Reina Tanaka

Reina Tanaka is a Japanese singer and musical actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the girl group Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the Hello! Project name.

Career

2001–2013: Morning Musume

Tanaka auditioned for a spot in Morning Musume'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 and Sayumi Michishige. She provided the main vocals for the single "Shabondama". She was featured in two solo versions of "Memory Seishun no Hikari" on a fan club release CD.
In 2003, Tanaka became a member of the sub-unit Aa!, along with Miyabi Natsuyaki and Airi Suzuki, two Hello! Project Kids members. They released one single, "First Kiss", on October 29, 2003. Later, in 2004, she participated in singing "All for One & One for All!", 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 Megumi Murakami.
On March 28, 2008, Tanaka made her voice acting debut as Kirara, the main character in Sanrio's anime [Onegai My Melody|Onegai My Melody Kirara], the fourth List of [Sanrio characters#My Melody (1975)|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

was formed in 2012. Originally there were four members: Reina Tanaka, Marina Okada, Yuki Uozumi, Marin Miyazawa.
In June 2019 it was announced that Lovendor would be going on hiatus.
Tanaka has also performed in various musicals and, as of 2018, has been increasing her solo live activities.

Personal life

Tanaka was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Her brother is seven years younger than her.
On July 15, 2024, she announced her marriage and pregnancy of her first child. On November 18, she gave birth to her daughter.

Discography

Collaborations/others

Title	Release date
H.P. All Stars - All for One & One for All!	December 1, 2004
Champloo 1: Happy Marriage Song Cover Shū	July 15, 2009
Petit Best 11	December 15, 2010
Petit Best 14	December 11, 2013

Releases

DVDs

Alo Hello! Reina Tanaka DVD
Real Challenge!!
e-Hello! "Attracted" DVD

Acting

Movies

TV shows

All shows listed were broadcast by TV Tokyo, with the exception of Kaitō Reinya, which was aired on ANN's KBC TV channel, Hanbun ESPer which aired on FujiTVTWO and Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen which aired on Nippon Television.

Show	Start date	End date
Hello! Morning	2003	April 1, 2007
Sore Yuke! Gorokkies	September 29, 2003	December 26, 2003
Futarigoto	June 1, 2004	June 4, 2004
Futarigoto	August 18, 2004	August 26, 2004
Musume Dokyu!	May 13, 2005	September 29, 2006
Uta Doki! Pop Classics	October 2, 2006	March 17, 2008
Haromoni@	April 8, 2007	September 28, 2008
Onegai My Melody	April 6, 2008	March 29, 2009
Yorosen!	October 6, 2008	March 27, 2009
Kaitō Reinya	January 8, 2010	March 26, 2010
Hanbun ESPer	January 15, 2010	March 19, 2010
Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen	January 11, 2012	March 28, 2012
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger''	April 28, 2019	May 5, 2019