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.

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

2012
  • Inazuma Eleven: Chrono Stone
  • Jormungand Perfect Order, Elena Baburin
2013
2014
  • Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate-Hen, Alice Carey
  • Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon, Tanya Zabirova
  • Go-go Tamagotchi!, Lamertchi, Suzune
  • Hanayamata, Naru Sekiya
  • One Week Friends, Ōta
  • Rail Wars!, Tomomi Ōito
  • Terror in Resonance, Haruka Shibazaki
  • Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono Encore, Mobuko Sonota
  • Tokyo Ghoul, Jiro, Taguchi, Misato Gori
  • When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Naoe Hagiura
2015
  • Aikatsu!, Yayoi Hanawa
  • Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon, Ōka Ōtori
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront, Neyka
  • Hacka Doll the Animation, Hacka Doll #4
  • Mikagura School Suite, Meika Katai
  • My Monster Secret, Mikan Akemi
  • PriPara, Ajimi Kiki
  • Rolling Girls, Momo Fujiwara
  • Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono: Spin-off Puru Purun Sharumu to Asobō, Mobuko Sonota
  • Tokyo Ghoul √A, Jiro, Misato Gori, Shizuku Kawakami
  • World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, Elena Arshavina
2016
  • Aikatsu Stars!, Lily Shirogane
  • Bakuon!!, Hane Sakura
  • Dimension W, Mira Yurisaki
  • Kuromukuro, Sophie Noelle
  • Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon, Maō
  • PriPara Ajimi Kiki, Jululu/Jewlie
  • ReLIFE, An Onoya
  • Scorching Ping Pong Girls, Kumami Tsukinowa
2017
  • ID-0, Alice
  • Idol Incidents, Sachie Kondō
  • Idol Time PriPara Ajimi Kiki, Jululu/Jewlie & Mimiko Jigoku
  • Land of the Lustrous, Hemimorphite
  • Little Witch Academia, Jasminka Antonenko, Marjolaine
  • Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club, Hiromi Maiharu
  • Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Lily
  • Restaurant to Another World, Adelheid
  • Sakura Quest, Shiori Shinomiya
  • Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter, Rika Takashina
2018

  • Caligula, μ
  • Comic Girls, Suzu Fūra
  • Goblin Slayer, Goblin Slayer's sister
  • Ingress: The Animation, Sarah
  • Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits, Shizuna
  • Märchen Mädchen, Arthur Pendragon
  • My Hero Academia 3, Saiko Intelli
  • Real Girl, Sumie Ayado
  • Record of Grancrest War, Aishela
  • SSSS.Gridman, Akane Shinjō
2019
  • Bakugan: Battle Planet, Phaedrus
  • Chidori RSC, Misa Kuroi
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kanao Tsuyuri
  • Dr. Stone, Ruri
  • Fruits Basket, Kisa Soma
  • Grimms Notes The Animation, Reina, Cinderella
  • I'm From Japan, Komachi Yuze
  • Kakegurui xx, Rumia Uru
  • Real Girl 2nd Season, Sumie Ayado
  • The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note, Gray
  • Wasteful Days of High School Girls, Kohaku Kujyo
  • Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me, Miyako Hoshino
2020
  • Adachi and Shimamura, Taeko Nagafuji
  • Asteroid in Love, Moe Suzuya
  • Bakugan: Armored Alliance, Phaedrus
  • Darwin's Game, Shuka Karino
  • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?, Kyoko Ootomo
  • Listeners, Janis
  • The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited, Mahoro Saeki
  • Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, Doll Shopkeeper
2021
  • Back Arrow, Annie
  • Backflip!!, Ayumi Futaba
  • Blue Reflection Ray, Mio Hirahara
  • Dr. Stone: Stone Wars, Ruri
  • Hortensia Saga, Nonnoria Folley
  • How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Juna Doma
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Ariel Anemoi Asura
  • Night Head 2041, Yui Akiyama
  • Pokémon Evolutions, Tamao
  • Restaurant to Another World, Adelheid
  • Takt Op. Destiny, Hell
  • The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, Elizabeth Ashley
  • The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Apito
  • The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, Dia Viekone
  • Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, The Goddess
2022
  • Aoashi, Anri Kaidō
  • Bibliophile Princess, Elianna Bernstein
  • Black Summoner, Melfina
  • Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Meninas McAllon
  • Chainsaw Man, Reze
  • Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal, Florina
  • Parallel World Pharmacy, Eléonore "Ellen" Bonnefoi
  • Raven of the Inner Palace, Unkajō
  • Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation, Figuray
  • Spy × Family, Sonia
  • Tomodachi Game, Maria Mizuse
  • World's End Harem, Shion Hoshino
2023
  • A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life, Fairy Queen
  • Chibi Godzilla Raids Again, older Shobijin sister
  • Dark Gathering, Daughter's Spirit
  • Malevolent Spirits, Yu
  • Mashle, Lemon Irvine
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 2, Ariel Anemoi Asura
  • My Happy Marriage, Miyo Saimori
  • Overtake!, Alice Mitsuzawa
  • Ragna Crimson, Ultimatia
  • Rokudo's Bad Girls, Raino, Kazeno, Amano
  • Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence, Frederica
  • The Ancient Magus' Bride, Veronica Rickenbacker
  • The Duke of Death and His Maid, Amelia
  • The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess, Melca Tiano
  • Too Cute Crisis, Komachi Kokage
2024
  • Blue Box, Chinatsu Kano
  • Chained Soldier, Sahara Wakasa
  • Days with My Stepsister, Akiko Ayase
  • Frieren, Methode
  • Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, Rena Natsukawa
  • Ishura, Yuno the Distant Talon
  • KonoSuba 3, Rain
  • Let This Grieving Soul Retire!, Sophia
  • Mashle: The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc, Lemon Irvine
  • No Longer Allowed in Another World, Sacchan
  • Solo Leveling, Cha Hae-in
  • Suicide Squad Isekai, Fione
  • The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, Moemi Sōya
  • The Dangers in My Heart, Yurine Hanzawa
  • The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, Princess Celia
  • Too Many Losing Heroines!, Chihaya Asagumo
  • Whisper Me a Love Song, Momoka Satomiya
  • Wonderful Pretty Cure!, Mayu Nekoyashiki / Cure Lilian
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, Tsubaki Akashigata
  • You Are Ms. Servant, Yuki/Xue
2025
  • I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!, Amagi
  • Mono, Haruno Akiyama
  • Night of the Living Cat, Kaoru
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, Miniskirt Santa
  • Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō, Suzune
  • This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Hinako Yaotose
  • Wind Breaker Season 2, Shizuka Narita
2026
  • A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans, Neneko Kurosawa
  • Black Torch, Hana Usami
  • Petals of Reincarnation, F. Nightingale