Lina Arashi
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May 3, 2004
- Model
- actress
Lina Arashi | |||||
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| Born | Lina Kahafizadeh May 3, 2004 Saitama Prefecture, Japan | ||||
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| Years active | 2018–present | ||||
| Agent | Ten Carat | ||||
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| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Hair color | brown | ||||
| Eye color | hazel | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 嵐莉菜 | ||||
| Hiragana | あらし りな | ||||
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Lina Kahafizadeh (リナ・カーフィザデー, Qafizadeh Rina; born May 3, 2004), known professionally as Lina Arashi (嵐莉菜, Arashi Rina), is a Japanese model and actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Sarya in My Small Land and as an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazine ViVi.
Arashi landed her first lead role in the coming-of-age film My Small Land (2022). The film was awarded the Amnesty International Film Award Special Mention at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival and Arashi received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best New Actress.
Lina Arashi was born on May 3, 2004, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Arashi is multiracial, as her mother is of Japanese-German descent and her father has roots from Iran, Iraq, and Russia.[1][2] She has a younger sister and brother.[1]
Arashi became a hot topic when her family went on a variety show called Made in Japan! on TBS TV, which aired in January 2016, and subsequently appeared in another episode broadcast in September of the same year.[3]
On April 6, 2018, she appeared in the 8th issue of the manga magazine Young Gangan (Square Enix).[4]
In 2019, she transferred from Motoko Inagawa Office to Ten Carat and changed her stage name to her real name, "Lina Kahafizadeh".[5] In her stagename, the surname "Arashi" was taken from her father's first name (Arash Kahafizadeh). In November of the same year, she won the Miss iD 2020 Grand Prix.[6]
On May 23, 2020, from the July issue of the fashion magazine ViVi (Kodansha), she became the magazine's exclusive model.[7]
In February 2022, the film My Small Land, in which she plays the role of a Kurdish refugee, along with her real father, sister, and brother, was awarded the Amnesty International Film Award Special Mention at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.[8] In October, Arashi walked the red carpet for the first time at the opening ceremony of the 27th Busan International Film Festival, to which the film was shown.[9]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 2022 | My Small Land | Cholak Sarya | Lead role | [10] |
| 2025 | The Boy and the Dog | [11] | ||
| 2026 | Paris ni Saku Étoile | Chizuru Sonoi (voice) | [12] | |
Television drama
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 2022 | My Small Land | Cholak Sarya | Lead role | [13] |
| 2023 | 18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams | Ayaka Mitsumine | [14] | |
| 2024 | Acma: Game | Yukari Shikibe | [15] | |
| 2025 | Chihayafuru: Full Circle | Chieri Murata | [16] | |
Commercials
- Bourbon sweets ice cream "White Lolita Ice" (February 2022) – Visual model[17]
- P&G "Lenoir Reset" (October 2022 ) – Co-starred with Kenichi Takito[18]
Events
- Tokyo Girls Collection
- 37th Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2023 AUTUMN/WINTER (September 2, 2023, Saitama Super Arena)[19]
- CREATEs presents TGC KITAKYUSHU 2023 by TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION (October 7, 2023, West Japan General Exhibition Center New Building)[20]