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, Murata Himeko in Honkai Impact 3rd and Himeko in Honkai: Star Rail, 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. 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. 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

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| Dokkiri Doctor

| Akiko

| debut role

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| Yu-Gi-Oh!

| Vivian Wong

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| .hack//Sign

| Morganna Mode Gone

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| –2011

| Ring ni Kakero 1 series

| Kiku Takane

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| –2005

| Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

| Lacus Clyne, Meer Campbell

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| Wangan Midnight

| Rikako Ota

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| Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

| Sayara Yamanobe

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| The Girl Who Leapt Through Space

| Xanthippe

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| Tears to Tiara

| Octavia

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| Nekogami Yaoyorozu

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| Ginga e Kickoff!!

| Anzu

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| Zettai Junpaku: Mahō Shōjo

| Misae Suzuhara

| OVA

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| Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter

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| –2021

| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

| Treyni

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| Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

| Elinalise Dragonroad

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| Idoly Pride

| Kiriko Himeno

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| Yasuke

| Ichika

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| Record of Ragnarok

| Aphrodite

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| Rail Romanesque 2

| Kaniko

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| The Unaware Atelier Master

| Ophilia

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| Library Wars

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| Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King

| Sofia

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| Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa

| Monica Lange

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| Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

| Naeko Miike

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| Rakudai Majo: Fūka to Yami no Majo

| Reia

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| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom

| Lacus Clyne

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Video games

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| St. Luminous Mission High School

| Katou Mihoko

| PS1/PS2

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| Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

| Morrigan Aensland

| Also Ultimate, replaces Yayoi Jinguji

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| A Certain Scientific Railgun

| Mio Aizono

| PSP

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| Tales of Xillia 2

| Vera

| PS3

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| Fate/Extra CCC

| Kiara Sesshoin

| PSP

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| Super Robot Wars Operation Extend

| Monica Lange

| PSP

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| –present

| Granblue Fantasy

| Rosetta

| Browser game, Android, iOS

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| Girls und Panzer games

| Maho Nishizumi

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|2017

|Honkai Impact 3rd

|Murata Himeko

|Android, iOS, PC

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|2018

|Azur Lane

|HMS Duke of York (17), Neptune / Purple Heart

|Android, iOS

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|2019

|Punishing: Gray Raven

|Haicma

|Android, iOS

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| Teppen

| Morrigan Aensland

| Android, iOS

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| Nioh 2

| Nōhime

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| –2021

| Dragalia Lost

| Ariel, Rose Queen

| Android, iOS

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|2020

|Genshin Impact

| Lisa

|Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch

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|2020–present

|Identity V

|Mary (Bloody Queen)

|Android, iOS, PC

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| 2021

| Ash Arms

| Messerschmitt Me 262, Kyushu J7W Shinden

| Android, IOS

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| 2021

| Girls' Frontline

| ZB-26, LTLX7000

| Android, IOS

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|2021

| Resident Evil Village

| Bela Dimitrescu

| PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia

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| Mobile Legends: Adventure

| Eudora, Aurora

| Android, iOS

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|2021

|Langrisser Mobile

|Rozenciel

|Android, iOS

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| 2021

| Magia Record

| Minou

| Android, IOS

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|2021

|Shiro Project:RE

|Kibougamine Gakuen

|Android, iOS, PC

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|2021

|Counter:Side

|Anastasia Chernova, Serapel

|Android, iOS, PC

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|2022

|Blue Archive

| Mimori Mizuha

| Android, iOS

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| Mobile Legends: Adventure

| Nimbus Eudora

| Android, iOS

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| Massage Freaks

| Mirei Ranjou

| Switch

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| Path to Nowhere

| Ninety-Nine

| Android, iOS

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| Goddess of Victory: Nikke

| Ingrid, Isabel

| Android, iOS

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| Return to Shironagasu Island

| Riehl Bextor

| PC, Switch

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| Octopath Traveler II

| Throne Anguis

| PS4, PS5, PC, Switch

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|Honkai: Star Rail

|Himeko

|Android, iOS, PC, PS4, PS5

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|TEVI

| Empress Dahlia, Queen Tahlia, Revenance

|PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox

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| || Persona 3 Reload || Mitsuru Kirijo || PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S ||

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| || Ensemble Stars! || Hiyori Tomoe (young) || iOS, Android ||

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| Duke of York / デューク・オブ・ヨーク

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  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Merrybit Stapleton
  • Onimusha Soul – Morrigan Aensland
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – Morrigan Aensland

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| Fate/EXTRA CCC

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| Fate/Grand Order

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  • Final Fantasy XIV – Miqo'te vocal effects
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  • Final Fantasy Type-0 – Emina Hanaharu
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| Granblue Fantasy

| Rosetta

| iOS/Android

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  • Drakengard 3 – ONE
  • Rizelmine – Kyōko Yachigusa
  • Touhou Musou Kakyou – Sakuya Izayoi
  • Touhou Musou Kakyou 2 – Sakuya Izayoi
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| Cosmic League

| Ivis

| PC

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| Cosmic Break

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| PC

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  • Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari: Hajimari no Ishi – Murno
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| Nioh

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| DC

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| Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max

| Virgo Zodiarts

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Drama CDs

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| Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

| Mitsuki Siina

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Other dubbing

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  • Dragon Tales − Cassie
  • King of California – Miranda
  • Power Rangers S.P.D. – Katherine "Kat" Manx
  • Tomy Thomas and Friends – Kathy, Emily and Belle
  • Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – Rudolph (1993 Nippon TV Dub)

; Pachislot

  • Gokuraku Parodius – Chichi bin Tarika

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  • Kamen Rider Fourze – Virgo Zodiarts, Mother Shun Daimonji
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Dubbing

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| Justice League<!--2017-->

| rowspan="4"| Mera

| rowspan="4"| Amber Heard

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| rowspan="2"| Hannah John-Kamen

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| Adventure Time

| Princess Bubblegum

| Hynden Walch

| Animation

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| Power Rangers S.P.D.

| Katherine "Kat" Manx

| Michelle Langstone

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| Castle Rock

| Annie Wilkes

| Lizzy Caplan

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| Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

| Ada Wong

| Lily Gao

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| Send Help

| Linda Liddle

| Rachel McAdams

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Discography

with Uz:ME

  • SPEKTRA (2024)

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)
  • Toradora! Character Song Album
  • TANPOPO (Yuri Koigakubo's theme)

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?
  5. SUPERMAN
  7. FRAME
  10. Orange

Mini albums

Chara de Rie

Released September 10, 2003, Victor Entertainment. The album reached No. 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

References

  • Official agency profile