Rina Ohta

Rina has been dancing for more than 20 years. She first took up dance as a youngster in Japan, where she studied tap, jazz, ballet and hip hop; tap was her favorite style. Rina later joined a professional dance performance group in Japan, where she performed as a dancer and also an actress on the stage and sometimes on TV. After performing on a variety of stages in her home country, Rina decided to expand her horizons and move to the U.S to study performing arts and English.

She moved to CA in 2010 as an Au Pair to learn English and American culture through taking care of two host kids and to practice her performance skills. In 2012, she started teaching tap to kids at Marina Ballet Arts. Rina loves kids and tap dancing, so working with kids has been very enjoyable. From this experience, she learned how kids have fun dancing without fear or thoughts. They reminded her that she still loves performing and dancing on the stage, so she joined Tap Explosion in 2016 directed by Gayle Greenbrook.

Now she, as a mother of two children, enjoys spending time with them and being busy life.

日本での主な芸歴

初舞台「オズの魔法使い」新宿コマ劇場
NHK教育テレビ「歌ってオドロンパ」ダンスキッズ2年間レギュラー
「PRECOCI」芸名RINで5年間グループ活動　ストリートパフォーマンス、テレビ番組、ライブ、CD発売等
劇団ふるさときゃらばん（ミュージカル劇団）約6年間日本全国巡業公演

2010年にオペアプログラムで渡米、その後結婚を経て現在に至る。
サンフランシスコ・ベイエリア在住。

Photo: Elena Pronina