Rie Tanaka
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Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵 Tanaka Rie, born January 3, 1979) is a singer and voice actress (seiyū) in Japan.
-->Among her roles, she plays Chi and Freya in the Japanese version of Chobits, as well as singing in both of the ending songs for Chobits. Another famous role is Lacus Clyne in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Lacus Clyne/Meer Campbell in its sequel.
As a child, Tanaka took singing classes and earned a lot of respect in many concerts. And after highschool graduation, she joined Tokyo's popular animation company and took on singing roles for some of the characters. She currently is very popular in Japan and is known to own a few animals like a kitten (reportly knows how to play PS2) and a recent puppy. Her English is not very clear. Rie has also recently out grown her hair a lot than she had previously and only cuts her bangs.
- .hack//SIGN - Morgana
- Air Gear - Simca
- Angel Tales - Kingyo no Ran
- Azumanga Daioh - Koyomi Mizuhara
- Bakuretsu Tenshi - Sei
- Chobits - Chii, Freya
- D.N. Angel - Towa-chan (Towa no Shirube)
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure - Mitsuki Sanada
- Full Metal Panic! - Ren Mikihara
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Kujō Hikari/Shiny Luminous
- GetBackers - Haruki Kaoru
- Gravitation - Ayaka Usami
- Hanaukyo Maid Tai - Mariel
- Hanaukyo Maid Tai La Verite - Mariel
- Mai Otome - Tomoe Marguerite
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - Lacus Clyne
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell
- Rizelmine - Kyōko Yachigusa
- Rockman ZERO series - Ciel
- Rozen Maiden - Suigintou
- Seto no Hanayome - San Seto
- Steel Angel Kurumi - Saki
- Stellvia of the Universe - Akira Tayama
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Vivian Wong
Songs she has sung for Anime:
- Azumanga Daioh - Oishii Kimitachi (Yomi's image song)
- Azumanga Daioh - Sorezone no One Way (Yomi's second image song)
- Bakuretsu Tenshi - Breathe (Sei's image song)
- Chobits - Raison d'être (ED1)
- Chobits - Ningyo hime (ED2)
- Chobits - I Hear You Everywhere (Insert song)
- Gundam SEED - Shizukana Yoru ni
- Gundam SEED - Mizu no Akashi
- Gundam SEED Destiny - Fields of Hope
- Gundam SEED Destiny - EMOTION
- Hanaukyo Maid Tai - Song of the Hanaukyo Maid team
- Hanaukyo Maid Tai La Verite - Voice of heart
Trivia
- In Gundam Seed Destiny and Chobits, the 2 pairs of characters she voices look and sound alike but have very different personalities.
- She starred in several animes with Toyoguchi Megumi whereby their characters are part of the same team.
- *In Burst Angel, with Rie as Sei and Megumi as Meg .
- *In Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, with Rie as Lacus Clyne and Megumi as Miriallia Haw. (Both were members of the Three Ship Alliance / Terminal)
- *The pair also voiced characters in Chobits (with Rie as Chii, Freya and Megumi as Omura Yumi).
External links
- [rierieworld] Rie Tanaka Official Web Site (Japanese)
- [24 Wishes] the Rie Tanaka fanlisting
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