Emilia VA: Takahashi Rie - Re:Zero
Takahashi Rie is a professional voice actress and singer for 81 Produce and was cast as Emilie in the anime Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World None
Born in Saitama Prefecture on February 27, 1994, Takahashi showed a clear interest in anime from a young age. Her favorite shows during this time were series like Ojamajo Doremi None Higurashi When They Cry and Soul Eater It was also around this time that Takahashi discovered that a female voice actress was playing the role of a boy in an anime, this event sparked her interest in pursuing her own career as a voice actress. It was during her third year of high school that she participated in a sponsored audition for 81 Produce , a voice talent management company located in Shibuya, and after passing the audition, she began assisting 81Actors Studio after graduating from high school in 2012. After completing her training, she became an official member of 81 Produce in 2013, where she began to be cast in many background or supporting roles in various series, with her debut as Girl C in Stella Women's Academy, High School Division, Class C. It wasn't until 2015 that she had her first main role in a series, playing Futuba Ichinose in Seiyu's Life
Takahashi's talents also include singing, as in her work in Seiyu Life in 2015, Takahashi joined her co-stars Marika Kouno and Yuki Nagaku , the other two main characters of the series to create a fictional idol group known as Earphones . Earphones would eventually change with its three members altering their characters to become an actual idol group with their own identities instead of those of the series. They still produce content to this day, with two studio album releases (in 2015 and 2018) and six different single albums, the latest being Churata Churaha which was released in mid-2019. Her talent is also used to sing original music for the anime series she appears in, with some examples including School-Live!' s opening theme Ami Shitai , the KonoSuba closing theme Chiisana Boukensha , and Re:Zero's closing theme Staying Alive.
Notable appearances
Takahashi is still a new and promising voice actress, but she has still had some notable appearances during her short career as a voice actress, some of these roles include:
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KonoSuba: God bless this wonderful world! None Megumin
Megumin is a 14-year-old witch. Even with her race's powerful magical abilities, she only knows one spell, Explosion , and refuses to learn additional spells. Since her Explosion spell drains all her mana, she struggles to find someone to team up with, which changes when the story's protagonist, Kazuma , meets her. -
Fate/Grand Order None Mash Kyrielight (Shield)
Mash is the first servant in Fate/Grand Order. Thanks to her defensive abilities, she is considered a must-have character in the game due to her flexibility to fit into many team compositions. However, since her character is tied to the game's story, her unit progression is limited by that progression, making her a bit complicated to play, but her zero party cost makes her a great starting character. -
THE SCENE Stella iDOLM@STER None Shika
Shika, a member of the rival 961 Production group, was born and raised in Austria. Although her parents are Japanese, she herself knows very little about the group's customs and culture. Returning to Japan to pursue her life as an idol, she still struggles to accept how life in Austria has affected her words and actions.
In addition to these popular titles, Takahashi also appeared in Aikatsu! (Nagisa Tsutsumi), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid (Linda, Yuna Purattsu), Isekai Quartet (Emilia, Megumin), and Rent a Girlfriend (Sumi Sakurasawa).
