Rina Tennoji is one of the nine main characters of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. She is a first year at Nijigasaki High School. Her image color is white. She is a member of QU4RTZ, a unit under the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.
Background
She was invited to be a school idol by Ayumu Uehara's childhood friend. Along with Ai Miyashita and Ayumu Uehara, she works with Famitsu App.
Personality
Rina is a shy girl who is not good at expressiveness. Because of this, she hides her face with her "Rina-chan Board", a sketchbook which she draws her emotions on. She often insists on her cuteness since she refuses to show her face.
Despite her flaws, Rina is still trying to change herself by communicating and talking more with others. She admires Ai for her confidence and friendliness. Rina gets nervous easily but continues to try her best.
As a school idol, she hopes that people will cheer for her so she can show everyone her real face with a true smile.
Clubs and Hobbies
Rina is a good artist, as you can tell from her drawings for her "Rina-chan Board".
She's really good with technology and creating things. She wears the "Auto Emotion Convert Rina-chan Board" on stage and other activities that requires both hands. She's often seen with gadgets such as a quadcopter or just working on a tablet or laptop. She can make apps like a fortune-telling app in the Niji-yon comics and has a pet robot cat named Aran (ใขใฉใณ).
She enjoys talking about apps with Ai.
Other Data
Official Introduction from Website[1] |
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Iโm Rina Tennoji. A very cute girl. Really! |
Official Introduction from Famitsu App Website[2] |
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Sorry, did I keep you waiting? Am I ready for the video? Yup, Iโm ready to start whenever. Though, Iโm a little curious. About you inviting me to be a school idol. Why did you ask me? Huh? Was it troublesome? No, nothing like that. If anything, Iโm glad. See? Rina-chan Board: โSmiling โชโ. Iโm so happy that Iโm actually super fired up. Really, I wish I could convey my feelings with my own face, but Iโm bad at it, so no matter what, I end up expressionless. Because of that, I was wondering why you would ask someone like me to be a school idol. What? You had a gut feeling that I like school idols? Thatโs why? A gut feeling... I donโt really get it. Donโt apologize. Itโs not like I feel bad about it. Actually, I think itโs funny. To put it another way, you have high hopes for me, right? Iโm really happy to hear that. No one has ever said anything like that to me. Now I have a little more self-confidence. Rina-chan Board: โAhem โชโ Fufu, thatโs kind of how Iโm feeling right now. By drawing my face on a board like this, I want to convey my feelings to everyone, and do my best as a school idol. If I can get along with everyone like this, Iโll be very happy. Because I want to make a lot of friends. First, Iโll work hard on this introduction video, so you better ready yourself. Rina-chan Board: โMun!โ [TL note: โMun!โ is just a sound effect. If youโre not familiar with Japanese pronunciation, it sounds like โmoonโ. Probably a grunt of determination.] |
Question & Answer Corner[3] |
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Being frank, how has it been, working with Famitsu App? Have you gotten used to helping out at Famitsu App? I think Iโm getting used to it, a bit at a time. But since there are a lot of people around, itโs still tough. Because I havenโt really conversed together with this many people before. But itโs really fun talking to such a variety of people. This much fun: Rina-chan Board: โWhee โชโ What are your thoughts on working with us? Itโs very fun. Itโs great to be able to do different things from what I do at home or at school. They mostly have tasks that I havenโt done before, so there might not be that much I can work on, but Iโm still very glad that theyโve let me work on a variety of things. Perhaps the staff at Famitsu App are angels? What motivated you to work with Famitsu App? Ayumu-san and Ai-san invited me. โLetโs do this togetherโ, they said. Hardly anyone ever asks me to do anything together like that. So I accepted their offer instantly. I wanted to make an commemorative recording of it, and when I asked them to say it again, they were kind of surprised. Thatโs a good memory, too. Rina-chan Board: โV โชโ [TL: as in the peace sign] When youโre working at Famitsu App, what do you talk about with Ayumu-chan and Ai-chan? With Ayumu-san, we talk about being a school idol a lot. Often, we talk about trying our best together. Also, thereโs Ayumu-sanโs childhood friend??, who was the one that invited me to be a school idol. Perhaps Iโve listened to her talk about them a lot as well. When she talks about them, Ayumu-san seems really happy, and I like that person as well, so I smile when I listen to her. Ai-san teaches me about a lot of things. She knows a lot, whether itโs about academics or about having fun. And she gives me things like candy and tsukemono [TL: pickled vegetables], so I love her. But listening to her belting out rapid-fire puns is honestly kind of a tough situation. How do people react to your board? As expected, everyone seemed surprised at first. But they adjusted surprisingly quickly. Humansโ ability to adapt is incredible. After they got used to it, weโve had a lot of fun. Iโm happy to be able to converse with this. Truly, the Rina-chan Board is a impressive invention. Rina-chan Board: โEhe โชโ Would it be possible to take the board off and show your face...? I canโt. Itโs embarrassing, and a little scary. Because I canโt express my true feelings with my own face... You see, I always end up looking displeased or bored. I get anxious about disappointing people because of an expression like that. So, please wait a little longer. Because someday, once Iโve worked hard enough, Iโll be able to smile with my own face. What do school idols mean to Rina-chan? Why did you start being a school idol? It really is strange how Iโm a school idol, right? Yup, I think itโs really strange too. After all, youโd think that Iโm the furthest thing from a school idol. But there was someone who asked me. It made me really happy, and I decided to try my best. Thatโs why I became a school idol. Being honest, what are your appeal points as a school idol? I think the Rina-chan Board is my unique feature. Itโs a little different from an appeal point, though. But if someone remembers me because of that, thatโd make me happy. And if I could do things like live shows with everyone, itโd be really fun. Rina-chan Board: โExcitedโโชโ What kind of school idol do you want to become? Um, it might sound weird coming from me, but I want to try to be a school idol that can make everyone smile. Iโm not good at expressing my feelings on my own face, so to compensate, Iโd like to make everyone smile a lot. And, if I could see that many smiles, maybe I could naturally smile as well. One day, I want to be able to smile with everyone, using my real face. Thatโs my dream. From now on, what activities do you want to do as a school idol? There is one thing I want to try a bit. Just thinking about it makes me nervous, but I want to try having a handshake meeting. I want to try talking directly to the people cheering me on. Oh, wait, what I do about the Rina-chan Board when Iโm shaking someoneโs hand? Muuun, Iโll have to improve the Rina-chan Board to prepare for that. |
Monthly Rankings (July 2017)[4] |
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I placed 1st? I didnโt expect this development. |
Monthly Rankings (August 2017)[5] |
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I didnโt expect at all that Iโd be in the top three again. |
Monthly Rankings (October 2017) |
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Video
Songs
The songs featuring Rina are:
- Doki Pipo โ Emotion
- TOKIMEKI Runners
- Teletelepathy
- Love U my friends
- Sing & Smile!!
- Beautiful Moonlight
Trivia
- Rina has different nicknames from different members of Nijigaku: Kasumi calls her Rinako (to match Shizuku's nickname Shizuko) and Ai calls her Rinari.
- Ai credits herself with assisting Rina in coming up with the Rina-chan board, and helps her with the drawings.[6]
Gallery
- Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.
References
- โ Member Profile Translation
- โ Famitsu App Introduction Translation
- โ Rina Tennoji Q&A Translation
- โ PDP Monthly Rankings July 2017 Translation
- โ PDP Monthly Rankings August 2017 Translation
- โ Love Live! School Idol Festival! ALL STARS