Reona is a Japanese singer who is signed to Sacra Music.
20 Facts About Reona
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Reona became interested in becoming a cosplayer during her elementary school years, as she had been recommended to become one by a classmate.
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Reona became active as a cosplayer while in junior high school, and went under the names Reopeko and ReoNa* while attending events such as Comiket 91 in 2016.
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Reona had dreamed of becoming a singer for anime, and had released covers of songs on YouTube.
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Reona had her break as a singer in 2017 when she became a finalist in an audition held by the music label Sacra Music.
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Reona made her major debut as a singer the following year as the singing voice of the character Elza Kanzaki in the anime series Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online.
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Reona released the song "Pilgrim" on April 15,2018; the song topped iTunes Japan's anime singles chart as well as Amazon Japan's digital music rankings.
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Reona released the mini-album Elza on July 4,2018; the mini-album peaked at No 8 on Oricon's weekly charts.
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Reona released her first album, Unknown, on October 7,2020.
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Reona collaborated with Hiroyuki Sawano on the song "Time"; the song was used as the ending theme to the anime series The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement.
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Reona released her fifth single "Nai Nai" on May 12,2021; the title song was used as the ending theme to the first season of the anime series Shadows House.
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Reona released her second studio album, Human, on March 8,2023.
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Reona continued by highlighting that she cares about her fans and all her admirers who welcome and love her music and thanks her fans for making her dream come true.
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Reona said the second season's opening song had the most impact on her music.
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Reona said her use of dark emotions and strong lyrics comes from her encounters and reflects her emotions in a 2019 interview.
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Reona describes the theme of the song to revolve around self-dissatisfaction escalating to self-disgust reflecting how she feels both mentally and emotionally.
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Reona brought up in a 2021 interview that she was so thrilled to be the singing voice actor for the character Elza Kanzaki as it was the first time that she would sing in an anime and it was a moment that completely transformed her life.
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Reona describes about how heartfelt it was to hear her voice among the characters in a fight scene.
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Reona continues about how for the 10th anniversary of the release of the SAO novel, she made the opening theme "Till the End" and when she watched the song in the music video, she was so close to having tears of joy.
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Reona highlighted she did not think she would be who she is today if she had never come across the Sword Art Online anime.