History Creator / RieTanaka

Rie Tanaka (born January 3, 1979) is one of the most well recognized voice actresses among the industry. Because her vocal talents allow her to voice a diverse range of characters, she is capable of playing the roles of subservient women, idealistic women, badass women, sadistic women, clueless kids, [[AndZoidberg and]] [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Yomi]]. While she was initially not that well known early in her career (through ''Manga/{{Chobits}})'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' certainly shot her to extreme fame with her role as Lacus Clyne, one of the most popular characters in anime media. She gets to [[TalkingToHimself talk to herself]] in ''Chobits'', ''SEED Destiny'', and as a guest star in ''Anime/HellGirl''.

She was married to fellow seiyuu Creator/KoichiYamadera but after six years of marriage, they divorced in 2018. Should not be mistaken for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rie_Tanaka_%28gymnast%29 gymnast of the same name]].

* Masha in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''

* Alice Bivorio Basskreigh in ''LightNovel/CubeXCursedXCurious''

* Elinalise Dragonroad in ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation''

* Michiru Onigawara in ''LightNovel/{{MM}}''

* Sharon Heim in ''LightNovel/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse''
* Shuri Kurosaki in ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin''

* [[ChristmasCake Yuri Koigakubo]] in ''Literature/{{Toradora}}''

Rie Tanaka (born January 3, 1979) is one of the most well recognized seiyuu among the industry. Because her vocal talents allow her to voice a diverse range of characters, she is capable of playing the roles of subservient women, idealistic women, badass women, sadistic women, clueless kids, [[AndZoidberg and]] [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Yomi]]. While she was initially not that well known early in her career (through ''Manga/{{Chobits}})'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' certainly shot her to extreme fame with her role as Lacus Clyne, one of the most popular characters in anime media. She gets to [[TalkingToHimself talk to herself]] in ''Chobits'', ''SEED Destiny'', and as a guest star in ''Anime/HellGirl''.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: She is a good singer, but then some of her characters are {{Dreadful Musician}}s.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: She enjoyed playing as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Meer Campbell]] than [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Lacus Clyne]] despite the latter is one of her StarMakingRole.
* MsFanservice: Plenty of her characters. [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]], [[VideoGame/FateExtra Sessyoin Kiara]] and [[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Lisa]] are standout examples. She herself too, as she has done plenty of photoshoots modeling [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B6DqSenFgly/ bikinis]] and [[https://twitter.com/tanakarie/status/1205502845065162752 lingerie.]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Most of the time she's usually the sensible and caring (sometimes innocent girls)... except [[Manga/RozenMaiden Suigintou]], [[Anime/MyOtome Tomoe Marguerite]], and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Virgo]].
** '''[[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]]''', [[VideoGame/MarvelVSCapcom3 anyone]]?
** [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Mitsuru Kirijo]], kind of. We're talking about a badass, no-nonsense, cool and cold IceQueen here (although [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted]], she still doesn't lose her cool)
** [[VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy XIV}} Garuda]], who is a {{laughing mad}} {{omnicidal maniac}} even by the standards of the primals. Averted with her other Final Fantasy XIV role, Kan-E-Senna, who is exactly the kind of person you'd expect her to voice. Downplayed with her third FFXIV role, Sadu Dotharl, an ally to the heroes who is also a BloodKnight and a ProudWarriorRaceGirl.
** [[VideoGame/FateExtra Kiara Sessyoin]], a sultry, seductive woman who is NunTooHoly. [[spoiler:She also schemes to absorb BB, Passionlip, and Meltlilith and ascend to a PhysicalGod with the help of Hans Christian Andersen's [[RealityWarper Noble Phantasm]] so she can enlighten all of humanity with a mass orgasm by [[ItMakesSenseInContext literally using Earth as a sex toy.]]]]

* Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous in ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure''

* Aphrodite in ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok''

* Kirie Fujou in ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners''; she reunited with Creator/KenichiSuzumura and Creator/MaayaSakamoto in their first roles together since ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''.

* Isabel in ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNIKKE''

* Valeriede in ''VideoGame/MementoMoriAFKRPG''

* The Virgo Zodiarts in ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''. [[spoiler:Who is an inverted case of SamusIsAGirl.]]

* Treyni in ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime''

* [[ChristmasCake Yuri Koigakubo]] in ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''

Not related to Creator/AtsukoTanaka, Creator/MinamiTanaka, Creator/HideyukiTanaka, Creator/MayumiTanaka and Creator/KazunariTanaka.

* Kan-E-Senna, Garuda, Sophia, and Sadu Dotharl in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''

* Lisa in ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''

* Elinalise Dragonroad in ''LightNovel/MushokuTensei''