Rie Tanaka
Japanese voice actress and singer

Rie Tanaka

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Japanese voice actress and singer
Gender:
Female
Places:
Japan
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ActorVoice actorSeiyūSinger
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & RadioMusic
Birth:
3 January 1979(Sapporo, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Hokkaidō Prefecture)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Kōichi Yamadera
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Introduction

Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵, Tanaka Rie, born January 3, 1979, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese singer and voice actress. Notable among her numerous roles are Lacus Clyne in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Chi in Chobits, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke in Strike Witches and Suigintou in the anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden. In video games she is the voice of Neptune in the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise.

Music career

As well as being an actress, Tanaka is also a singer. Tanaka has released three albums: Garnet, 24 Wishes and Kokoro, but did not gain much success. Tanaka is also a member of the Steel Angels, a singing trio composed of the three lead voice actors of Steel Angel Kurumi, together with Atsuko Enomoto and Masayo Kurata. Tanaka published a photo collection called Irodorie in May 2009.

Personal life

Tanaka married fellow Japanese voice actor Kōichi Yamadera on June 17, 2012. She had a fan club called Cafe de Rie that ran until 2012. 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. After the incident, she took a break from Twitter. and later returned in 2015.

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
000000001992-04-13-00001992 Crayon Shin-chan Arrow Sema 紹子
矢瀬間紹子
000000001994-04-08-00001994 Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Mitsuki Sanada
000000001996-01-08-00001996 Case Closed Naeko Miike
000000001999-04-03-00001999 Shin Hakkenden Yumi
ユーミ
000000001999-06-30-00001999 Great Teacher Onizuka Akane Fujita
000000001999-07-01-00001999 Kyorochan Mayu
000000001999-10-05-00001999–01 Steel Angel Kurumi series Saki
000000002000-02-05-00002000 Miami Guns Kaken Musume
000000002000-04-18-00002000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Vivian Wong
ヴィヴィアン・ウォン
000000002000-05-24-00002000 Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman Miko OVA
000000002000-10-04-00002000 Gravitation Ayaka Usami
000000002001-01-17-00002001 Sadamitsu the Destroyer Yayoi Kamishiro
000000002001-04-08-00002001 Hanaukyo Maid Team Mariel
000000002001-10-04-00002001–03 Angel Tales Ran the goldfish
000000002002-01-08-00002002 Full Metal Panic! Ren Mikihara
000000002002-04-03-00002002 Chobits Chi
000000002002-04-05-00002002 .hack//Sign Morganna Mode Gone
000000002002-04-08-00002002 Azumanga Daioh Koyomi Mizuhara
000000002002-04-19-00002002 Atashinchi no Fubuki Haruyama
000000002002-07-01-00002002–06 UFO Princess Valkyrie series Sanada
000000002002-10-05-00002002 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Lacus Clyne
000000002002-11-21-00002002 Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Saori
サオリ
000000002003-04-01-00002003 Stellvia Akira Kayama
000000002003-04-03-00002003 DNAngel Towa
000000002003-08-25-00002003 Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! Ren Mikihara
000000002004-01-12-00002004 Burn Up Scramble Matsuri Tamagawa
000000002004-04-04-00002004 Hanaukyo Maid Team La Verite Mariel
000000002004-04-06-00002004 Burst Angel Sei
000000002004-09-28-00002004 Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san RRX-7.8 Combat-san
000000002004-10-06-00002004–11 Ring ni Kakero 1 series Kiku Takane
000000002004-10-07-00002004–06,
2013		 Rozen Maiden series Suigintou
000000002004-10-09-00002004 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Lacus Clyne, Meer Campbell
000000002004-11-25-00002004–05 Tales of Phantasia the Animation Martel OVA series
000000002005-02-06-00002005 Futari wa Pretty Cure – Max Heart Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002005-10-04-00002005 Hell Girl Akane Sawai, Cheppo
000000002005-10-06-00002005 My-Otome Tomoe Marguerite
000000002006-04-05-00002006 Ray the Animation Kaori
000000002006-04-04-00002006 Air Gear Simca
000000002006-04-07-00002006 The Good Witch of the West Leandra Cheviat
000000002006-04-13-00002006 The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye Fira Malik
フィラ・マリーク
000000002006-09-28-00002006 Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl Mars
000000002006-10-03-00002006 Red Garden Lula
000000002006-10-03-00002006 Shōnen Onmyōji Tenitsu
000000002006-10-04-00002006 Fist of the Blue Sky Sophie
000000002006-10-07-00002006 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Bianchi
000000002006-10-12-00002006 Hataraki Man Hiroko Matsukata
000000002006-11-01-00002006 Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry Mary, Isabella
000000002007-01-01-00002007 Strike Witches series Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke OVA and TV series
000000002007-02-23-00002007 My-Otome Zwei Tomoe Marguerite OVA vol. 2
000000002007-03-03-00002007 Moonlight Mile series Riyoko Ikeuchi
000000002007-04-01-00002007–13 Hayate the Combat Butler series Maria
000000002007-06-15-00002007 Wangan Midnight Rikako Ota
000000002007-07-06-00002007 Higurashi When They Cry Nomura
000000002007-07-12-00002007 Mononoke Shino
000000002007-08-08-00002007 Red Garden: Dead Girls Aunt
おばさん		 OVA
000000002007-10-06-00002007 Kimikiss pure rouge Eriko Futami
000000002007-10-07-00002007 Rental Magica Kikyou Katsuragi
000000002008-01-05-00002008 Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de Ageha Kuki
000000002008-01-18-00002008–10 Yume-Miru Anime on-chan
ja:ユメミル、アニメ「onちゃん」		 On-Chan
000000002008-02-03-00002008 Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne Sayara Yamanobe
000000002008-04-03-00002008 Macross Frontier Monica Lange, Miranda Merin
000000002008-04-03-00002008 Allison and Lilia Erishia-Lowry (Claire Nihito)
エリシア・ラウリー（クレア・ニヒトー）
000000002008-04-04-00002008 The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk Ishtar, Narrator
000000002008-07-01-00002008 Strike Witches Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
000000002008-10-01-00002008 Toradora! Yuri Koigakubo
000000002008-10-02-00002008–13 Yozakura Quartet series Mariabelle
000000002008-10-02-00002008 Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Mitsuki Siina
000000002008-12-01-00002008 Touhou Anime Project Sakuya Izayoi Ep. "Musō Kakyō"
000000002009-01-05-00002009 The Girl Who Leapt Through Space Xanthippe
000000002009-04-02-00002009 Asura Cryin' series Shuri Kurosaki
000000002009-04-02-00002009 Queen's Blade series Nyx
000000002009-04-03-00002009 Arad Senki: Slap Up Party Hiria
000000002009-04-05-00002009 Tears to Tiara Octavia
000000002009-04-11-00002009 First Love Limited Misaki Yamamoto
000000002009-07-04-00002009 Canaan Liang Qi
000000002009-10-27-00002009 My-Otome Zwei Complete Tomoe Marguerite OVA
000000002010-04-04-00002010 Arakawa Under the Bridge series Shimazaki
000000002010-07-01-00002010 Strike Witches 2 Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
000000002010-10-02-00002010 MM! Michiru Onigawara
000000002010-10-04-00002010–14 Squid Girl series Chizuru Aizawa
000000002011-07-09-00002011 Nekogami Yaoyorozu Amaterasu
天照大神
000000002011-10-01-00002011 C3 Alice Bivorio Basskreigh
000000002011-10-01-00002011–12 Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere series Juana
000000002011-10-04-00002011 Maken-ki! series Demitra Midia
000000002012-01-08-00002012 Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne series Eri Watabe
000000002012-01-08-00002012 Aquarion Evol Alicia
000000002012-03-16-00002012 Leiji Matsumoto's Ozma Maya
000000002012-04-03-00002012 Ginga e Kickoff!! Anzu
000000002012-07-01-00002012 Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Sharon Heim
000000002012-10-02-00002012 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter Akamei cumulative
赤名累
000000002012-10-08-00002012 Girls und Panzer Maho Nishizumi
000000002013-04-03-00002013 Red Data Girl Himegami
000000002013-04-07-00002013 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Akira Yamamoto
000000002013-07-12-00002013 Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation Neptune / Purple Heart Eps. 1, 3, 5 - 12 (Purple Heart)
000000002015-10-04-00002015 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Merribit Stapleton


Film

List of voice performances in film
Year Title Role Notes Source
000000001999-07-17-00001999 My Neighbors the Yamadas Ghibli Cheering Section
000000002003-12-06-00002003 Atashinchi Fubuki Haruyama
春山ふぶき
000000002005-04-16-00002005 Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002005-12-10-00002005 Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002007-12-01-00002007 The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View Kirie Fujou
000000002008-05-24-00002008 The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine Kirie Fujou
000000002009-03-20-00002009 Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends☆the Collection of Miracles Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002009-11-21-00002009 Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime Monica Lange
000000002010-03-06-00002010 Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King Sofia
000000002010-03-06-00002010 Time of Eve Sammy
000000002010-03-20-00002010 Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope☆Protect the Rainbow Jewel! Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002011-02-26-00002011 Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa Monica Lange
000000002011-03-19-00002011 Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002011-08-27-00002011 Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth Maria
000000002012-03-17-00002012 Strike Witches: The Movie Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
000000002013-03-16-00002013 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002013-11-23-00002013 Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth Mitsuru Kirijo
000000002013-12-07-00002013 Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie Naeko Miike
000000002014-06-07-00002014 Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight's Dream Mitsuru Kirijo
000000002015-03-14-00002015 Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪ Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002015-04-04-00002015 Persona 3 The Movie: No. 3, Falling Down Mitsuru Kirijo
000000002015-11-21-00002015 Girls und Panzer der Film Maho Nishizumi
000000002016-01-23-00002016 Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth Mitsuru Kirijo

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
000000002000-05-25-00002000 St. Luminous Mission High School Katou Mihoko PS1/PS2
000000002001-01-01-00002001 Mega Man Zero series Ciel
000000002002-04-18-00002002 Azumanga Daioh games Koyomi Mizuhara PS1/PS2
000000002003-05-15-00002003 Chobits games Chi PS1/PS2
000000002003-11-27-00002003 Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san RRX-7.8 Combat-san PS1/PS2
000000002004-01-22-00002004 Stellvia Akira Kayama PS1/PS2
000000002004-11-11-00002004 Magna Carta Elaine
イレイン		 PS1/PS2
Also Portable in 2006
000000002004-01-01-00002004–07 Shonen Onmyoji games Tianyi
天一
000000002005-05-26-00002005 Namco × Capcom Ki, Sylphie PS2
000000002005-07-28-00002005 Pretty Cure Max Heart games Hikari Kujo / Shiny Luminous
000000002006-04-27-00002006–07, 2014 Rozen Maiden games Suigintou
000000002006-05-25-00002006 Kimikiss Eriko Futami PS2
000000002006-07-13-00002006–09 Persona 3 games Mitsuru Kirijo Also FES and Portable
000000002006-08-31-00002006–09 Phantasy Star Universe games Karen Ella / Milly, Helga Neumann PS1/PS2
Also Portable and Portable 2
000000002006-09-07-00002006 Tales of Phantasia Martel PSP
000000002006-11-09-00002006 My-Otome games Tomoe Marguerite PS1/PS2
000000002007-03-29-00002007–10 Reborn! games Bianchi
000000002007-07-26-00002007 Everybody's Golf 5 Yumin
ユミン		 PS3
000000002007-08-23-00002007–09 Hayate the Combat Butler games Maria DS
000000002007-12-20-00002007 Higurashi When They Cry games Nomura PS1/PS2
000000002008-05-15-00002008 Luminous Arc 2 Sophia DS
000000002008-07-17-00002008–09 Tears to Tiara games Octavia Starting 2008
000000002008-07-31-00002008 Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Haibara Sakuya
灰原朔夜
000000002008-08-14-00002008–09 Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka games Shiina Mizuki PS1/PS2
000000002008-08-21-00002008–09 Memories Off 6: T-wave Rein Suzushiro,稲穂鈴 PS1/PS2
Also Next Relation
000000002008-11-27-00002008 Rune Factory Frontier Drop Wii
000000002009-03-19-00002009 Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus Kurosaki Shukairi
黒崎朱浬		 DS
000000002009-04-02-00002009–10 11eyes CrossOver games Kanae Kuroshiba Kanae
000000002009-04-30-00002009 Toradora Portable! Yuri Koigakubo PSP
000000002009-11-26-00002009–10 Strike Witches games Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
000000002009-12-17-00002009–11 Queen's Blade games Nyx PSP
000000002010-05-27-00002010 Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future Medoute, Jiruva
メデューテ／ジルヴァ		 PSP
000000002010-06-01-00002010 Dragon Nest Elena
000000002010-08-05-00002010 Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X Martell
マーテル		 PSP
000000002010-08-19-00002010 Another Century's Episode: R Monica Landa
モニカ・ランダ		 PS3
000000002011-08-18-00002011–15 Hyperdimension Neptunia Neptune / Purple Heart Starting with mk2
000000002011-12-08-00002011 A Certain Scientific Railgun Mio Aizono PSP
000000002011-12-22-00002011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 AC-130FCO
000000002012-06-28-00002012 Project Zero 2: Wii Edition Wii
000000002012-07-12-00002012 Time Travelers Itoyama Junko
糸山純子
000000002012-08-30-00002012 Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match Octavia PS3
000000002012-10-11-00002012 Project X Zone Morrigan Aensland DS
000000002012-11-01-00002012 Tales of Xillia 2 Vera PS3
000000002013-03-28-00002013 Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere games Juana PSP
000000002013-07-18-00002013 Super Robot Wars Operation Extend Monica Lange PSP
000000002013-03-28-00002013 Fate/EXTRA CCC Sessyoin Kiara
殺生院キアラ		 PSP
000000002014-06-05-00002014 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Mitsuru Kirijo DS
000000002014-06-12-00002014 The Legend of Heroes VII: Ao no Kiseki Evolution Mariabel Crois
000000002014-06-19-00002014 CV: Casting Voice Nishinomiyatera Milly
西宮寺美礼		 PS3
000000002014-06-26-00002014 Girls und Panzer games Maho Nishizumi
000000002014-08-28-00002014 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Mitsuru Kirijo PS3
000000002015-01-29-00002015 Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker Miyako Hotsuin DS
000000002015-11-12-00002015 Project X Zone 2: Brave New World Morrigan Aensland, Sylphie DS
000000002016-03-17-00002016 Senran Kagura: Estival Versus Jasmine
000000002016-04-14-00002016 Skullgirls 2nd encore Parasoul
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed games Lacus Clyne PC
000000002017-05-09-00002017 Fate/Grand Order Sessyoin Kiara
殺生院キアラ		 iOS/Android



Tokusatsu

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
000000002011-09-04-00002011 Kamen Rider Fourze Virgo Zodiarts, Shun Daimonji's Mother Ep. 18 - 42 (Virgo Zodiarts), 41 (Shun Daimonji's Mother)
000000002011-12-10-00002011 Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max Virgo Zodiarts Movie

Drama CDs

List of voice performances in audio dramas
Title Role Notes Source
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Mitsuki Siina
Hayate the Combat Butler Maria
Macross Frontier Monica Lange
My-Hime Destiny Hinagiku
Squid Girl Aizawa Chizuru
Shounen Onmyouji: Kazane-hen
Karakurizōshi Ayatsuri Sakon Suzuna unknown
鈴鳴未知
Getbackers Haruki Kaoruryu
My Bride is a Mermaid Seto-chan
Wanna Be the Strongest in the World Kazama

Discography

Songs anime/video games

  • Azumanga Daioh
    • Oishii Kimitachi (Yomi's image song)
    • Sorezore no One Way (Yomi's second image song)
  • Bakuretsu Tenshi – Breathe (Sei's image song)
  • Chobits
    • Raison d'être (ED1) (Reason To Be)
    • Ningyo hime (ED2) (Doll/Mermaid Princess)
    • I Hear You Everywhere (Chi image song)
    • Hitomi no Tonneru
    • Shiranai Sora
  • Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
    • "DUAL!" (alternate version in episode 14)
  • Mega Man Zero Soundtracks
    • L'oiseau du Bonheur (vocal version of Ciel's theme, 'Labo', for Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero IDEA)
    • Freesia (vocal version of the 'Promise -Next New World- (Overseas Version)' and 'Esperanto' songs for Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero PHYSIS)
  • Gundam SEED
    • Shizuka na Yoru ni (静かな夜に, In the Quiet Night)
    • Mizu no Akashi (水の証, Token of Water)
  • Hayate no Gotoku!
    • Epu Romanesque (Maria character song)
    • Kakurenbo (2nd character song)
    • Kanpeki, Egao Desu
  • Gundam SEED Destiny
    • Fields of Hope
    • EMOTION
    • Quiet Night C.E. 73
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia
    • Lady Cool　-パープルハート- (Neptune's image song)
    • スマイル・スパイラル (Neptune/Nepgear image song, performed with Yui Horie)
  • Hanaukyo Maid Tai – Song of the Hanaukyo Maid team
  • Hanaukyo Maid Tai La Verite – Voice of heart
  • Mabinogi – Eternal (for the commercial of the Mabinogi game in Japan)

Singles

Raison d'être

Released May 22, 2002, Victor Entertainment.

  1. Raison d'être
  2. Hitomi no Tunnel
  3. Raison d'être (Original Karaoke)

Ningyo Hime

Released August 21, 2002, Victor Entertainment.

  1. Ningyo Hime
  2. Soshite Sekai wa Kyomo Hajimaru -Chii Ver.-
  3. Kata Koto no Koi -Chii Ver.-
  4. Ningyo Hime (without Rie)

Yasashii Jikan no Naka de

Released August 10, 2009, label unknown.

  1. Yasashii Jikan no Naka de
  2. Yasashii Jikan no Naka de (Piano version)
  3. Yasashii Jikan no Naka de ~Instrumental~

Albums

garnet

Released February 7, 2001, Aniplex Music.

  1. Eien ni Shinyu (a cappella version)
  2. Boku wa kimi ga suki
  3. Have You Never Been Mellow
  4. KISS Kara Hajimaru Miracle (Jazz Version)
  5. Like a favorite song
  6. garnet
  7. Umi no mieru oka de
  8. Anata ni nita hito
  9. SKY
  10. Tadaima

24 wishes

Released January 3, 2003, Victor Entertainment.

Kokoro

Release: October 20, 2010, Geneon Universal.

  1. Let it be
  2. Dilemma
  3. in or out?
  4. Tsuki to Dance (月とダンス, Dance with the Moon)
  5. SUPERMAN
  6. Ningyo Hime no Namida (人魚姫の涙, Mermaid Princess' tears)
  7. FRAME
  8. Kokoro (ココロ, Heart)
  9. Sora Tobu Pierrot (空飛ぶピエロ)
  10. Orange

Mini albums

Chara de Rie

Released September 10, 2003, Victor Entertainment. The album reached #34 on Oricon weekly chart and stayed on charts in 4 weeks.

  1. Katakoto no Koi -Chii Ver.-
  2. Let Me Be With You -Chii Ver.-
  3. Soshite Sekai wa Kyou mo Hajimaru -Chii Ver.-
  4. Mizu no Akashi -Acoustic Ver.-
  5. Shizuka na Yoru ni
  6. JUDY