As a child, Tanaka took singing classes and garnered respect by performing in a number of concerts. After graduating high school, she joined one of Tokyo's popular animation companies and took on singing roles for some of her characters.[citation needed] She has a fan club named Café de Rie. She is known to own a few animals, such as a kitten and also a puppy. She is not fluent in English. Tanaka has released two albums: 24 Wishes and Garnet, but didn't gain much success. Tanaka is also a member of the Steel Angels, a singing trio composed of the three lead seiyū of Steel Angel Kurumi, together with Atsuko Enomoto and Masayo Kurata.

Lead roles in bold.

Released May 22, 2002

Released August 21, 2002

Released February 7, 2001

Released January 3, 2003

See 24 Wishes

Release: October 6, 2010

Released September 10, 2003. The album reached #34 on Oricon weekly chart and stayed on charts in 4 weeks.