Reina Ueda


Reina Ueda is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Toyama Prefecture. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. Beginning her career as a voice actress in 2012, her first main role was Naru Sekiya, the protagonist of the 2014 anime series Hanayamata. She is also known for her roles as Mira Yurisaki in Dimension W, Hane Sakura in Bakuon!!, Mallow in Pokémon: Sun & Moon, Shiori Shinomiya in Sakura Quest, Akane Shinjō in SSSS.Gridman and Mayu Nekoyashiki / Cure Lillian in Wonderful PreCure!. She was one of the recipients of the Best New Actress Award in the 9th Seiyu Awards in 2015. She released a mini-album in 2016, and her first solo single in 2018.
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Biography

Ueda was born in Toyama Prefecture on January 17, 1994. From an early age, she had an interest in performing, joining her school's theater club in elementary. While a member of her junior high school's theater club, she became interested in becoming a voice actress after interacting with a club member who wanted to pursue that profession. She decided to become a voice actor because, among other reasons, she wanted to change her personality. During her third year of high school, she applied for a voice acting audition only three days before the deadline of it.
Ueda won the Second Class Grand Prix in an audition held by the agency 81 Produce in 2011, and formally joined the agency the following year. Her first role was in the anime series Inazuma Eleven: Chrono Stone. She also became part of the voice actor unit Anisoni∀ together with three other 81 Produce newcomers: Rie Takahashi, Chiyeri Hayashida, and Kayoto Tsumita. In 2013, she voiced 18 sisters in the anime series Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono.
In 2014, Ueda was cast in her first main role as Naru Sekiya, the protagonist of the anime series Hanayamata; she and her co-stars performed the series' opening theme "Hana wa Odoreya Iroha ni Ho" under the name Team Hanayamata. The following year, she was cast as Meika Katai in Mikagura School Suite, Mikan Akemi in My Monster Secret, and Elena Arshavina in World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman. She was also one of three recipients of the Best New Actress Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards.
In 2016, Ueda played the role of Hane Sakura, the protagonist of the anime series Bakuon!!; she and her co-stars performed the show's ending theme "Buon! Buon! Ride On!!". She was also cast as Lily Shirogane in Aikatsu Stars!, Mira Yurisaki in Dimension W, Sophie Noelle in Kuromukuro, and Mallow in Pokémon: Sun & Moon. That same year, she made her debut as a singer, releasing the mini-album RefRain on December 21.
In 2017, Ueda played the roles of Hiromi Maiharu in Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club and Shiori Shinomiya in Sakura Quest. She also made an appearance at New Jersey's AnimeNEXT event in April.
In 2018, she played the roles of Arthur Pendragon in Märchen Mädchen and Akane Shinjō in SSSS.Gridman. She also released her first solo single "Sleepland" on February 7, 2018; the title track is used as the ending theme to Märchen Mädchen.
In 2019, she was cast as Miyako Hoshino in Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me and Gray in The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note.
In 2020, she voiced Shuka Karino in Darwin's Game. She also released her second single "Literature" on October 21, 2020; the title track was used as the opening theme to the anime series Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Filmography

Anime television series

2012Inazuma Eleven: Chrono StoneJormungand Perfect Order, Elena Baburin
2013Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker Hen, Iwase, Maki NagashiroInazuma Eleven GO Galaxy, Katra PaigeInfinite Stratos 2, Shizune TakatsukiTesagure! Bukatsu-mono, Mobuko Sonota and other following sistersTamagotchi! Miracle Friends, Claricetchi
2014Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate-Hen, Alice CareyCross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon, Tanya ZabirovaGo-go Tamagotchi!, Lamertchi, SuzuneHanayamata, Naru SekiyaOne Week Friends, ŌtaRail Wars!, Tomomi ŌitoTerror in Resonance, Haruka ShibazakiTesagure! Bukatsu-mono Encore, Mobuko SonotaTokyo Ghoul, Jiro, Taguchi, Misato GoriWhen Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Naoe Hagiura
2015Aikatsu!, Yayoi HanawaAnti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon, Ōka ŌtoriBlood Blockade Battlefront, NeykaHacka Doll the Animation, Hacka Doll #4Mikagura School Suite, Meika KataiMy Monster Secret, Mikan AkemiPriPara, Ajimi KikiRolling Girls, Momo FujiwaraTesagure! Bukatsu-mono: Spin-off Puru Purun Sharumu to Asobō, Mobuko SonotaTokyo Ghoul √A, Jiro, Misato Gori, Shizuku KawakamiWorld Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, Elena Arshavina
2016Aikatsu Stars!, Lily ShiroganeBakuon!!, Hane SakuraDimension W, Mira YurisakiKuromukuro, Sophie NoellePocket Monsters: Sun & Moon, Maō PriPara Ajimi Kiki, Jululu/Jewlie ReLIFE, An OnoyaScorching Ping Pong Girls, Kumami Tsukinowa
2017ID-0, AliceIdol Incidents, Sachie KondōIdol Time PriPara Ajimi Kiki, Jululu/Jewlie & Mimiko JigokuLand of the Lustrous, HemimorphiteLittle Witch Academia, Jasminka Antonenko, Marjolaine Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club, Hiromi MaiharuRecovery of an MMO Junkie, LilyRestaurant to Another World, AdelheidSakura Quest, Shiori ShinomiyaWake Up, Girls! New Chapter, Rika Takashina
2018
Caligula, μComic Girls, Suzu Fūra
2019Bakugan: Battle Planet, PhaedrusChidori RSC, Misa KuroiDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kanao TsuyuriDr. Stone, RuriFruits Basket, Kisa SomaGrimms Notes The Animation, Reina, CinderellaI'm From Japan, Komachi YuzeKakegurui xx, Rumia UruReal Girl 2nd Season, Sumie AyadoThe Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note, GrayWasteful Days of High School Girls, Kohaku KujyoWataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me, Miyako Hoshino
2020Adachi and Shimamura, Taeko NagafujiAsteroid in Love, Moe SuzuyaBakugan: Armored Alliance, PhaedrusDarwin's Game, Shuka KarinoKaguya-sama: Love Is War?, Kyoko OotomoListeners, JanisThe Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited, Mahoro SaekiWandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, Doll Shopkeeper
2021Back Arrow, AnnieBackflip!!, Ayumi FutabaBlue Reflection Ray, Mio HiraharaDr. Stone: Stone Wars, RuriHortensia Saga, Nonnoria FolleyHow a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Juna DomaMushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Ariel Anemoi AsuraNight Head 2041, Yui AkiyamaPokémon Evolutions, TamaoRestaurant to Another World, AdelheidTakt Op. Destiny, HellThe Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, Elizabeth AshleyThe Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, ApitoThe World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, Dia ViekoneTsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, The Goddess
2022Aoashi, Anri KaidōBibliophile Princess, Elianna BernsteinBlack Summoner, MelfinaBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Meninas McAllonChainsaw Man, RezeLegend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal, FlorinaParallel World Pharmacy, Eléonore "Ellen" BonnefoiRaven of the Inner Palace, UnkajōSmile of the Arsnotoria the Animation, FiguraySpy × Family, SoniaTomodachi Game, Maria MizuseWorld's End Harem, Shion Hoshino
2023A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life, Fairy QueenChibi Godzilla Raids Again, older Shobijin sisterDark Gathering, Daughter's Spirit Malevolent Spirits, YuMashle, Lemon IrvineMushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 2, Ariel Anemoi AsuraMy Happy Marriage, Miyo SaimoriOvertake!, Alice MitsuzawaRagna Crimson, UltimatiaRokudo's Bad Girls, Raino, Kazeno, AmanoSaint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence, Frederica
2024Blue Box, Chinatsu KanoChained Soldier, Sahara WakasaDays with My Stepsister, Akiko AyaseFrieren, MethodeHokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, Rena NatsukawaIshura, Yuno the Distant TalonKonoSuba 3, RainLet This Grieving Soul Retire!, Sophia
2025I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!, AmagiMono, Haruno AkiyamaNight of the Living Cat, KaoruRascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, Miniskirt SantaSword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō, SuzuneThis Monster Wants to Eat Me, Hinako Yaotose Wind Breaker Season 2, Shizuka Narita
2026A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans, Neneko KurosawaBlack Torch, Hana UsamiPetals of Reincarnation, F. Nightingale

Anime films

Harmonie, Juri MakinaWake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom, Rika TakashinaLittle Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade, Jasminka AntonenkoHarmony, Miach MihiePriPara Minna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari, Ajimi KikiGodzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, MainaGodzilla: The Planet Eater, MainaPretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie, CereCere/Sailor CeresMobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash, Gigi AndalusiaBackflip!!, Ayumi FutabaOne Piece Film: Red, Mini-BepoWataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends, Miyako HoshinoMaboroshi, Mutsumi SagamiPretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie, Sailor CeresMy Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie, HaatiTrapezium, Ranko KatoriCode Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, Sakuya Sumeragi, Sakura HaruyanagininomiyaWonderful Pretty Cure! The Movie: A Grand Adventure in a Thrilling Game World!, Mayu Nekoyashiki / Cure LillianColorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing, Honami MochizukiReze Arc, RezeDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, Kanao TsuyuriWhoever Steals This Book, Natsume HaradaMobile Suit Gundam: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, Gigi AndalusiaRascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend, Nene Iwamizawa

Original net animations

Null & Peta, PetaJapan Sinks: 2020, Ayumu MutōTakopi's Original Sin, Shizuka Kuze

Video games

The Idolmaster Million Live!, Umi KōsakaGranblue Fantasy, PengyThe Caligula Effect, μ Girls' Frontline, Carcano M1891, Carcano M91/38Soulworker Online, Lee NabiLittle Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, Jasminka AntonenkoAzur Lane, Izumo, Émile Bertin, Gloucester, Akane Shinjō SINoALICE, Snow WhiteIdolmaster Million Live! Theater Days, Umi KōsakaMagia Record : Aimi EriKirby Star Allies, FranciscaFate/Grand Order, GrayAnother Eden, IluluBrigandine: The Legend of Runersia, Eliza Uzala

Dubbing

Live-action

Dickinson, Lavinia Norcross DickinsonNo.1 Sentai Gozyuger, Miss Sweetcake

Animation

Oni: Thunder God's Tale, AmatenStillwater, AddyYoung Justice, Zatanna

Others