*anese actress and singerNot to be confused with Jurina Matsui.

Rena Matsui (松井 玲奈, Matsui Rena, born July 27, 1991) is a *anese actress, singer, novelist, YouTuber and former member of the *anese idol girl groups SKE48 and Nogizaka46. As a member of the former, she also participated in the main lineup of AKB48's singles. As an actress, she has played roles in numerous films and television series, including Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One and the 99th NHK asadora Manpuku.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Bibliography
  • 2.1 Photobooks
• 3 Discography
  • 3.1 Singles with SKE48
  • 3.2 Singles with AKB48
  • 3.3 Singles with Nogizaka46
  • 3.4 Solo singles
• 4 Stage units
• 5 Filmography
  • 5.1 Films
  • 5.2 Television
  • 5.3 Radio
  • 5.4 Theater
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Career

Matsui was born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 27, 1991. She participated in the first SKE48 audition, held in July 2008, and was selected to join the group. Team S made its debut on October 5, 2008. She was also chosen to be in the main lineup for AKB48's single "10nen Zakura". Her first photobook, *led Kingyo, was published on March 1, 2012. In April 2013, SKE48 reorganized the teams, and Matsui was appointed the captain of Team E. In AKB48's 2013 General Election, she placed seventh overall with 73,173 votes.

In the AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, held February 24, 2014, she became a member of Nogizaka46 while remaining in SKE48's Team E. She made her debut as a member of Nogizaka46 during the group's handshake event for their single "Kizuitara Katamoi" at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on April 13, 2014. For her first performance with Nogizaka46, Rena Matsui performed "Kizuitara Kataomoi" with the other members of the group. She published her second photobook, *led Hemeretto, on April 1, 2014. In AKB48's 2014 General Election, she placed fifth overall with 69,790 votes. On March 26, 2015, during a concert at Saitama Super Arena, it was announced that her concurrent position in Nogizaka46 would be cancelled.

On June 11, 2015, she announced that she would graduate from SKE48 at the end of August. Her graduation concert, *led "Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium: 2588 Days" was held on August 30, 2015, at Toyota Stadium. Her last performance with SKE48 occurred the following day.

Since graduating from SKE48, Matsui has worked as an actress in several TV series and films, including Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One and the ninety-ninth NHK asadora Manpuku. In 2018 she made her debut as a fiction writer, publishing the short story "Nugutte mo, nugutte mo" in the literary journal Subaru.

On January 12, 2021, Matsui opened her YouTube channel.

On August 2, 2021, it was revealed that Matsui had tested positive for COVID-19. On August 11, she announced her resumption of activities.

Bibliography

Photobooks

Discography

Singles with SKE48

Singles with AKB48

Singles with Nogizaka46

Solo singles

Stage units

Team S 1st Stage

• クラスメイト (Cl*mate)
• 星の温度 (Hoshi no ondo)

Team S 2nd Stage

• 雨のピアニスト (Ame no Pianist (1st Unit))
• チョコの行方 (Choco no Yukue (2nd Unit))

Team S 3rd Stage

• 枯葉のステーション (Kareha no Station (Solo))
• Omoide Ijou (2nd Unit)

Team E 3rd Stage

• ヒグラシノコ (Higurashi no Koi)

Team E 4th Stage

• この胸のバーコード (Kono Mune no Barcode)

Filmography

Films

Television

Radio

Theater

References

External links

• Official agency profile at grick (in *anese)
• Rena Matsui's channel on YouTube

Albums

• Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai

Singles

• "Tsuyoki Mono yo"
• "Aozora Kataomoi"
• "Gomen ne, Summer"
• "1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku!"
• "Banzai Venus"
• "Pareo wa Emerald"
• "Okey Dokey"
• "Kataomoi Finally"
• "Ai*e-love-ru!"
• "Kiss Datte Hidarikiki"
• "Choco no Dorei"
• "Utsukushii Inazuma"
• "Sansei Kawaii!"
• "Mirai to wa?"
• "Bukiyō Taiyō"
• "12 Gatsu no Kangaroo"
• "Coquettish Jūtai Chū"
• "Mae Nomeri"
• "Chicken Line"
• "Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai"
• "Igai ni Mango"
• "Muishiki no Iro"
• "Stand by You"
• "Frustration"
• "Koiochi Flag"

Participation singles

• "Ōgoe Diamond"
• "10nen Sakura"
• "Eien Pressure"
• "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de...Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"
• "Green Flash"
• "Kimi wa Melody"
• "Shoot Sign"

Related groups

• AKB48 Group
• Sakamichi Series
• 22/7

Related articles

• Yasushi Akimoto
• AKS
• AKBingo!
• Majisuka Gakuen
• AKB0048
• Avex Group
  • Avex Trax
• Nippon Crown
• Lantis

Studio albums

• Tōmei na Iro
• Sorezore no Isu
• Umarete kara Hajimete Mita Yume
• Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made

Compilation albums

• Boku dake no Kimi: Under Super Best
• Time Flies

Singles

• "Guruguru Curtain"
• "Oide Shampoo"
• "Hashire! Bicycle"
• "Sei*u no Mannequin"
• "Kimi no Na wa Kibō"
• "Girls' Rule"
• "Barrette"
• "Kizuitara Kataomoi"
• "Natsu no Free & Easy"
• "Nandome no Aozora ka?"
• "Inochi wa Utsukushii"
• "Taiyō Nokku"
• "Ima, Hana*ai Dareka ga Iru"
• "Harujion ga Sakukoro"
• "Hadashi de Summer"
• "Sayonara no Imi"
• "Influencer"
• "Nigemizu"
• "Itsuka Dekiru kara Kyō Dekiru"
• "Synchronicity"
• "Jikochū de Ikō!"
• "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari *aku Naru"
• "Sing Out!"
• "Yoake Made Tsuyogaranakutemoii"
• "Shiawase no Hogoshoku"
• "Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru"
• "Gomen ne Fingers Crossed"
• "Kimi ni Shikarareta"
• "Actually..."

Promotional singles

• "Sekaijū no Rinjin yo"
• "Route 246"
• "Saigo no Tight Hug"

Television shows

• Nogizakatte, Doko?
• Nogizaka Kōjichū
• NogiBingo!
• Nogizaka Skits

Sister groups

• Sakurazaka46
• Yoshimotozaka46
• Hinatazaka46

Related articles

• AKB48 Group
• Hatsumori Bemars
• Sakamichi Series
• Sony Music Entertainment *an
• Yasushi Akimoto

• Category
• Commons
• Discography

Former

• Aika Ota
• Aki Deguchi
• Aki Takajō
• Amina Sato
• Anna Iriyama
• Asuka Kuramochi
• Atsuko Maeda
• Ayaka Kikuchi
• Ayaka Umeda
• Erena Ono
• Fuuko Yagura
• Haruka Kodama
• Haruka Kohara
• Haruka Ishida
• Haruka Nakagawa
• Haruka Shimada
• Haruka Shimazaki
• Haruna Kojima
• Juri Takahashi
• Jurina Matsui
• Kana Kobayashi
• Karen Iwata
• Kayo Noro
• Kaoru Mitsumune
• Kazumi Urano
• Mai Oshima
• Mako Kojima
• Manami Oku
• Mariko Shinoda
• Mariya Nagao
• Mariya Suzuki
• Mayu Watanabe
• Megumi Ohori
• Miho Miyazaki
• Miki Nishino
• Miku Tanabe
• Mina Oba
• Minami Minegishi
• Minami Takahashi
• Mio Tomonaga
• Miori Ichikawa
• Misaki Iwasa
• Miyu Takeuchi
• Miyuki Watanabe
• Nagisa Shibuya
• Nako Yabuki
• Nana Owada
• Nao Furuhata
• Natsuki Uchiyama
• Natsumi Hirajima
• Nozomi Kawasaki
• Reina Fujie
• Rena Katō
• Rie Kitahara
• Riho Kotani
• Rina Ikoma
• Rina Izuta
• Rina Kawaei
• Rino Sashihara
• Ryoha Kitagawa
• Ryoka Oshima
• Sae Miyazawa
• Sakiko Matsui
• Sakura Miyawaki
• Sayaka Akimoto
• Saya Kawamoto
• Sayaka Nakaya
• Sayaka Yamamoto
• Shizuka Oya
• Sumire Sato
• Suzuran Yamauchi
• Tomomi Itano
• Tomomi Kasai
• Yūka Tano
• Yuko Oshima
• Yuria Kizaki
• Yui Hiwatashi
• Yui Yokoyama

Albums

• Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007
• Kamikyokutachi
• Koko ni Ita Koto
• 1830m
• Tsugi no Ashiato
• Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
• 0 to 1 no Aida
• Thumbnail
• Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake o *teiru

Former units

• Chocolove from AKB48
• Diva
• French Kiss
• no3b
• Not Yet
• Queen & Elizabeth
• Watarirouka Hashiritai 7

Television

• AKBingo!
• Majisuka Gakuen
• AKB0048
  • episodes
• AKB48 Show!
• Crow's Blood
• AKB48 Fes 2016
• Cabasuka Gakuen
• Produce 48
  • contestants
  • 30 Girls 6 Concepts
• Majimuri Gakuen
• AKB48 Sayonara Mōri-san

Solo acts

• Tomomi Itano
• Misaki Iwasa
• Tomomi Kasai
• Yuki Kashiwagi
• Asuka Kuramochi
• Atsuko Maeda
• Sakiko Matsui
• Rino Sashihara
• Amina Sato
• Minami Takahashi
• Mayu Watanabe
• Mai Oshima
• Megumi Ohori
• Yuka Masuda

AKB48 Group

• SKE48
• NMB48
• HKT48
• JKT48
• NGT48
• STU48
• BNK48
• MNL48
• CGM48
• AKB48 Team SH
• AKB48 Team TP

Former groups

• SDN48
• SGO48
• SNH48
• DEL48
• MUB48
• Iz*One

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• Discography
• Videography
• AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei
• AKB1/149 Ren'ai Sōsenkyo
• 2014 AKB48 handsaw *ault
• Yasushi Akimoto
• Defstar Records
• King Records
• Aimi Eguchi
• Sakamichi Series
• 22/7
• Vernalossom