Biography
Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵, Tanaka Rie, born January 3, 1979, in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) 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 and Fate/Grand Order, Murata Himeko in Honkai Impact 3rd and Himeko in Honkai: Star Rail, Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3, Lisa in Genshin Impact and Ciel in Megaman Zero. 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. 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."
Filmography
all 113
TV Shows 71
Voice 47
Movies 42
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM (2024)
Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~ (2023)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition III - The Rumbling Sky (2023)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition II - The Far-Away Dawn (2023)
Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Starting (2023)
The Klutzy Witch: Fūka and the Dark Witch (2023)
Detective Conan: Love Story at Police Headquarters ~Wedding Eve~ (2022)
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles (2022)
Record of Ragnarok (2021)
The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2021)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021)
Grand Blues! (2020)
Rail Romanesque (2020)
Arte (2020)
Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! The Movie (2019)
Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation: Neptune’s Summer Vacation (2019)
Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! (2019)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018)
Honkai Impact 3rd Animation (2018)
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part I (2017)
Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (2017)
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #4 Winter of Rebirth (2016)
Girls und Panzer: The Movie (2015)
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #3 Falling Down (2015)
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol.1 - The Thunder of Saint-Trond (2014)
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream (2014)
Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation: The Eternity (True End) Promised (2014)
Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)
Strike the Blood (2013)
Higurashi: When They Cry - Kaku: Outbreak (2013)
Hyperdimension Neptunia (2013)
The Garden of Sinners (2013)
Rozen Maiden - Zurückspulen (2013)
Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2199 (2013)
Red Data Girl (2013)
Precure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends from the Heart (2013)
Kamen Rider Fourze: Climax Episode (2012)
Girls und Panzer (2012)
Hyper Speed Transforming Gyrozetter (2012)
Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl (2012)
Black Report (2012)
Ozma (2012)
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max (2011)
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011)
Precure All Stars Movie DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World (2011)
Journey of a Dying Wife (2011)
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011)
Squid Girl (2010)
MM! (2010)
Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors (2010)
Food and the Maiden (2010)
Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010)
Precure All Stars Movie DX2: The Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! (2010)
Time of EVE: The Movie (2010)
Canaan (2009)
Hatsukoi Limited. (2009)
Tears to Tiara (2009)
Slap Up Party: Arad Senki (2009)
Asura Cryin' (2009)
Precure All Stars Movie DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Precures Together (2009)
The Garden of Sinners: Remix -Gate of seventh heaven (2009)
Touhou Niji Sousaku Doujin Anime: Musou Kakyou (2008)
Precure All Stars GoGo Dream Live! (2008)
Yozakura Quartet (2008)
Toradora! (2008)
The Hill Dyed Rose Madder (2008)
Time of Eve (2008)
Strike Witches (2008)
The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine (2008)
Library War (2008)
The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk (2008)
Macross Frontier (2008)
Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne (2008)
The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (2007)
Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge (2007)
Mononoke (2007)
Hayate the Combat Butler (2007)
Moonlight Mile (2007)
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (2006)
Hataraki Man (2006)
The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye (2006)
Air Gear (2006)
Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora (2005)
Futari wa Precure: Max Heart Movie (2005)
Aquarion (2005)
Rozen Maiden (2004)
Ring Ni Kakero (2004)
Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san (2004)
Burst Angel (2004)
Pretty Cure (2004)
Burn-Up Scramble (2004)
Stellvia of the Universe (2003)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (2002)
Azumanga Daioh (2002)
.hack (2002)
Chobits (2002)
Rizelmine (2002)
Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie (2001)
Angel Tales (2001)
Hanaukyou Maid Team (2001)
Sadamitsu the Destroyer (2001)
Gravitation (2000)
Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse (2000)
Miami Guns (2000)
White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)
Steel Angel Kurumi (1999)
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999)
Shin Hakkenden (1999)
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots (1997)
Canaan
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1979-01-03 (45 years old)
Birth PlaceSapporo, Japan
SpouseKōichi Yamadera
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As田中理恵, 田中理惠, 타나카 리에
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