Reina Tanaka

Reina Tanaka (born November 11, 1989 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese pop singer and member of the Hello! Project mothership group, Morning Musume. Tanaka joined the group in January of 2003 as part of the sixth generation. Though initially a "cool" character with awesome hair, her main claim to fame now is her inability to go two lines without winking.

Reina Tanaka Career

Tanaka was selected from the Morning Musume LOVE Audition 2002 to join Morning Musume as part of the sixth generation. Though this happened in January of 2003, Tanaka did not make her debut until August 2003 on Morning Musume's 19th single, "Shabondama." She released her first album with the group, Ai no Dai 6 Kan in December 2004.

During her first year in the group, Morning Musume was split in two: Otomegumi and Sakuragumi. Tanaka was put in Otomegumi, and released two singles with the group before they went on hiatus.

In October 2003, Tanaka released "First Kiss" with two Hello! Project Kids in a unit called Aa! - however, apart from that single, they did not release anything again. Aa! does, however, occasionally reunite to perform live.

Tanaka was also one of the few members to be selected for the 2005 summer shuffle groups. She, along with fellow Morning Musume member Ai Takahashi, was part of Elegies. They contributed the song "Inshouha no Renoir You ni" to the summer shuffle CD that year.

Reina Tanaka Releases

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