is a Japanese singer and actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band

Lovendor is a Japanese all-female band. History The band was formed in 2012 around Morning Musume member Reina Tanaka. Originally there were four members: Reina Tanaka (vocals), Marina Okada (vocals), Yuki Uozumi (guitar), Marin Miyazawa (guitar). In ...

. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the

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Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the

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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 "

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". 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

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members. They released one single, "First Kiss", on October 29, 2003. Later, in 2004, she participated in singing "

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", 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

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's anime '' Onegai My Melody Kirara'', the fourth 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

2013–present: Lovendor and solo activities

Personal life

Tanaka was born in

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, Japan. Her brother is seven years younger than her."Morning Musume’s Tanaka Reina goes on a date"
''Tokyohive''. January 2011.

Releases

Digital singles

Collaborations/others

Photobooks

DVDs

* * Real Challenge!! (Released October 2008) *

Acting

Movies

* * - Voice of Fairy * *

Theater

TV shows

All shows listed were broadcast by

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, with the exception of Kaitō Reinya, which was aired on

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's KBC TV channel, Hanbun ESPer which aired on FujiTVTWO and Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen which aired on

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Radio

Publications

References

External links

Official blog

Official 'LoVendoЯ' Site
(feat. Reina Tanaka as a member). {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Reina 1989 births Aa! members 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Japanese child singers Japanese women pop singers Japanese actresses Japanese child actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese sopranos Living people Morning Musume members People from Fukuoka Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture