Transferred to Team A (2009 Team Shuffle)
• 16.06.2012 - Transferred to HKT48
  (Last performance as an AKB48 member: July 23, 2012)
• 05.07.2012 - Promoted to Team H
• 28.04.2013 - Has a Concurrent Position as HKT48 theater manager (AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai)
• 23.02.2017 - Has a Concurrent Position as STU48 manager
• 25.11.2017 - Concurrent Position as STU48 member and manager ended

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)

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

• [2012.12.26] Sashihara Rino Produce Dai Ikkai Yubi Matsuri ~Idol Rinji Sokai~

Discography Participation

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

H2 (Seishun Girls)

Blue rose

Fushidara na Natsu

Cinderella wa Damasarenai

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

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?

• Bird

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

• Dear J

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

• Nagisa no CHERRY

AKB48 Group

• Idol Nante Yobanaide

AKB48 Super Festival at Nissan Stadium

• Itoshiki Natasha

AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~

Fukuoka Dome

• Kimi wa Boku da

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

• Zannen Shoujo

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

• Nandome no Aozora ka?

HKT48 3rd anniversary

• Kagami no Naka no Jean Da Arc

HKT48 National Tour ~Zenkoku Toitsu Owatoranken~

Japanese Locations

• Dakishimeraretara
• Bukiyou Taiyou

Taipei, Taiwan

• Soredemo Suki da yo

Hong Kong

• Temodemo no Namida

Yokohama Arena

• Namaiki Lips
• Nakeru Basho
• Cross
• Scandalous ni Ikou

HKT48 4th Anniversary

• Tenshi no Shippo

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 

Publications

Photobooks

• [2012.01.19] Sashiko (さしこ)
• [2013.12.25] Neko ni Maketa (猫に負けた)
• [2016.03.22] Scandal Addiction

Trivia

• 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.
• She is close with Kitahara Rie and Oya Shizuka.
• 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 Hagiwara Mai of °C-ute
• 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.
• On December 4, 2010, she attempted to upload 100 articles in a day on her official blog, with the number of page views reaching 35 million on the same day ^[1]
• Is a member of Culture Club
• She was transferred from AKB48's Team A to HKT48 in June 2012.

• She 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). Making her the 2^nd AKB member to work with Nogizaka in a PV.
  • 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 Tanaka Reina's Graduation concert from Morning Musume.
• 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's currently the oldest member in HKT48
• She was the chairman of Tokyo Idol Festival 2017.

Profile

• Hobbies: Manga and watching DVDs
• Special Talents: Calligraphy, playing trombone and piano
• Known Catchphrase:
  Anata no, anata no, anata no Sashihara kuoritii kakusei! Oita-ken shusshin, Sashihara Rino desu
  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
• Charm point: Eyes

Favorites

• 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

References

Gallery

Team H
Members	Akiyoshi Yuka | Ueno Haruka | Kojina Yui | Kodama Haruka | Komada Hiroka | Sakaguchi Riko | Sashihara Rino | Tashima Meru | Tanaka Natsumi | Tanaka Miku | Toyonaga Aki | Matsuoka Natsumi (Captain) | Yabuki Nako | Yamamoto Mao (Announced Graduation)
Stages	H1 | Waiting Stage | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5

HKT48

Members Team H Akiyoshi Yuka | Ueno Haruka | Kojina Yui | Kodama Haruka | Komada Hiroka | Sakaguchi Riko | Sashihara Rino | Tashima Meru | Tanaka Natsumi | Tanaka Miku | Toyonaga Aki | Matsuoka Natsumi (Captain) | Yabuki Nako | Yamamoto Mao (Announced Graduation) Team KIV Imada Mina | Iwahana Shino | Ueki Nao | Unjo Hirona | Kumazawa Serina | Shimono Yuki | Jitoe Nene | Tomiyoshi Asuka | Tomonaga Mio | Fukagawa Maiko | Fuchigami Mai | Miyawaki Sakura (Co-Captain) | Murashige Anna | Motomura Aoi (Captain) | Moriyasu Madoka Team TII Aramaki Misaki | Imamura Maria | Oda Ayaka | Kurihara Sae | Sakai Moeka | Sakamoto Erena | Shimizu Rio | Takeda Tomoka | Tsukiashi Amane | Hokazono Hazuki (Co-Captain) | Matsuoka Hana | Matsumoto Hinata | Miyazaki Sono | Murakawa Vivian | Yamauchi Yuna | Yamashita Emiri (Captain) Kenkyuusei Ito Yueru | Seki Ai | Baba Sayaka | Matsuda Yumi | Watanabe Akari Discography Singles 1. Suki! Suki! Skip! | 2. Melon Juice | 3. Sakura, Minna de Tabeta | 4. Hikaeme I love you! | 5. 12 Byou | 6. Shekarashika! | 7. 74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e | 8. Saikou ka yo | 9. Bagutte Iijan | 10. Kiss wa Matsushikanai no Deshouka? | 11. Hayaokuri Calendar Album 092 Stage Performances 1st Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara" | 2nd Stage "Hakata Legend" | 2nd Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" Events Sousenkyo 4th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 27th Single "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki" 5th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 32nd Single "Yume wa Hitori ja Mirarenai" 6th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 37th Single "Yume no Genzaichi ~Rival wa Doko da~" 7th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 41st Single 8th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 45th Single 9th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 49 Single Janken Taikai 3rd Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 29th Single 4th Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 34th Single 5th Senbatsu Janken Taikai - Solo Debut + 38th Single Group Draft Meeting AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2013 AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2015 Units & Other Groups One-Shot Units Team Surprise | Team BS Sister Groups AKB48 | SKE48 | SDN48 (Disbanded) | NMB48 | NGT48 | STU48 | JKT48 | BNK48 | TPE48 | MNL48 | SNH48