Rena Matsui

Plenty of former idols publish a book. Rena Matsui's second act reads to me as the real thing. Born in Toyohashi, Aichi in 1991, she spent her formative years at the center of the idol industry — SKE48, a stint with Nogizaka46, and a place in the front line of AKB48's singles. She then became an actress, a novelist, and a YouTuber, and somehow none of it looks like a side project. My theory is that years spent as the person being looked at sharpens how you look at everyone else, and that observational habit is exactly what fiction runs on. Writing is the one job nobody assigns you; you either keep doing it unprompted or you quietly stop. She kept doing it, and I think that is the whole answer.

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Name (English)

Rena Matsui

Name (Japanese)

松井玲奈

Reading

まつい れな

Born

July 27, 1991 (age 35)

Origin

Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

162 cm

Occupation

actor / YouTuber / novelist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Blood type

O

Agency

A-PLUS

Active years

2008 -

Spouse

近藤晃央（2024 - ）

Works summary

Appearances

196 (2008–2026)

By year

2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 6, 2011: 4, 2012: 10, 2013: 12, 2014: 16, 2015: 13, 2016: 15, 2017: 21, 2018: 13, 2019: 18, 2020: 10, 2021: 6, 2022: 10, 2023: 16, 2024: 7, 2025: 9, 2026: 4

Debut work

PARTYが始まるよ

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.ske48.co.jp/profile/?id=matsui_rena
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/renamatui27/
• Xhttps://x.com/rena_info
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena%20Matsui
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E4%BA%95%E7%8E%B2%E5%A5%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1185834

Tags

• Aichi Prefecture
• actor
• YouTuber
• novelist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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