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. In 2016, she was promoted to a full-time member on the group's Team N3. In 2018, she was transferred to Team G, which later merged with Team N3 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]
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]

Career

Music career
Main article: NGT48

Hasegawa auditioned for AKB48's then-upcoming Niigata-based sister group, NGT48, on July 25, 2015,[3] having been fascinated with the group after watching AKB0048.[2] She was accepted as a kenkyūsei (trainee), and on January 10, 2016, during the grand opening of NGT48's theater, she debuted as a full-time member with 15 other girls to the group's newly established Team N3.[4][5] NGT48 later made their major label debut on April 12, 2017, with the single "Seishun Dokei."[6] In 2018, Hasegawa appeared in the live-action film adaptation of the novel Midnight Bus.[7] 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 N3's Noe Yamada.[8][9] 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.[10] The NGT48 management responded by merging Team N3 and Team G together into a "first generation" group, with their final performances as their original teams on April 21, 2019.[11][12] During Team G's performance on April 21, Hasegawa, along with Riko Sugahara, announced her decision to graduate from NGT48 in solidarity with Yamaguchi.[13][14] Hasegawa held a final performance with Yamaguchi and Sugahara on May 18, 2019.[15]

Voice acting career

During Hasegawa's graduation speech, she announced she was pursuing voice acting.[7] 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.[16] 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.[16][17]

Since its inception in 2019, Hasegawa also participated in the cross-media project Idol Bu Show, playing the part of the character Kokoro Kakegawa[18] 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[19][20], released on January 8, 2020, and Papier Mache Idol[21][22], to be released soon.

Discography
Main article: NGT48 § Discography

Filmography

Live-action

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[23]
Coco-Roco Crocodile Nishinippon Broadcasting Ongoing, aring every Friday from 11:00 to 11:15, features members from the Crocodile agency[24]
Hasegawa Rena's Ponchan-nel! Nicovideo Ongoing, airing every Monday at 20:00. Spin-off of Nezucchi, Hasegawa Rena no Seiyuu-san Totonoimashita![25]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2018 Produce 48 Herself Mnet Reality competition series; finished in 71st place[9]
2019 Gyōretsu Tamago Herself Chiba TV Variety show; regular panelist[26]

Theater
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Tatsu no Otoshigo Mero [27][28][29]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Midnight Bus Sachiko Kimura Supporting role[7][30]
2019 Lunch Time Hajimechatta Mei Yashiki[31] Direct-to-DVD short drama series[32]

Voice acting

Anime
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Dropkick on My Devil! Herself PR correspondent[16]
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[17]
2020 Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Guest character Episode 11 appearance[33]
Dropkick on My Devil! Guest character Season 2, episode 3 appearance[34]

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Shishi no Gotoku: Sengoku Haō Senki Nene Guest voice[35]
Q&Q Answers Pipa Jing [36]

Dubbing
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Dilili to Paris Jikan Ryokou Camille Claudel [37]
Run Away: Hong Kong Dasshutsu Xiuping [38]
Pororo, the Snow Fairy Village Adventure Pororo [39]
2020 End of Nightmare Anton's mother [40]
Big Wish: Mahou ni Negai wo Sophia [41]
Toys & Pets: Minna de Mirai he Dai-bouken Time Bot [42]

References
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  2. "長谷川玲奈、独占インタビュー！１０日から声優事務所で再出発". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). June 10, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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  4. "ＮＧＴ48、柏木由紀ら16人でチームＮ３結成". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). January 10, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. "第２回ユニットじゃんけん大会／本戦出場ユニ一覧". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 10, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. "4/24付週間シングルランキング1位はNGT48の「青春時計」". Oricon (in Japanese). April 19, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  7. "[NGT長谷川玲奈　声優挑戦を表明　終演間際に事務所面接を告白（スポニチ）". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 19, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  8. "「PRODUCE48」2度目の脱落者発表へ　山田野絵らが涙…順位激変か". Model Press (in Japanese). August 3, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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