Rie Tanaka



Rie Tanaka is one of the most well recognized seiyuu among the industry. Because her vocal talents allow her to voice a diverse range of characters, she is capable of playing the roles of subservient women, idealistic women, Badass women, sadistic women, clueless kids, and Yomi. While she was initially not that well known early in her career (through Chobits), Gundam Seed certainly shot her to extreme fame with her role as Lacus Clyne, one of the most popular characters in anime media. She gets to talk to herself in Chobits, SEED Destiny, and as a guest star in Hell Girl.

It has become something of a Running Gag for her characters to be bad at singing, despite her actually being a successful singer. To date, she has released four albums (Garnet, Kokoro, Chara de Rie and 24 Wishes). The latter two are compilations from her anime roles.

Notable roles by Rie Tanaka:

 * Chii and Freya in Chobits
 * Ciel of Mega Man Zero, who also sang the ending theme.
 * Lacus Clyne & Meer Campbell in Gundam Seed Destiny; Lacus is one of Rie's most famous roles, though she admitted at her appearance at the 2008 New York Anime Festival that it was the hardest role she played so far.
 * Lula in Red Garden
 * Maria in Hayate the Combat Butler (cosplayed by herself here)
 * Minna in Strike Witches.
 * Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3 (cosplayed by herself here)
 * Sakuya Izayoi in Touhou Musou Kakyou
 * Sayara Yamanobe in Mnemosyne
 * Sei in Burst Angel
 * Simca in Air Gear
 * Suigintou in Rozen Maiden. Rie herself has cosplayed her.
 * Tomoe Marguerite in Mai Otome
 * Yomi in Azumanga Daioh
 * Yuri Koigakubo in Toradora.
 * Hikari Kujou in Futari wa Pretty Cure
 * Saori (Soledad) and Mars in Pokémon
 * Eriko Futami in Kimikiss
 * Xanthippe in Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo
 * Shuri Kurosaki in Asura Cryin
 * Bianchi AND Hibird AND Uri in Katekyo Hitman Reborn
 * Nomura-san in Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai, who is a Suigintou Expy
 * Liang Qi in Canaan
 * Towa in D.N.Angel.
 * Kirie Fujou in Kara no Kyoukai
 * A rare Video Game role: Karen Erra in Phantasy Star Universe. Rie also gets a weapon workshop named after her in game (the Rietanaka workshop), and is known to play the game online.
 * Mary and Isabella in Soukou no Strain, although, unlike her other double roles, the two never interact.
 * Medoute and Zilva in Blaze Union.
 * Neptune/Purple Heart in Neptunia. Heck, she even cosplayed as Purple Heart.
 * Michiru Onigawara in MM!
 * Chizuru Aizawa in Shinryaku Ika Musume
 * Misaki Yamamoto in Hatsukoi Limited
 * Morrigan Aensland in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, one of the rare instances where Yayoi Jinguji isn't assuming the role.(cosplayed by herself here)
 * Sammy in Eve no Jikan.
 * Katherine "Kat" Manx in the Japanese Dub of Power Rangers SPD
 * Nyx in Queens Blade.
 * Emina Hanaharu in Final Fantasy Type-0.
 * Vivian Wong in Yu-Gi-Oh.
 * Ayaka Usami in Gravitation.
 * Alice Bivorio Basskreigh in Cubex Cursedx Curious
 * Princess Bubblegum in the Japanese dub of Adventure Time
 * The Virgo Zodiarts in Kamen Rider Fourze.

Notable Tropes

 * Cosplay Otaku Girl: Cosplay is one of Rie Tanaka's hobbies.
 * Friend to All Living Things: Rie Tanaka is fond of animals.
 * Irony As She Is Cast: She is a good singer, but then some of her characters are Dreadful Musicians.
 * Ms. Fanservice: In addition to her voice talents, she looks stunning in many of her cosplay outfits.
 * One of Us: Gamers will be pleased to know that she plays video games.
 * Playboy Bunny: Aside from anime characters, Rie Tanaka has cosplayed as one before.
 * Playing Against Type: Most of the time she's usually the sensible and caring (sometimes innocent girls)... except Suigintou, Tomoe Marguerite, and Virgo.