Ma. Elise Reneé Azaña is a member of MNL48’s 5th Generation. Previously, she was a member of Aidoru Sozai and Radiant「レディアント」.
Catchphrase[]
- Everyone, do your best: GANBARENEE! This is your wengk wengk penguin idol, MNL48 Renee!
Team History[]
- 2025.10.11 - Joined MNL48 as a 5th Generation member
Trivia[]
- Hobbies: Gaming, reading webtoons & comics, researching historical facts, cosplay, drawing
- MBTI: INTP-T
- Lightstick colors: Green and mint green
- Favorite colors: Green, pink, purple, red, white, and black
- Favorite Chiikawa character: Usagi
- Favorite Pokémon character: Piplup
- Favorite Sanrio characters: Tuxedo Sam, My Melody, Pompompurin
- Favorite foods: Ramen, Japanese curry, bulalo, Filipino-style barbeque, kimchi jjigae, fried chicken, ice cream, and any strawberry-flavored food
- Favorite drinks: Brown sugar milk tea
- Favorite J-pop group: FRUITS ZIPPER
- Favorite J-pop idols: FRUITS ZIPPER's Sakurai Yui and CUTIE STREET's Sakuraba Haruka
- Admired AKB48 Group members: Sashihara Rino, Oguri Yui, Sato Airi
- Favorite books: Uketsu's Strange Houses, Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Paul Rudnick's Gorgeous, Baek Se-hee's I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
- Favorite movie: Tetris
- Auditioned and was part of the Top 200 during the MNL48 1st Generation Auditions but did not move onto the Top 75.
- Prior to joining MNL48, she was a member of the Filipino idol group Aidoru Sozai under the stage name Sai, alongside former SKE48 member Igarashi Hayaka.
- The group consisted of MNL48 1st Generation auditionees who made it to the Top 200.[1]
- After her withdrawal from Aidoru Sozai in 2022, she formed Radiant「レディアント」 alongside Yumi, another former Aidoru Sozai member.
- is a 3rd year student at the University of Santo Tomas, majoring in Occupational Therapy.
- Her mother, her passion for performing, her love for idols, and her lifelong dream of making music inspired her to become an idol.
- Aims to center MNL48's rendition of Hashire! Penguin.
- Aspires to be promoted to Team NIV.
Gallery[]
- Website
November 2025
- SNS
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October 2025
The Ghost Project (2025)
92.3 FM Radio Manila {2025)