--- title: Rina Gonoi Is on the TIME100 Next 2023 List description: Find out how Rina Gonoi is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308541/rina-gonoi/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:19:35.484Z og:title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Rina Gonoi og:description: Find out why Rina Gonoi is on this year’s TIME100 Next list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308541/rina-gonoi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112d2ba129288681/698a4003db2987573b2694bc/time100-next-rina-gonoi-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2023 TIME100 Next: Rina Gonoi og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Rina Gonoi twitter:description: Find out why Rina Gonoi is on this year’s TIME100 Next list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112d2ba129288681/698a4003db2987573b2694bc/time100-next-rina-gonoi-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Rina Gonoi by Shiori Ito  Rina Gonoi Rina GonoiShiho Fukada for The Washington Post/Getty Images Japan officially lives in the Reiwa era, which means “order and harmony.” But Rina Gonoi may have broken that “order and harmony” for good—in more ways than one—when she became an advocate against sexual abuse. Rina’s dream as a child was to serve in the Japanese Self-Defense Forces following her rescue by female soldiers after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. That dream turned into a nightmare when she experienced sexual violence while serving, and then struggled to report the violence in an institution where more than 90% of soldiers are male. She left the military in 2022, and bravely launched a [public campaign](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/09/asia/japan-self-defense-force-sexual-harassment-hnk-intl-dst/index.html) to demand truth and accountability. The resulting wave of support pushed officials to take action, launching a larger investigation into cases of harassment within the military, and prompted countless other women to come forward with their own stories. In Japanese society, speaking up about sexual violence has long been a taboo, but Rina’s courage has kicked the door open for all survivors. _Ito is a journalist, filmmaker, and gender-rights advocate_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308541/rina-gonoi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308541/rina-gonoi/"},"headline":"Rina Gonoi","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:35.484Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308541/rina-gonoi/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112d2ba129288681/698a4003db2987573b2694bc/time100-next-rina-gonoi-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112d2ba129288681/698a4003db2987573b2694bc/time100-next-rina-gonoi-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308541/rina-gonoi/","name":"Rina Gonoi"}}]}] ```