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Rina Hoshino

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  • Producer
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-And Then (2021 Tokyo Governor Award, Best Short Cinematic Tokyo) Shot by: Jenn Ravenna Tran

-Expiration Date Shot by: Kenneth Pulgar-Vidal

-Trash Day Shot by: Kenneth Pulgar-Vidal
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Acting Reel 2022
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Rina Hoshino is a bilingual Japanese-American actress, award-winning voiceover artist and singer. Born in Yokohama, Japan and having spent her adolescence in Seattle, Hoshino trained at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles.

In 2019, Hoshino voiced Mewtwo in Detective Pikachu which was a world-wide sensation and became the most successful Live-Action Film Adaptation of a Video Game. She also voiced Bunko in WWZ which sold a million copies in its 1st week of release. Hoshino was a Lead in the short film: And Then, which has won several film festivals globally including Short Shorts Film Festival, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Toronto Ellensburg Film Festival and has been nominated to multiple Oscar-Qualifying festivals.
BornJanuary 30, 1987
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Assimilation Stills
Detective Pikachu Stills (Voice of Mewtwo)
Expiration Date Stills
And Then BTS
And Then BTS
Contact Stills
Expiration Date Stills
Expiration Day Stills
Trash Day Stills
Trash Day Stills
Trash Day Stills
Trash Day Stills

Known for

Ryan Reynolds in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
6.5
  • Mewtwo(voice)
  • 2019
Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
Runaways
6.9
TV Series
  • Server
World War Z (2019)
World War Z
6.6
Video Game
  • Bunko(voice)
  • 2019
DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
DC Super Hero Girls
7.2
TV Series
  • Katana(voice)

Credits

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Actress

  • You'll Fit Right In
    • Pre-production
  • Sunny Side Up!
    • Completed
  • Wester Cooley in Expiration Date (2022)
    Expiration Date
  • Koshi Uehara and Rina Hoshino in Trash Day (2022)
    Trash Day
  • Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons (2022)
    Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons
    • (voice)
  • DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
    DC Super Hero Girls
    • (voice)
  • And Then (2021)
    And Then
  • Need for Speed: Heat (2019)
    Need for Speed: Heat
    • (voice)
  • Nicole Sullivan, Tara Strong, and Grey Griffin in DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts (2019)
    DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts
    • (voice)
  • The Forest of Love (2019)
    The Forest of Love
    • (English version, voice)
  • Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san (2018)
    Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san
  • Ludovik and Jérôme Niel in Back to School (2019)
    Back to School
    • (uncredited)
  • Jung Jinyoung and Ji Soo in My First First Love (2019)
    My First First Love
    • (English version, voice)
  • Ryan Reynolds in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
    Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
    • (voice)
  • World War Z (2019)
    World War Z
    • (voice)
  • GPS-Chan
  • Unbound (2017)
    Unbound

Producer

  • Wester Cooley in Expiration Date (2022)
    Expiration Date
  • Tohoru Masamune, Levi Ashlyn, Rina Hoshino, Kaja Martin, and Oceane Bucaille in Angelic Magica (2017)
    Angelic Magica
  • Where Dreams Come True
  • Nowhere Is Here
  • Ki-Yo: If You Wanna Make It
  • What Spell Are You Wearing Today?
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Videos12

Acting Reel 2022
Demo Reel 2:01
Acting Reel 2022
Acting Reel 2021
Demo Reel 1:23
Acting Reel 2021
Voice-over Animation Reel
Demo Reel 1:35
Voice-over Animation Reel
And Then Official Trailer
Demo Reel 1:13
And Then Official Trailer
Anime Crimes Division Opening Theme Song [Crunchy Roll & Rocket Jump] Empty Pain
Demo Reel 0:42
Anime Crimes Division Opening Theme Song [Crunchy Roll & Rocket Jump] Empty Pain
The 85th Hollywood Christmas Parade [CW] Rilakkuma Red Carpet Event Hosting
Demo Reel 0:40
The 85th Hollywood Christmas Parade [CW] Rilakkuma Red Carpet Event Hosting
Wishing Cover Song from Re: Zero Anime
Demo Reel 6:47
Wishing Cover Song from Re: Zero Anime
Video Game High School Vol. 1 Insert Song [Netflix] by Rocket Jump Studios
Demo Reel 1:41
Video Game High School Vol. 1 Insert Song [Netflix] by Rocket Jump Studios
Reguar Show [Cartoon Network] Opening Theme Song
Demo Reel 0:49
Reguar Show [Cartoon Network] Opening Theme Song
Penn Zero Part-Time Hero Insert Song [Disney XD] In This Ninki Ninja Fight
Demo Reel 1:02
Penn Zero Part-Time Hero Insert Song [Disney XD] In This Ninki Ninja Fight
Archer [FX] Season 6 Episode 1 Hold Out Scene
Demo Reel 0:34
Archer [FX] Season 6 Episode 1 Hold Out Scene
LA Metro PSA Seat Hogging Scene
Demo Reel 1:03
LA Metro PSA Seat Hogging Scene

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • January 30, 1987
    • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Run Sasaki
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    In 2014, Hoshino traveled 3200 miles in 3 weeks as a bilingual reporter for a Japanese Documentary TV Show called "Go West", featuring locations such as the Stanley Hotel where Stephen King wrote "The Shining" and the Broadmoor Resort where former President George W. Bush previously stayed at.

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