Rie Tanaka
Rie Tanaka (田 中 理恵, Tanaka Rie) born January 3, 1979 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a singer and voice actress (seiyū). Notable among her numerous roles are Lacus Clyne in Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny, Chii and Freya in the Japanese version of Chobits and Suigintou in the anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden.As a child, Tanaka took singing classes and garnered a great deal of respect by performing in a number of concerts. After graduating high school, she joined one of Tokyo's popular animation companies and took on singing roles for some of her characters. She is currently quite popular in Japan, having a fan club named Café de Rie. She is known to own a few animals, such as a kitten which is rumored to know how to play the PlayStation 2, and also a puppy. She is not fluent in English. Tanaka has released two albums: 24 Wishes, and Garnet but didn't gain much success. She released a character song collection album, Chara de Rie. Other CD releases are Club Rie-rie 1, Club Rie-rie2, and Rie Tanaka's 100 poems by 100 poets, which all contain voice samples. Tanaka is also a member of the Steel Angels, a singing trio composed of the three lead seiyuu of Steel Angel Kurumi, Atsuko Enomoto and Masayo Kurata.
