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Actress Rina Takeda (35), in an interview ahead of the release of her starring film “Period,” revealed that she has “given up” trying to resolve the confusion with actress Rena Takeda, whose name differs by just one character. Her comment, “Even my own family mixes us up, so it can’t be helped,” sparked a flood of posts on 5ch sharing personal mix-up stories about celebrities with similar names. Posts citing other cases of this kind of “name overlap” — like Miki Mizuno and Maki Mizuno, or Mirai Shida and Sara Shida — stood out, with many comments also comparing the two women’s careers and public image.
Rina Takeda Gives Up on Resolving Confusion With One-Character-Different “Rena Takeda”: “Even My Own Family Mixes Us Up, So It Can’t Be Helped”
Actress Rina Takeda’s (35) starring film “Period” opens on the 23rd at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya in Tokyo. Takeda delivers a powerful performance in the film, but in her interview she confessed that she’s “given up” on clearing up the “Takeda mix-up.”
In the crime-action film, Takeda gives a fierce performance as a lone, friendless assassin. The story unfolds through her encounter with a man played by Reiya Seguchi (30) of FANTASTICS, building to a shocking turn of events that brings things to their “period.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
One's the karate girl, the other's the Prison School girl
No clue which is which, though
The other Takeda was the bigger star anyway
Mirai Shida: an upgrade on Yuka Masuda
Sara Shida: the ultimate upgrade on Amagami Inter's Seiko
and make it the five Takeda sisters.
Foreigner: 'Reina and Rina, lmaooo'
Her acting career was so plagued with trouble she could've ended up doing adult videos, but she fought through all of it and became an unsinkable battleship of an actress
No way she'd change her name now, not even on her deathbed
Do the two of them not even know each other?
Chiaki Hara, Sachie Hara, Shina Hara, and Mikie Hara
These get badly mixed up too, no joke
There's also a news announcer with the exact same name as Chiaki Hara, you know.
The other one looks way more like the action type, honestly.
Hideo Murai
Tom Jones
Jim Jones
Kasukabe plates
Kasugai plates
No way she isn't popular with guys looking like this
Rena Takeda
Wish she'd gotten to play Chun-Li (from Street Fighter)
Might be a little too slim for the role, though
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Rina Takeda and Rena Takeda are actresses of the same generation who both debuted in the early 2010s, and confusion arising from their “one-character-different” names is a phenomenon that has repeatedly made waves in the entertainment industry. Rina Takeda has built her career as the lead in action films, while Rena Takeda is known for gravure modeling and commercials — different fields of work, but the closeness of their names has led to years of mix-ups. In the thread, example after example of similarly-named celebrities being confused came up, such as “Miki Mizuno and Maki Mizuno” and “Mirai Shida and Sara Shida,” underscoring that one-character name differences are far from rare in the industry. At the same time, the discussion often drifted into comparing the two women’s looks and which one commenters “preferred,” though this article avoids excessive appearance-based commentary or speculation about their private lives beyond their actual work. The mix-up itself is a fact Takeda herself has acknowledged, saying “even my own family mixes us up” — the comment this article’s headline is built on.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Entertainment] Actress Rina Takeda Gives Up on Resolving Confusion With One-Character-Different ‘Rena Takeda’… “Even My Own Family Mixes Us Up, So It Can’t Be Helped”“.
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