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Rei Seimiya is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a fourth generation member of the girl group Nogizaka46.

Early life
Seimiya is the middle child of three sisters. She lived in Foster City, California from the age of five until fourth grade.

Seimiya served as student council president in junior high school. She has experience in gymnastics.

Biography
Seimiya passed the Sakamichi Series Joint Audition on August 19, 2018 and was assigned to Nogizaka46. She was introduced to the public on December 3 at the Nippon Budokan.

Seimiya is proficient in English and holds English-speaking segments on Nogizaka46's radio show and YouTube channel. In "Actually", the main track of the group's 29th single, she performs the English spoken lyrics in the recording and live performances.

In April 2022, Seimiya appeared in the theater production Yumeji Airport (夢路空港), co-starring with former AKB48 ace Atsuko Maeda. The performances were live-streamed at midnight from the real-life Komatsu Airport in Ishikawa Prefecture, using fifteen fixed cameras.

Variety and talk shows

 * Love It! (co-host, April 18, 2022–present, TBS)

Theater

 * Class 3-B Minagawa-sensei ~2.5 o'clock phantom~ (2021)
 * Yumeji Airport (2022) - Adachi