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Rena Tanaka

Rena Tanaka

Rena Tanaka 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.

Known for

Ougon Dorobo

Mag Mag

2026 • Reiko Watase

The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky

The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky

2025 • Chieko

Night Flower

Strawberry Moon

Strawberry Moon

2025 • Miyoko Sakurai

YUKIKAZE

名前、呼んでほしい

名前、呼んでほしい

Tokyo Forecast

Full filmography

Ougon Dorobo

2026

Mag Mag

2026 • Reiko Watase

The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky

The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky

2025 • Chieko

Night Flower

2025

Strawberry Moon

Strawberry Moon

2025 • Miyoko Sakurai

YUKIKAZE

2025

名前、呼んでほしい

名前、呼んでほしい

2025 • Saho

Tokyo Forecast

2025

The God of Curling

The God of Curling

2024 • Maki Eto

Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2

Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2

2024 • Golden Dust's Host

Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku

Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku

2023 • Aiko Kinoshita

September 1923

2023 • Shizuko Sawada

Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946

Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946

2023 • Ogawa Yoshie

Where Love Goes

Where Love Goes

2023 • Sudo Yumi

Inubu: The Dog Club

Inubu: The Dog Club

2021 • Mitsuko Kadowaki

最上の命医 2019

最上の命医 2019

2019 • Natsuki Takigawa

As Sawa-chan Rides the Waves

As Sawa-chan Rides the Waves

2019 • Yoshiko Korezawa

Fortress of Skulls

Fortress of Skulls

2019

The Crimes That Bind

The Crimes That Bind

2018 • Tokiko Kanamori

Omotenashi

2018 • Rika

Dear Etranger

2017 • Nanae

The Sowing Traveller 3

The Sowing Traveller 3

2016

Desperate Sunflowers

Desperate Sunflowers

2016 • Keisuke's wife

The Katsuragi Murder Case

The Katsuragi Murder Case

2016

Chateau de la Reine

Chateau de la Reine

2015 • Reiko Asaka

The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love

2015 • 長谷部章子

Koi

2013 • Hinako Katase

Miracle Apples

2013

Walk, Walk, Walk ~ Shikoku Pilgrimage Journey

Walk, Walk, Walk ~ Shikoku Pilgrimage Journey

2013 • Misa Hayama

Dreams for Sale

Dreams for Sale

2012 • Satsuki Tanahashi

Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex

Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex

2012 • Kobashi Koko

A Sower of Seeds

A Sower of Seeds

2012 • Minori Morikawa

The Wings of the Kirin

The Wings of the Kirin

2012 • Tokiko Kanamori

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

2011 • Yoshie Kanzaki

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

2011 • Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro

The Days of Morisaki Bookstore

The Days of Morisaki Bookstore

2010 • Tomoko

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition

2010

Flowers

2010 • Midori

Yona Yona Penguin

Yona Yona Penguin

2009 • Chaley (voice)

Don't Forget About Niini

Don't Forget About Niini

2009 • Shiori Tengu

にゃんこ THE MOVIE3

にゃんこ THE MOVIE3

2009 • Narrator(voice)

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

2008 • Catgirl

The Taste of Fish

The Taste of Fish

2008 • Asuka

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

2008 • Noe Isomura

10 Promises to My Dog

10 Promises to My Dog

2008 • Akari Saito

The Silver Season

The Silver Season

2008 • Nanami Ayase

The Shadow Spirit

The Shadow Spirit

2007 • Atsuko chuzenji

Fuckin' Runaway

Fuckin' Runaway

2007

Yunagi City, Sakura Country

Yunagi City, Sakura Country

2007 • Nanami Ishikawa

Kitaro

2007 • Catgirl

Waiting in the Dark

Waiting in the Dark

2006 • Michiru Honma

Tripping

2006 • Shaodea

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

2005 • Kumiko Ohara

Summer of Ubume

Summer of Ubume

2005 • Atsuko Chuzenji

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

2005 • Asuka Serizawa

Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori

Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori

2004 • Midori

Drugstore Girl

2004 • Keiko Obayashi

A Day on the Planet

A Day on the Planet

2004 • Maki

Thirteen Steps

2003 • Ako Nango

Toy Reanimator

2002

Tokyo Marigold

2001 • Eriko Sakai

Ekiden

2000

Suki

2000

The Whispered City

The Whispered City

2000 • Reiko

First Love

2000 • Satoka Aida

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

1999 • Ayano Katsuragi

Give It All

1998 • Etsuko Shinomura

Rena Tanaka – Biography, Known For & Filmography