Higashi Rena

Higashi Rena  (東 玲奈) is a competitor who competed in KUNOICHI six times. She is notable for being one of the youngest competitors in KUNOICHI, firstly competing the course at the age of ten.

KUNOICHI
Her first appearance was KUNOICHI 2003 when she was only ten years old. She shocked everyone by making it all the way to the Shamenso before slipping and falling into the water.

KUNOICHI 2004 was the first tournament where she competed with her mother: Higashi Yuko. She aced the Buyoishi but tripped over her foot on the Fusha Watari and dove into the water.

She returned for KUNOICHI 2006 New Year and made it further but failed the Hasso Tobi because the pedestal from KUNOICHI 3 was removed.

She then competed in KUNOICHI 2006 Summer where she passed the First Stage with 8.04 seconds remaining. She had the sixth best time in Second Stage and advanced but she failed the Kenzandou in Third Stage after she lost her balance on the first jump.

In KUNOICHI 2007, she failed the Hasso Tobi again on the First Stage.

In KUNOICHI 2009, she failed the Buranchō in the First Stage. All four competitors in her group of four failed the First Stage, so she got a second chance in the Repechage, but goalkeeper Onodera Shiho was the one to advance to Stage Two. At 13, she is the one of the two youngest competitor ever to complete the First Stage in KUNOICHI.