Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Morning Musume Member

Tanaka Reina
    

Reina Tanaka, member of the famous Jpop group "Morning Musume" was born the 11th November 1989, in Fukuoka. The kanji characters for her name (田中麗奈) are the same as the ones for the Japanese actress Tanaka Rena. To avoid confusion, Tanaka adopted hiragana symbols (れいな) for her first name when she joined Morning Musume.

She initially auditioned for Morning Musume during the Love Audition 21 auditions for the 5th generation members and was even featured on the MUSIX page. She is the only member to audition twice to get into Morning Musume.
In her first audition for Morning Musume, according to the rules she wasn't old enough to audition. She lied about her age, adding another year to it because she didn't believe she would make it very far. She made it to the boot camp but her true age was revealed and she was expelled from the audition, but then she participated in the 2002 Love Audition and was revealed among 12417 candidates along with Eri Kamei and Sayumi Michishige on the 19th January 2003. (She was the 1803rd candidate) Those three girls formed Morning Musume 6th Generation with the audition of Miki Fujimoto, and Hello! Project soloist. Before her second audition, she believed they wouldn't take her because of her lying mishap.
The audition song was Momusu's "Do it! Now". For the very first time, there was an Internet public pool in which fans could vote for their favorite girl. Reina ranked 8th and Sayumi 6th. Anyway, Tsunku, Momusu's producer, chose Reina, Sayumi and Eri as finalists even if Eri wasn't in the Top10.
The three of them had to practice singing and dancing during four days, so Tsunku could test their abilities. They had to sing on Melon Kinenbi's "Akai Freesia" and dance on their audition song, "Do it! Now. The original idea was to choose on girl out of the three but surprisingly, Tsunku chose them all to join Morning Musume. Reina had always wanted to be an idol and enter the entertainement industry since she is a big fan of Flame.

Reina has always had the reputation of a yankii (a rebel) since her first audition for Morning Musume, when she had blonde hair. The fact that she also wore shirts with skulls and dragons, and had a tendency to wear a lot of purple clothing, also furthered this yankii image with fans and is known as one of the most fashionable members of Morning Musume.

She is known for being the lead vocalist on her debut single. She sang a solo version of "Memory Seishun no Hikari" on the fanclub special Best Shot Vol.4. Since being the center position for "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan", Reina has gotten several solo lines in songs, and she gradually worked her way up to being one of the lead vocalists in such songs like "Mikan" and "Resonant Blue".

In 2007 she has her own solo radio at a radio show called FIVESTARS and In early 2008, she was announced as the voice actor for Kirara, the main character in Sanrio's Onegai My Melody Kirara


First Name: Reina (れいな)
Last Name: Tanaka (田中)
Nicknames: Tanakacchi, Reina-chan, 07 (Rei-Na), Reinya
Hometown: Fukuoka (Japan)
Birth day: 11/11/1989
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Blood group: O
Height: 1.51 m
Character: Impulsive, energic and always in a good mood. She is also very quiet when she feels                      nervous.
Habits: "I clap my hands when I laugh..., Often saying "Ukeru". Saying "Yabai!" to anything,               Setting up (Crossing?) my legs while sitting down."
Charm point: Eyes/Glance
Hobbies: Karaoke, volley-ball, e-mail, playing piano, watching concerts, writting letters with                  handmade frames
Specialty: Making friends laugh, making funny faces, can make friends easily
Groups: Morning Musume, Otome Gumi, Aa!
Objective: She wants to do her best and use all her energy to succeed her career
Favorite words: Luck, spirit
Favorite seasons: Autumn and Spring
Favorite flower: Sunflower
Favorite colors: Pink, red, orange, yellow, black and white
Favorite food: Yakiniku and fruits
Hated food: Natto and pepper
Favorite subject: Music and physical education
Least favourite subject: Maths and history
Afraid of: Ghosts
Country she would like to visit: Italy
Favorite movie: Harry Potter
Favorite singers: Maki Gotou, Aya Matsuura, Rika Ishikawa
Favorite Morning Musume' songs:
1 - "Say Yeah! Motto Miracle Night"
2 - "Shabondama"
3 - "I WISH"

Subgroups:
Morning Musume Otome Gumi (2003–2004)
Aa! (2003)
H.P. All Stars (2004)
Elegies (2005)
High-King (2008)

Movie:
Hoshizuna no Shima, Watashi no Shima - Island Dreamin'

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