Rino Nakasone was born in
Naha, capital of
Okinawa Prefecture on June 11, 1979. She became interested in dance after watching music videos by
Michael Jackson and
Janet Jackson and mimicking their moves. At the age of nineteen, she went to
Los Angeles to study dance. Just after her visa expired, she got a job as a backup dancer for
Janet Jackson. In 2004, she was chosen by
Britney Spears as a backup dancer for Spears'
Onyx Hotel Tour. After touring with Spears, she toured with
Gwen Stefani as "Music", one of the
Harajuku Girls, earning praise for her dance performance. Nakasone started her career as a choreographer in 2008 with South Korean boy band
Shinee's debut song, "
Replay". In 2009, she worked with
SM Entertainment's dance team to create the choreography for
Girls' Generation's "
Genie". In 2010, she appeared in the dance multimedia production "Siren Assassins" as Queen Jade. That same year, she joined
The Pussycat Dolls after four of the original members left the group. She performed in two musicals in 2015,
The Wiz and
Asterisk, both in Japan. == List of choreographies ==