Tanaka Reina graduated from MM & H!P, 5/21 @ Nippon Budokan

[Daisuki Daiiyo]

I remember the excitement on the board when they were revealed, and myself at that time thinking that Sayumi and Reina looked confusingly alike, except for that huge mirror, lol.

Lol, I remember thinking this exact thing as well. I had such a hard time telling them apart when I first got into the fandom in 03 Eri stood out from them though, because she had the signature tooth.

[TotallyUncool]

Reina stood out for me from almost the first time I saw her, because I noticed her wonky eye. (I actually did think of her as "the little cross-eyed girl" before I found out her name. )

And, I should point out, that immediately made me like her, because it made her interesting.

Interesting flaws >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "flawless"

[Chibs]

^
^Eri stood out to me too, I loved her silly grin on jkm

[PureLight]

Yeah, ole Wonky Eye stood out to me instantly compared to the other girls. It's why she's been a favourite for forever.

[wotakubrandon]

I didn't notice Reina's eye until I made it to JPM.

[TotallyUncool]

I think it may have been more noticeable early on. There's an episode of H!M (I think it's the one where the 6th gen was officially jumped in to MM) where there's a shot of her backstage, preparing to go out onstage, and she actually holds her finger out in front of her face and moves it toward her nose (or maybe it's the other way around), like she's sighting along it -- when I first saw it, I wasn't sure whether she ws trying to straighten her eye out, or to get it to go even more wonky.

[Starra]

I've never cared about 6th gen at all, lol.

[kikkawame]

Reina always stood because she had this ballsy, don't give a toss attitude. It's like in the video for shabondama, everyone else is cringing at the water being flung about, while Reina just got knee deep in crap and got on with it!

[wotakubrandon]

That's kind of why I didn't like her. She always had an air of "over it" about her.

[Reina]

Reina made an impact on me when she was in the audition.
She has an aura which I never see before, I love her attitude, her voice... everything
She is also the first person whom I truly idolise.
That's why I always address her as my goddess

Even after 10 years, I still couldn't find another person who is able to make such a huge impact on me...