Rena Hasegawa

Rena Hasegawa (長谷川 玲奈, Hasegawa Rena, born March 15, 2001) is a Japanese voice actress and a former singer. Hasegawa started her career as a member of the idol girl group NGT48 in 2015, debuting as a regular member of the group's Team NⅢ. In 2018, she was transferred to Team G, which later merged with Team NⅢ to become a unified first generation in 2019. On May 18, 2019, she left the group to pursue voice acting.

Rena Hasegawa
長谷川 玲奈
Born (2001-03-15) March 15, 2001[1]
Tainai, Niigata Prefecture, Japan[1]
NationalityJapanese
Occupation
  • Voice actress
Years active2016-present
AgentCrocodile Ltd.
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
LabelsAriola Japan
Associated acts
Websitewww.crocodile-ltd.com/talent/hasegawa-rena

Early life

From her fourth year in elementary school to her third year in middle school, Hasegawa played baseball on a co-ed team,[2] in which she served as second baseman.[3] After leaving the school's baseball club, she subsequently joined into the track and field group, where she received offers from over 10 different schools as a result of her achievements.[3]

Career

Music career
Main article: NGT48

Hasegawa auditioned for AKB48's then-upcoming Niigata-based sister group, NGT48, having been fascinated with idols after she watched AKB0048.[4] After passing the audition for the group's first generation on July 25, 2015,[5] at the opening show of NGT48's theater on January 10, 2016, she debuted as a regular member of the newly established Team NⅢ.[6] As part of NGT48, she subsequently made her major label debut on April 12, 2017, with the single "Seishun Dokei."[7] In 2018, Hasegawa appeared in the live-action film adaptation of the novel Midnight Bus.[8] She was later transferred to the group's newly established Team G. She also participated in the South Korean reality competition series, Produce 48, representing NGT48 with Team NⅢ's Noe Yamada.[9][10] Hasegawa was eliminated during the first round and finished at 71st place.

In 2019, after Team G co-captain Maho Yamaguchi was forced by the NGT48 management to apologize for publicly alleging that she was assaulted in December 2018, Hasegawa removed "NGT48" off her social media profiles to show support.[11] The NGT48 management responded by merging Team NⅢ and Team G together into a "first generation" group, with their final performances as their original teams on April 21, 2019.[12][13] During Team G's performance on April 21, Hasegawa, along with Riko Sugahara, announced her decision to graduate from NGT48 in solidarity with Yamaguchi.[14][15] Hasegawa held a final performance with Yamaguchi and Sugahara on May 18, 2019.[16]

Voice acting career

During Hasegawa's graduation speech, she announced she was pursuing voice acting.[8] On June 10, 2019, Hasegawa announced that she signed with Crocodile Ltd. with the help of Yasushi Akimoto.[2] She took voice acting lessons from the sound company BloomZ.[17] She was first assigned as the PR reporter for the second season of Dropkick on My Devil! and later made her voice acting debut as Konomi Seki on Sapporo Otome Gohan.[17][18]

Since its inception in 2019, Hasegawa also participated in the cross-media project Idol Bu Show, playing the part of the character Kokoro Kakegawa[19] in the correlated radio drama shows and events, among other things, and taking part in the productions of two CD albums as part of the in-story unit X-UC: Current Xanadu,[20][21] released on January 8, 2020, and Papier Mache Idol,[22][23] to be released soon.

This was followed up in with her second participation, announced in June 2020, in another cross-media project: Den'on-bu. Hasegawa is to play the role of the in-scenario character Shian Inubosaki.[24]

Discography
Main article: NGT48 § Discography

Filmography

Radio
Year Title Network Notes
2019 Nezucchi, Hasegawa Rena no Seiyuu-san Totonoimashita! BSN Ongoing, airing every Thursday from 21:15 to 21:45, features tarento Nezucchi and a voice actress guest in every episode[25]
Coco-Roco Crocodile Nishinippon Broadcasting Ongoing, aring every Friday from 11:00 to 11:15, features members from the Crocodile agency[26]
Hasegawa Rena's Ponchan-nel! Nicovideo Ongoing, airing every Monday at 20:00. Spin-off of Nezucchi, Hasegawa Rena no Seiyuu-san Totonoimashita![27]
2020 Hasegawa Rena no radioclub.jp Radio Kansai Aring every Sunday from 19:00 to 19:30, with switching hosts. Appointed host for the quarter from October to December 2020.[28]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2018 Produce 48 Herself Mnet Reality competition series; finished in 71st place[10]
2019 Gyōretsu Tamago Herself Chiba TV Variety show; regular panelist[29]

Theater
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Tatsu no Otoshigo Mero [30][31][32]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Midnight Bus Sachiko Kimura Supporting role[8][33]
2019 Lunch Time Hajimechatta Mei Yashiki[34] Direct-to-DVD short drama series[35]

Anime
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Dropkick on My Devil! Herself PR correspondent[17]
Sapporo Otome Gohan Konomi Seki Season 3, 12-episode series aired in the Sapporo area and promoted by the Sapporo Cultural Broadcast. Lead role; debut voice acting role[18]
2020 Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Guest character Episode 11 appearance[36]
Dropkick on My Devil! Guest character Season 2, episode 3 appearance[37]
2021 WIXOSS Diva(A)Live Rara Inumiya [38]
Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui Rio Amakusa [39]
Farewell, My Dear Cramer Karina Kakogawa [40]

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Shishi no Gotoku: Sengoku Haō Senki Nene Guest voice[41]
Q&Q Answers Pipa Jing [42]

Dubbing
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Dilili to Paris Jikan Ryokou Camille Claudel [43]
Run Away: Hong Kong Dasshutsu Xiuping [44]
Pororo, the Snow Fairy Village Adventure Pororo [45]
2020 End of Nightmare Anton's mother [46] Japanese edition of the movie "Quiet Comes the Dawn" (Russia, 2019)
Big Wish: Mahou ni Negai wo Sophia [47] Japanese edition of the 3D animation movie "Salma's Big Wish" (Mexico, 2019)
Toys & Pets: Minna de Mirai he Dai-bouken Time Bot [48] Japanese edition of the 3D animation movie "Tea Pets" (People's Republic of China, 2016)
Magic World: Beast to Yami no Shihaisha Faye's mother; other [49] Japanese edition of the movie "The Magic Kids - Three Unlikely Heroes" (Germany, 2020)
Elf to Fushigina Neko Angela [50] Japanese edition of the movie "The House Elf" (Russia, 2019)
2021 Element Sisters: Yon-bun no Ichi no Mahou Verena [51] Japanese edition of the movie "Four Enchanted Sisters" (Austria, 2020)

Cross-media productions
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Idol Bu Show Kokoro Kakegawa [19] Member of the in-story idol unit X-UC
2020 Den'on-bu Shian Inubosaki [24] Member of the in-story Harajuku Area-based club, from the Jingu Omotesandō Academy

Photobooks
Year Title Publisher Notes
2020 Isshunkan no Hikari Akita Shōten [52] Release date: August 24, 2020

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