Rena Hasegawa


Rena Hasegawa is a Japanese voice actress. Hasegawa started her career as a member of the idol girl group NGT48 in 2015, debuting as a regular member of the group's Team NIII. In 2018, she was transferred to Team G, which later merged with Team NIII to become a unified first generation in 2019. On May 18, 2019, she left the group to pursue voice acting.
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Early life

From her fourth year in elementary school to her third year in middle school, Hasegawa played baseball on a co-ed team, in which she served as second baseman. After leaving the school's baseball club, she subsequently joined into the track and field group, where she received offers from over 10 different schools as a result of her achievements.

Career

Music career

Hasegawa auditioned for AKB48's then-upcoming Niigata-based sister group, NGT48, having been fascinated with idols after she watched AKB0048. After passing the audition for the group's first generation on July 25, 2015, at the opening show of NGT48's theater on January 10, 2016, she debuted as a regular member of the newly established Team NIII. As part of NGT48, she subsequently made her major label debut on April 12, 2017, with the single "Seishun Dokei." In 2018, Hasegawa appeared in the live-action film adaptation of the novel Midnight Bus. She was later transferred to the group's newly established Team G. She also participated in the South Korean reality competition series, Produce 48, representing NGT48 with Team NIII's Yamada Noe. Hasegawa was eliminated during the first round and finished at 71st place.
In 2019, after Team G co-captain Yamaguchi Maho was forced by the NGT48 management to apologize for publicly alleging that she was assaulted in December 2018, Hasegawa removed "NGT48" off her social media profiles to show support. The NGT48 management responded by merging Team NIII and Team G together into a "first generation" group, with their final performances as their original teams on April 21, 2019. During Team G's performance on April 21, Hasegawa, along with Sugahara Riko, announced her decision to graduate from NGT48 in solidarity with Yamaguchi. Hasegawa held a final performance with Yamaguchi and Sugahara on May 18, 2019.

Voice acting career and other post-graduation activities

During Hasegawa's graduation speech, she announced she was pursuing voice acting. On June 10, 2019, Hasegawa announced that she signed with Crocodile Ltd. with the help of Yasushi Akimoto. She took voice acting lessons from the sound company BloomZ. She was first assigned as the PR reporter for the second season of Dropkick on My Devil! and later made her voice acting debut as Konomi Seki on Sapporo Otome Gohan.
Since its inception in 2019, Hasegawa also participated in the cross-media project Idol Bu Show, playing the part of the character Kokoro Kakegawa in the correlated radio drama shows and events, among other things, and taking part in the productions of two CD albums as part of the in-story unit X-UC: Current Xanadu, released on January 8, 2020, and Papier Mache Idol, released on October 7, 2020.
This was later followed up in with yet another participation, announced in June 2020, in another cross-media project: Denonbu, produced by Bandai Namco. In it, Hasegawa plays the role of the character Shian Inubousaki.
As a Vtuber, ever since 2019 Hasegawa has been providing voice and movements for the official mascot of the Daiei supermarket group, Mokkun, in the children educational videos published regularly on the mascot's YouTube channel.
A native of Tainai, Hasegawa had been serving since September 2019 also as a tourism PR ambassador for the city to engage in promotional campaigns and events for it, with her appointment being renewed over the subsequent years.

Discography

Songs within Idol Bu Show

TitleRelease dateProduct codeNotes
Current Xanadu
January 8, 2020POCE-12138
  • CD release, performing as part of the in-scenario idol unit X-UC
  • Additionally to the titular track, also performed in the B-side tracks "Smile×Work!" and the collaborative cross-unit track "SENRAN! Idol Tenkado he"
Papier Mache IDOLOctober 7, 2020POCE-92109
  • CD release, performing as part of the in-scenario idol unit X-UC
  • Additionally to the titular track, also performed in the B-side track "Brave Call! -& Just Now We Come!-"
    • YEAH SAY YEAHHH!/Mugen Nihon Rettou LOVE/Pastel Gray
    		June 22, 2022POCE-12183
  • CD release, containing the songs performed in the Idol Bu Show anime movie

    • Songs within Denonbu

    TitleRelease dateNotes
    Hyper Bass September 9, 2020Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit Jingumae Sandou High School electronic music club; digital distribution release
    good night baby September 9, 2020Solo song; digital distribution release
    Future
    		November 25, 2020Unit song originally included as a new song in the first physical mini-album "New Pallet" by the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; later received a digital distribution re-release on June 12, 2021
    Doki Doki Parirarura
    		January 2, 2021Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    Syrupse-α
    		June 30, 2021Unit song by the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit originally included as a new song in the physical album "Denonbu Best Album - Season.0 - "
    Akuma no Lullaby
    		July 17, 2021Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    Eat Sleep Dance September 2, 2021Solo song; digital distribution release
    Distortion November 1, 2021Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    Find Me
    		November 18, 2021Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    You Are The LightJune 29, 2022First song featuring all of the Denonbu characters; digital distribution release and included as a new song in the physical album "Denonbu Best Album - Season.1 - The Lights"
    Prayer January 26, 2023Solo song; digital distribution release
    Tokyo Bug Night March 8, 2023Solo song; digital distribution release
    Full MoonJune 13, 2023Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    ChangeJune 21, 2023Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    Infinite ColourFebruary 29, 2024Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    Maboroshi no Hoshi
    		August 25, 2024Unit song as the in-scenario Harajuku-based unit; digital distribution release
    Gekka Ranbu
    		April 24, 2025Solo song; digital distribution release

    Filmography

    Live-action

    Radio

    YearTitleNetworkNotes
    2019Nezucchi, Hasegawa Rena no Seiyuu-san Totonoimashita!BSNAiring every Thursday from 21:15 to 21:45, features tarento Nezucchi and a voice actress guest in every episode
    2019Coco-Roco CrocodileNishinippon BroadcastingAring every Friday from 11:00 to 11:15, features members from the Crocodile agency
    2019Hasegawa Rena's Ponchan-nel!NicovideoAiring every Monday at 20:00. Spin-off of Nezucchi, Hasegawa Rena no Seiyuu-san Totonoimashita!
    2020Hasegawa Rena no radioclub.jpRadio KansaiAring every Sunday from 19:00 to 19:30, with switching hosts. Appointed host for the quarter from October to December 2020.
    2020Hasegawa Rena no ai ni kinaseyaBSN
    Tochigi Broadcasting    		Airing every Sunday from 19:30 to 20:00 on the Niigata Broadcasting station, and every Saturday from 00:30 to 00:45 on the Tochigi Broadcasting station. Continuation of Nezucchi, Hasegawa Rena no Seiyuu-san Totonoimashita!.
    2021Light, Present, Golf Ittō-RyōdanInterFMAiring every Sunday from 05:30 to 06:00, features golf-centered talk and is co-hosted with golfer Tatsuaki Nakamura, and personality Yuusuke Kondo.

    Television

    YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
    2018Produce 48HerselfMnetReality competition series; finished in 71st place
    2019Gyōretsu TamagoHerselfChiba TVVariety show; regular panelist

    Theater

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2020Tatsu no OtoshigoMero
    2021Lip-SealedHerselfOn-stage reading play co-starring also Marina Yamada and Momoka Ōnishi
    2022Umibe no Machi de mou ichido, ano Hi no Kanojo ni Aeta naraRenaOn-stage reading play co-starring also Yurie Kozakai, Ma Chia-ling and Momoka Ōnishi. Also going by the official English-styled title of "If I could see her again that day in the seaside town".
    2022Emily DiaryEmily DyerTheater play based on the role-playing game Identity V
    2022Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru SeisenIskaTheater adaptation of the eponymous manga and anime series.
    2023Towa TsugaiFlamingoTheater adaptation of the eponymous game by Square Enix.

    Film

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2018Midnight BusSachiko KimuraSupporting role
    2019Lunch Time HajimechattaMei YashikiDirect-to-DVD short drama series
    2025Obaachan no HimitsuKurumi Yamano

    Voice acting

    Television anime

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2019Dropkick on My Devil!HerselfPR correspondent
    2019Sapporo Otome GohanKonomi SekiSeason 3, 12-episode series aired in the Sapporo area and promoted by the Sapporo Cultural Broadcast. Lead role; debut voice acting role
    2020Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove ItGuest characterEpisode 11 appearance
    2020Dropkick on My Devil!! DashGuest characterSeason 2, episode 3 appearance
    2021WIXOSS Diva(A)LiveRara Inumiya
    2021Farewell, My Dear CramerKarina Kakogawa
    2021KoikimoRio Amakusa
    2022Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It r=1-sinθHaru Kagurano
    2022Dropkick on My Devil! XAtre
    2023Tearmoon EmpireGuillo-chin
    2024Rinkai!Miko Yahiko-
    2024Plus-Sized ElfKuroeda
    2025Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New WorldYumileciaSeason 2
    2025Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!Young Chaos
    2026The Classroom of a Black Cat and a WitchPollux Gemini

    Video games

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2019Shishi no Gotoku: Sengoku Haō SenkiNeneGuest voice
    2019Q&Q AnswersPipa Jing
    2021Destiny ChildDriad
    2021Honkai Impact 3rdNagamitsu
    2021Riichi CitySaeko Igarashi
    2021Riichi CityShioka Amami
    2022BLACK STELLA I:FernØChia Kannazuki
    2022Ni no Kuni: Cross WorldsSofie
    2022WIXOSS MultiverseVJ.WOLF
    2022Tokyo 7th SistersFlana Ling
    2023Puzzle Bobble Everybubble!Kululun/Peb
    2023OnigiriJuubei Yagyuu
    2023BLACK STELLA PTOLOMEAChia Kannazuki
    2023EchocalypseNote
    2024Seifuku KanojoKuroda
    2024Sakurairo TetraprismNatsuki Nagamine
    2024Monster StrikeLupinus
    2025Tree of Savior MIna Creek

    Movie dubbing

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2019Dilili to Paris Jikan RyokouCamille Claudel
    2019Run Away: Hong Kong DasshutsuXiupingJapanese edition of the movie "Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight"
    2019Pororo, the Snow Fairy Village AdventurePororo
    2020End of NightmareAnton's motherJapanese edition of the movie "Quiet Comes the Dawn"
    2020Big Wish: Mahou ni Negai woSophiaJapanese edition of the 3D animation movie "Salma's Big Wish"
    2020Toys & Pets: Minna de Mirai he Dai-boukenTime BotJapanese edition of the 3D animation movie "Tea Pets"
    2020Magic World: Beast to Yami no ShihaishaFaye's mother; otherJapanese edition of the movie "The Magic Kids - Three Unlikely Heroes"
    2020Elf to Fushigina NekoAngelaJapanese edition of the movie "The House Elf"
    2021Element Sisters: Yon-bun no Ichi no MahouVerenaJapanese edition of the movie "Four Enchanted Sisters"
    2021Dragon LabyrinthShirley YangJapanese edition of the "Mojin: Longling Misty Cave", movie adaptation of the novel series by the same name
    2022Ida to Doubutsutachi no Mahou GakuenLeonieJapanese edition of the movie "The School of the Magical Animals"
    2022Darlin'BillyJapanese edition of the movie "Darlin'"
    2022Majo no MitsuyakuAmyJapanese edition of the movie "Cherry Tree"
    2022Royalteen: Uwasa no PrincessLenaJapanese edition of the 2022 Netflix original movie "Royalteen"
    2023FingernailsAlexandra
    2024Confidential Assignment 2: InternationalKang Yeon-ah

    Live-action series dubbing

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2022Step ~Saikou no Ippou~-Japanese edition of the 2022 Apple TV+ original drama series "Best Foot Forward"
    2022The FlashTinya Wazzo
    2023Titans-Season 4 appearance
    2024Avatar: The Last AirbenderSuki
    2025Genie, Make a WishBo-kyung

    Animated series dubbing

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2025Mighty Monsterwheelies-Season 2 appearance