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Risa Taneda

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Japanese voice actress

Risa Taneda
種田梨沙
Born	(1988-07-12)July 12, 1988 (age 36) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Office Osawa
Notable work	From the New World as Saki Watanabe High School DxD as Xenovia Quarta Beyond the Boundary as Mirai Kuriyama Strike the Blood as Yukina Himeragi Is the Order a Rabbit? as Rize Tedeza Your Lie in April as Kaori Miyazono Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma as Erina Nakiri Utawarerumono as Kuon
Height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)

Risa Taneda (種田梨沙,Taneda Risa, born July 12, 1988) is aJapanese voice actress affiliated with Office Osawa talent agency.^[1] She is also a member of the seiyuu idol unitRhodanthe* (ローダンセ) since 2013, along withNao Tōyama,Asuka Nishi,Manami Tanaka andYumi Uchiyama.^[2] Some of her major roles include Mirai Kuriyama inBeyond the Boundary, Yukina Himeragi inStrike the Blood, Rize Tedeza inIs the Order a Rabbit?, Kaori Miyazono inYour Lie in April, Erina Nakiri inFood Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma.

Biography

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At the 7th grade, Taneda first learned about voice acting and became interested in it after listening toradio programs hosted by voice actors. Meanwhile, Taneda was also into the fantasy world ofHarry Potter series. "I want to play in the series!" aspired Taneda. She then started self-practicing voice acting skills in her middle school years.^[3]

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 agencyOffice Osawa, and was successfully converted to an affiliated voice actress after an audition.^[4]

In October 2011, Taneda made her voice acting debut as anarrator in the shortanime seriesSakura no Ondo (桜の温度).

In September 2012, Taneda voiced her very first title characterSaki Watanabe in the anime seriesFrom the New World.^[1] She also performed the ending themeWareta Ringo (割れたリンゴ) and hosted a mini television programThe Chronicle of From the New World (新世界よりクロニクル) onTV Asahi Channel (テレビ朝日CS). Although it was only 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 took off, and she voice-acted in many notable works, including Rize Tedeza inIs the Order a Rabbit?, Kaori Miyazono inYour Lie in April, Erina Nakiri inFood Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, and Kotoha Tanaka inThe Idolmaster Million Live!.

In 2013, Taneda voiced one of the main characters,Aya Komichi (小路綾), in the animeKin-iro Mosaic along withNao Tōyama,Asuka Nishi,Manami Tanaka andYumi Uchiyama. The cast later formed the seiyuu idol unitRhodanthe* (ローダンセ).^[5]

On September 1, 2016, Office Osawa announced that Taneda would put her career on hiatus to focus on treatment for her throat.^[6]^[7] Her role of Kisaki Kondo from WWW.Working!! was replaced byNana Mizuki.^[8]

On August 4, 2017, Office Osawa announced that her treatment was successful and she would gradually return to voice acting.^[9]