Ren is an accomplished professional actress and writer who brings her ‘Aloha Spirit’ to everything she does. Her passion for storytelling and creating the world of Ninja Mom and Ninja Girl, aka, “Kimi Hanna: Fashionista Ninja” was inspired by her Japanese/Hawaiian roots and a desire to see strong female action heroes with great clothes! Ren’s screenplay Ninja Mom was accepted into the 2013 Hawaii International Film Festival Writers’ Accelerator Lab and honored as a semi-finalist in the 2015 and 2016 UCLA Extension Feature Film Writing Competitions. Ren brings her years of experience in front of the camera in entertainment to her storytelling. As an actress, she appears in numerous primetime TV series, big budget films and prestigious stage productions. Ren has a B.A. in Theatre from UCLA and a Certificate in Feature Film Writing from UCLA Extension. Ren also sings, plays ukulele and is a practitioner of Bujinkan Ninjutsu.
