Rena Tanaka

This article is about Rena Tanaka, the Japanese actress. For the Japanese singer of a similar name, see Reina Tanaka.

Rena Tanaka
田中 麗奈
Born	(1980-05-22) 22 May 1980 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Website	www.tanakarena.co.jp

Rena Tanaka (田中 麗奈, Tanaka Rena, born 22 May 1980) is a Japanese actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the Japanese Academy Award for "Best Newcomer" for her performance in Give It All; in 2001, she received a "Best Actress" nomination for First Love.

Selected filmography

Films

• Give It All (1998)
• GTO (1999)
• First Love (2000)
• Ekiden (2000)
• Suki (2001)
• Tokyo Marigold (2001)
• Gangushurisha (2002)
• Thirteen Steps (2002)
• Drugstore Girl (2003)
• A Day on the Planet (2004)
• Legend of Nin Nin Ninga Hattori (2004)
• Ubume no Natsu (2005)
• The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
• Tripping (2006)
• Waiting in the Dark (2006)
• Gegege no Kitaro (2007)
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007)
• The Silver Season (2008)
• 10 Promises to My Dog (2008)
• Mōryō no Hako (2008)
• Yamazakura (2008)
• The Taste of Fish (2008)
• Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
• Flowers (2010)
• Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011)
• The Wings of the Kirin (2012), Tokiko Kanamori
• Desperate Sunflowers (2016)
• The Katsuragi Murder Case (2016)
• Dear Etranger (2017)
• The Crimes That Bind (2018), Tokiko Kanamori

Television

• Taira no Kiyomori (2012) – Yura Gozen
• Hana Moyu (2015) – Mōri Yasuko
• Akira and Akira (2017) – Ai Kitamura

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Rena Tanaka at IMDb