is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable among her numerous roles in anime are Lacus Clyne in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Chi in Chobits, Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous in Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke in Strike Witches and Suigintou in the anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden. In video games, she provides the voice of title character Neptune in the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise, Morrigan Aensland in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Project X Zone, Sesshoin Kiara in Fate/Extra CCC and Fate/Grand Order, both versions of Himeko in the Honkai series, Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3, Lisa Minci in Genshin Impact and Ciel in Megaman Zero. She is also the singer of Swedish-Japanese heavy metal band Uz:ME.
Biography When Tanaka was in elementary school, she was a member of the book club. She loved to read to others, and would give picture story shows to the younger students in the morning before the homeroom teacher came to the classroom. One of the activities of the book committee was to hold a picture-story show competition in the audio-visual room, and when the students saw her picture-story show, they were delighted.Kyoku Seiyū-teki Kyōto, Kansai Telecasting Corporation, episodes 17-20 She loved reading and illustrations to begin with, especially those of Mutsumi Inomata, and her desire to become a voice actress was directly triggered when she bought and listened to the drama CD CD Theater Dragon Quest, whose jacket illustration was done by Inomata, at a bookstore.
When she was in high school, she was a member of the Manga Research Club and participated in the Manga Nationals, where she directly appealed to Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a judge from her hometown, that she wanted to be a voice actor. After graduating from high school, she moved to Tokyo and enrolled in the voice acting course at Yoyogi Animation Academy. As she was very fond of reading and taking care of children, becoming a nursery teacher was also a big dream of hers. She was torn between going on to higher education and becoming a nursery teacher or becoming a voice actor, but she chose the latter because she wanted to bring her voice to children in a larger world, not stopping at one world. While still in school, Tanaka won the grand prize at the vocal audition held by MediaWorks & Scitron Digital Contents. She made her debut in the entertainment industry when she sang the opening theme song for the PlayStation version of "Eien no Shin'yū" in Yūkyū Gensōkyoku 2nd Album. This is why her debut as a singer was earlier than her debut as a voice actor. At the same time, she also participated in the theatrical anime Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture as a minor role. She made her debut as an agency voice actress in 1999, playing the role of Mitsuki Sanada, one of the heroines in Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure. 2006 saw her first starring role as Hiroko Matsukata in Hataraki Man.
Due to management reasons, Tanaka moved from Dramatic Department, to which she had belonged for many years, to Retreat on April 1, 2008, and to Office Anemone on March 1, 2019.
In addition to voice acting, Tanaka is also active in music, singing character songs for some works, and sometimes releasing singles under her own name. On April 26, 2019, it was announced that she will be working as a YouTuber under the show name "Rie Tanaka TV."
Personal life Tanaka's favorite phrase is "Never get discouraged, never run away, never give up," and she has been actively increasing her Twitter friends since around 2010, including Rina Satō and Kenjiro Hata. However, on June 23, 2013, a man with a knife intruded a Neptunia promotion where Tanaka was present, yelling "Give me Tanaka! I am the victim!". In the hustle, Tanaka fell and bruised her knee, and after the incident, she took a break from Twitter and later returned in 2014.
On June 17, 2012, Tanaka announced on her blog that she had married voice actor Koichi Yamadera. A year later, she disbanded her official fan club, "Cafe de Rie." She co-starred with Yamadera as Kusuo's maternal grandparents in 2016's The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.. On August 3, 2018, she announced on Twitter that she and Yamadera had divorced in July.
Filmography Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Dokkiri Doctor Akiko debut role Hello Kitty's Paradise Mimmy Shin Hakkenden Yumi Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Mitsuki Sanada Also voices Mitsuki's reincarnation, Miki Steinbeck in Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA 5 Great Teacher Onizuka Akane Fujita Kyorochan Mayu –2001 Steel Angel Kurumi series Saki Miami Guns Kaken Musume Yu-Gi-Oh! Vivian Wong Case Closed Yumemi Noda (ep 190), Naeko Miike Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman Miko OVA Gravitation Ayaka Usami Sadamitsu the Destroyer Yayoi Kamishiro Hanaukyo Maid Team Mariel Hello Kitty's Animation Theater Mimmy –2003 Angel Tales Ran the goldfish Full Metal Panic! Ren Mikihara Chobits Chi .hack//Sign Morganna Mode Gone Azumanga Daioh Koyomi Mizuhara Atashinchi no Fubuki Haruyama –2006 UFO Princess Valkyrie series Sanada –2003 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Lacus Clyne Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Stellvia Akira Kayama DNAngel Towa Di Gi Charat Nyo! Mosana Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! Ren Mikihara Burn Up Scramble Matsuri Tamagawa Hanaukyo Maid Team La Verite Mariel Burst Angel Sei Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san RRX-7.8 Combat-san –2011 Ring ni Kakero 1 series Kiku Takane Rozen Maiden series Suigintou –2005 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Lacus Clyne, Meer Campbell –2005 Tales of Phantasia the Animation Martel OVA series Futari wa Pretty Cure – Max Heart Hikari Kujo / Shiny Lumionus Hell Girl Akane Sawai, Cheppo –2006 Onegai My Melody Tsukune My-Otome Tomoe Marguerite Ray the Animation Kaori Air Gear Simca The Good Witch of the West Leandra Cheviat The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl Mars Red Garden Lula Shōnen Onmyōji Tenitsu –2007 Onegai My Melody: KuruKuru Shuffle! Tsukune Fist of the Blue Sky Sophie Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Bianchi Hataraki Man Hiroko Matsukata Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry Mary, Isabella –2020 Strike Witches Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke OVA and 4 TV series My-Otome Zwei Tomoe Marguerite OVA vol. 2 Moonlight Mile series Riyoko Ikeuchi –2013 Hayate the Combat Butler series Maria Wangan Midnight Rikako Ota –present Higurashi When They Cry Nomura Mononoke Shino Red Garden: Dead Girls OVA Kimikiss pure rouge Eriko Futami Rental Magica Kikyou Katsuragi Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de Ageha Kuki –2010 On-Chan Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne Sayara Yamanobe Macross Frontier Monica Lange, Miranda Merin Allison and Lilia The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk Ishtar, narrator Toradora! Yuri Koigakubo –2013 Yozakura Quartet series Mariabelle Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Mitsuki Siina –2016 夢想夏郷, 東方 (Touhou Musou Kakyou / A Summer Day's Dream) Sakuya Izayoi Ep. "Musō Kakyō" The Girl Who Leapt Through Space Xanthippe Asura Cryin' series Shuri Kurosaki Queen's Blade series Nyx Arad Senki: Slap Up Party Hiria Tears to Tiara Octavia First Love Limited Misaki Yamamoto Canaan Liang Qi My-Otome Zwei Complete Tomoe Marguerite OVA Arakawa Under the Bridge series Shimazaki Crayon Shin-chan Shōko Yasema MM! Michiru Onigawara –2014 Squid Girl series Chizuru Aizawa Nekogami Yaoyorozu C3 Alice Bivorio Basskreigh –2012 Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere series Juana Maken-ki! series Demitra Midia Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne series Eri Watabe Aquarion Evol Alicia Leiji Matsumoto's Ozma Maya Ginga e Kickoff!! Anzu Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Sharon Heim Zettai Junpaku: Mahō Shōjo Misae Suzuhara OVA Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter Girls und Panzer Maho Nishizumi Red Data Girl Himegami Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Akira Yamamoto Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation Neptune / Purple Heart Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Merribit Stapleton The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Kumi Saiki –2019 Granblue Fantasy The Animation series Rosetta Dr. Stone Darya Nikitina Arte Sofia –2021 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Treyni Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Elinalise Dragonroad Idoly Pride Kiriko Himeno Yasuke Ichika Record of Ragnarok Aphrodite Rail Romanesque 2 Kaniko The Unaware Atelier Master Ophilia
Film + List of voice performances in film Year Title Role Notes My Neighbors the Yamadas Ghibli Cheering Section Atashinchi The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View Kirie Fujou The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine Kirie Fujou Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime Monica Lange Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King Sofia Time of Eve Sammy Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa Monica Lange Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth Maria Strike Witches: The Movie Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth Mitsuru Kirijo Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie Naeko Miike Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight's Dream Mitsuru Kirijo Persona 3 The Movie: No. 3, Falling Down Mitsuru Kirijo Girls und Panzer der Film Maho Nishizumi Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth Mitsuru Kirijo Rakudai Majo: Fūka to Yami no Majo Reia Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Lacus Clyne
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