Rie Tanaka

Rie Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Sapporo, Japan, born on January 3, 1979. Known in Japanese as 田中理恵, she has built a long career in anime through expressive performances and character songs, and she is also associated with the Aniplex label. Among her best-known roles are Chii and Freya in Chobits, Suigintou in Rozen Maiden, and Yomi in Azumanga Daioh. These roles helped establish her reputation for portraying elegant, cool, gothic, and emotionally layered characters, making her a familiar name in anime fandom and in series where voice performance is a major part of the appeal. As a singer, Rie Tanaka was a member of Steel Angels, a singing trio formed by the lead seiyuu of Steel Angel Kurumi, and she performed the opening and ending themes for the series. That combination of seiyuu work and vocal performance has kept her closely connected to anime music and anison audiences, while her official website, rie.bird.to, has long served as a reference point for her career.