Rina Izuta

Honestly, what gets me about Rina Izuta is the sheer audacity of the move — you're from Saitama, you want to be an idol, and instead of queuing up for some Tokyo audition like everyone else, you pack a bag and go to Bangkok. Bangkok! She joined BNK48 and made Thailand her stage, which tells you something about the kind of person she is: not content to take the obvious path, restless in a good way, the kind of Sagittarius who actually aims at the far target instead of just talking about it. There's something quietly compelling about someone who can uproot herself, adapt to a whole different country's entertainment scene, and still come across as genuine. Singer, actress, model — she kept widening the lane. I don't know every chapter of her story, but the basic fact of a girl from a grounded, workaday prefecture deciding "I'll go build it somewhere else entirely" is already the kind of thing that makes you root for somebody.

Rina Izuta is a Japanese idol, singer, actress, and model born on November 26, 1995, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her membership in BNK48, the Bangkok-based sister group of the AKB48 franchise, making her one of the Japanese members to join a Thai idol group. Standing 158 cm tall, she has been active across multiple entertainment fields including modeling and acting.

Name (English)

Rina Izuta

Name (Japanese)

伊豆田莉奈

Reading

いずた りな

Born

November 26, 1995 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Year of the Boar (Inoshishi)

Origin

Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

158cm

Occupation

Idol / Singer / Entertainer / Actress / Model

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rinaizuta.bnk48official/
• Xhttps://x.com/izuketsu_deen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%B1%86%E7%94%B0%E8%8E%89%E5%A5%88

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Idol
• Singer
• Entertainer
• BNK48

Last updated

2026-06-02

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