is a Japanese singer and actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the

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Morning Musume , formerly simply and colloquially referred to as , are a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most top ten singles with an ...

and participated in other music acts under the

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...

name.

Career

2001–2013: Morning Musume

Tanaka auditioned for a spot in

's 5th Generation in 2001 and passed, but had to leave the training camp for being under the age limit. She attempted again in 2002 for a position in the 6th Generation and passed along with members

Eri Kamei is a Japanese pop singer and model. She is a former member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined in late 2003 as a sixth generation member along with Miki Fujimoto, Sayumi Michishige, and Reina Tanaka. She graduated on December 1 ...

and

Sayumi Michishige is a Japanese singer, actress and model. She is a former sixth-generation member and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Following the departure of fifth-generation member Risa Niigaki on October 12, 2013, Michishige has the longe ...

. She provided the main vocals for the single " Shabondama". She was featured in two solo versions of "

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" on a fan club release CD. In 2003, Tanaka became a member of the sub-unit Aa!, along with

Miyabi Natsuyaki is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of four smaller groups composed of ...

and

Airi Suzuki is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works. In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as one of the lead vocalists of the Japanese girl group Cute i ...

, two

Hello! Project Kids is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has ...

members. They released one single, "First Kiss", on October 29, 2003. Later, in 2004, she participated in singing "

All for One & One for All! ''All for One & One for All!'' is the first (and only) mini album by Hello! Project unit H.P. All Stars, released on December 1, 2004 in both a normal and limited edition, the limited edition having a different cover. It reached a peak of #5 on th ...

", a collaboration single released by all Hello! Project artists under the name "H.P. All Stars." She also sang the coupling track, "Suki ni Naccha Ikenai Hito", with Suzuki and

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. On March 28, 2008, Tanaka made her voice acting debut as Kirara, the main character in

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's anime '' Onegai My Melody Kirara'', the fourth My Melody series. The show premiered on April 6, 2008. In 2008, Tanaka became the leader of Hello Project's new unit High-King. In 2009–2010 Tanaka voiced the main/title character of the anime series, ''Kaitō Reinya''. The character had been modeled on Tanaka. The show began airing on January 8, 2010. Tanaka graduated from Morning Musume on May 21, 2013, and subsequently concentrated her activities on her rock band Lovendor.

2013–present: Lovendor and solo activities

Personal life

Tanaka was born in

Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamo ...

, Japan. Her brother is seven years younger than her."Morning Musume’s Tanaka Reina goes on a date"
''Tokyohive''. January 2011.

Releases

Digital singles

Collaborations/others

Photobooks

DVDs

* * Real Challenge!! (Released October 2008) *

Acting

Movies

* * - Voice of Fairy * *

Theater

TV shows

All shows listed were broadcast by

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certif ...

, with the exception of

Kaitō Reinya A gentleman thief, gentleman burglar, lady thief, or phantom thief is a stock character in fiction. A gentleman or lady thief is characterised by impeccable manners, charm, courteousness, and the avoidance of physical force or intimidation to ...

, which was aired on ANN's KBC TV channel, Hanbun ESPer which aired on FujiTVTWO and

Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen is a Japanese television drama series. It ran for 12 episodes. The cast primarily consists of Hello! Project members. The song "Hatsukoi Cider" from Buono!'s single "Hatsukoi Cider / Deep Mind" was used as the closing theme for the TV series; ...

which aired on Nippon Television.

Radio

Publications

References

External links

Official blog

Official 'LoVendoЯ' Site
(feat. Reina Tanaka as a member). {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Reina 1989 births Aa! members 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Japanese child singers Japanese women pop singers Japanese actresses Japanese child actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese sopranos Living people Morning Musume members People from Fukuoka Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture