I have three bits of casting news for Rina Koike! I was going to attempt to cram them all into one post, but it got confusing. So first up:
(Rina Koike pictured with Tomoka Kurotani)
Rina will be appearing in Gokudo no Tsuma-tachi Neo (The Yakuza Wives Neo) as Sakura Nishizawa. Sakura is being hunted by Azami Kato (Natsuki Harada), who is married to the boss of the Kato Gang. Kotone Kiba (Tomoka Kurotani), wife of the boss of a rival gang decides to hide her.
The movie opens June 8, 2013.
PS - If memory serves, Aya Sugimoto appeared in another film for this franchise…. and I am correct. She was one of the leads in Yakuza Wives: Burning Desire.