Person in history
Riisa Naka
Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1989 · October 18
- Age this year
- 37No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 37th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after Leonardo da Vinci ’s Mona Lisa painting which her grandfather had an affection for. [ 1 ] She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival and became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver , a drama that aired in 2008. [ citation needed ]
Riisa Naka is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (2010). Naka also portrayed cousins Makoto Konno and Akari Yoshiyama who are the protagonists in respectively the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the 2010 live action movie Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,
Why this date
Riisa Naka appears on our October 18 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1989.
- January 4Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- November 17Walt Disney Pictures
- October 22TAN-SAHSA Flight 414
- May 12San Bernardino train disaster
- December 17Fernando Collor de Mello
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1989Andrew LuckSeptember 12
- 1989Elysée (footballer)September 13
- 1989Nastia LiukinOctober 30
- 1989Ryan McGowanAugust 15
- 1989Kelsey AdrianOctober 5
- 1989Agnes KnochenhauerMay 5
- 1989Matthew Lewis (actor)June 27
- 1989Jesús MonteroNovember 28
Sources
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“Riisa Naka”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/riisa-naka, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Riisa Naka
When was Riisa Naka born?
October 18 1989.
How old would Riisa Naka be today?
37 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on October 18?
Roly Bonevacia, Zac Efron, Brittney Griner and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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