Emilia VA: Takahashi Rie - Re:Zero
Takahashi Rie is a professional voice actress and singer for 81 Produce and was casted to play Emilia in the anime Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.
Born the Saitama prefecture on February 27th 1994, Takahashi had a recognisable interest in anime growing up. Her favourite shows during this time were series like Ojamajo Doremi, Higurashi When They Cry and Soul Eater. It was during this time also that Takahashi discovered that a female voice actress was playing the role of a boy in an anime, this event spiked her interest for her to pursue her own career in voice acting. It was during her third year of high school when she participated in a sponsored audition for 81 Produce, a voice talent management firm in located Shibuya, and after passing the audition she began attending 81Actor's Studio after completing high school in 2012. Upon completing her training work, she became an official member of 81 Produce in 2013, where she started out being 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 when she had her first lead role in a series, playing Futuba Ichinose in Seiyu's Life
Takahashi's talents also include singing, as with her work in Seiyu's Life in 2015, Takahashi joined her co-starsMarika Kouno and Yuki Nagaku, the other two main characters from the series to create a fictious idol group known as Earphones. Earphones would eventually change with it's three members altering their characters to become a real idol group with their own identities instead of those from the series. They are still producing content to this day, with two studio album releases (in 2015 and 2018) and six different single albums, with the latest being Churata Churaha which released in mid 2019. Her talent is also used to sing original theme music for anime series that she appears in, with some examples being the School-Live! opening theme Friend Shitai, the KonoSuba closing theme Chiisana Boukensha, and Re:Zero's closing theme Stay Alive
Notable Appearances
Takahashi is still a new and upcoming voice actress, however she has still had a few noticeable appearances in her short time as a voice actress, some of these roles include;
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!: Megumin
Megumin is a 14 year old archwizard. Even with her race's powerful magick skills, she only knows a single spell Explosion and refuses to learn any additional spells. With her explosion spell having the effect of draining all her mana, she struggles to find anyone to party up with, which changes when the stories protagonist Kazuma meets her.Fate / Grand Order: Mash Kyrielight (Shielder)
Mash is the first Servant in Fate/Grand Order. With her defensive abilities, she is seen as a staple character within the game due to her flexibility to fit in with a lot of team compositions. However as her character is bound to the story of the game, her progression as a unit is gated behind this progression making her a small hassle to play with, but her 0 party cost makes her a great starting characterTHE iDOLM@STER Stella Stage: Shika
A part of the rival 961 Production idol group, Shika was born and grew up in Austria. While her parents are Japanese, she herself knows very little of the customs or culture, as returning back to Japan to pursue her life as an idol, she still shows struggle with how life in Austria has affected her phrases and actions.
In addition to these popular titles, Takahashi has also appeared in Aikatsu! (Nagisa Tsutsumi), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid (Linda, Yuna Purattsu), Isekai Quartet (Emilia, Megumin), and Rent-A-Girlfriend (Sumi Sakurasawa).