Risa Taneda


Risa Taneda is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Office Osawa talent agency. She is also a member of the seiyuu idol unit Rhodanthe* since 2013, along with Nao Tōyama, Asuka Nishi, Manami Tanaka and Yumi Uchiyama. Some of her major roles include Mirai Kuriyama in Beyond the Boundary, Yukina Himeragi in Strike the Blood, Rize Tedeza in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie in April, Erina Nakiri in , and Ai Mizuno in Zombie Land Saga.

Biography

At the 7th grade, Taneda first learned about voice acting and became interested in it after listening to radio programs hosted by voice actors. Meanwhile, Taneda was also into the fantasy world of Harry Potter series. "I want to play in the series!" aspired Taneda. She then started self-practicing the voice acting skills in her middle school years.
In 2007, Taneda went to university in Tokyo. She majored in Design and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Taneda also holds a certification as middle school art teacher. While in the university, Taneda began to intern at the voice acting agency Office Osawa, and was successfully converted to an affiliated voice actress after an audition.
In Oct 2011, Taneda made her voice acting debut as a narrator in the short anime series Sakura no Ondo.
In Sep 2012, Taneda voiced her very first title character Saki Watanabe in the anime series From the New World. She also performed the ending theme Wareta Ringo and hosted a mini television program The Chronicle of From the New World on TV Asahi Channel. Although being her first main role, Taneda demonstrated impressive voice acting skills and played the three different ages of Saki Watanabe very well throughout the series. Later on, her career boomed and voiced in many notable works, including Rize Tedeza in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie in April, Erina Nakiri in , and Kotoha Tanaka in The Idolmaster Million Live!'.
In 2013, Taneda voiced one of the main role Aya Komichi in the anime Kin-iro Mosaic along with Nao Tōyama, Asuka Nishi, Manami Tanaka and Yumi Uchiyama. The cast later forms the seiyuu idol unit Rhodanthe*''.
On September 1, 2016, Office Osawa announced that Taneda would put her career on hiatus to focus on treatment for her throat.
On August 4, 2017, Office Osawa announced that her treatment was successful and she would gradually return to voice acting.

Stand-in voice actors

Risa's replacements of her previous roles are as below:

Television animation

;2012
;2013
;2014
  • Brynhildr in the Darkness: Neko Kuroha/Kuroneko
  • If Her Flag Breaks: No. 0
  • Is the Order a Rabbit?: Rize Tedeza
  • Glasslip: Sachi Nagamiya
  • Lady Jewelpet: Lillian
  • Log Horizon 2: Seine, Chika
  • M3 the dark metal: young Heito
  • No Game No Life: Queen
  • Recently, My Sister Is Unusual: Female student
  • Selector Infected WIXOSS: Mayu
  • selector spread WIXOSS: Mayu
  • Tenkai Knights: Chooki Mason
  • When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace: Sayumi Takanashi
  • Your Lie in April: Kaori Miyazono
;2015
;2016
;2018
;2019
;2020
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
  • Fate/Grand Order: Marie Antoinette, Mata Hari, Kiyohime)
  • Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no kamen: Kuon
  • Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni-: Koharu Tsukikage
;2016
  • Overwatch: D.Va
  • Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro: Kuon
  • Girls' Frontline: M1 Garand, MG3, Thompson
  • Is the order a rabbit?? Wonderful Party!: Rize Tedeza
;2017
  • Azur Lane:, &
  • Dragon Quest 8: Princess Medea
  • Fire Emblem Echoes, Fire Emblem Heroes: Palla
;2018
;2019