Actress Rena Tanaka, who has turned 45, will appear on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) on April 3rd at 1pm. Tanaka, who rose to prominence 28 years ago with her commercial for "Natchan," will be appearing on the show for the first time in 18 years. She will bring with her a pure gold "orin" (Buddhist bell) that she supposedly stole, in connection with her starring film.
Tanaka decided she wanted to become an actress when she was five years old. Her first stage appearance was in kindergarten, in a production of "The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom," where she played the role of "Gold Coins."
She got married 10 years ago and has a 6-year-old daughter. Her daughter praises her when she sees her on TV, saying, "You said something nice today," but there's one thing her daughter said to her when she was 3 years old that she'll never forget. Despite her busy schedule both personally and professionally, she says her secret to good health is cooking with homemade miso and koji, and her bathing routine.
