Luci Christian

Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in Those Who Hunt Elves that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in Neo Ranga.^[1] A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic!.^[1][5] In Super Gals! Ran Kotobuki, she voices the title character who is a fun-loving teenage gal in a family of police officers.^[6] In Prétear, she voices main character Himeno Awayuki, a teenage girl who ends up living with two stepsisters and becomes involved in a magical girl fantasy.^[7] She also voiced teacher Yukari Tanizaki in the school life comedy Azumanga Daioh.^[8] In 2006, she was featured in a series of articles by IGN titled “Babes of ADV Voice-Over”.^[9]

Christian joined the voice actors who would regularly travel from Houston to record with Funimation in Dallas. She had supporting roles in Fullmetal Alchemist as guest character Psiren and later as the recurring character Wrath.^[10] She voiced actress Asako Kurumi in Funimation’s dub of Kodocha,^[11] and a lead role as Rico in the girls-with-guns drama Gunslinger Girl.^[10][12] In 2006, she voiced lead character Asuna Kagurazaka in the school anime Negima, which is about a boy magician who teaches at an all-girls middle school. Theron Martin of Anime News Network remarked that she interpreted her role much like Kaname Chidori on Full Metal Panic.^[13] She also landed the lead role of Tenma Tsukamoto in the comedy School Rumble,^[14] voiced the supporting role of Hitomi Kashiwa in Welcome to the NHK, and voiced the youthful-looking Mitsukuni “Honey” Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club.^[15] After Funimation acquired the dubbing rights for the long-running One Piece anime series, Christian was selected to play its lead female navigator Nami.^[16]

In 2007, the American Anime Awards nominated her for Best Actress for her work in Princess Tutu as the lead role of Ahiru, and Best Actress in a Comedy for her work in Desert Punk, Negima and Nerima Daikon Brothers, but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively.^[17]

In 2009, she voiced Kirino Chiba, the captain of a kendo team in Bamboo Blade and Lenalee Lee in the fantasy series D.Gray-man. In 2010, she voiced as Nagisa Furukawa in the Clannad series, the title character in Birdy the Mighty Decode and Makina Hoshimura from Corpse Princess. She voiced Medusa in the Soul Eater anime series, which was released on video in 2010 and later broadcast on Cartoon Network in 2013. In 2011, she voiced Meryl Strife in the English dub of anime feature film Trigun: Badlands Rumble. In 2012, she voiced Nessa in Fractale, served as the narrator for Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions and Kamisama Kiss, and voiced companion devil Elsie in The World God Only Knows. In 2013, she voiced main characters Marika Kato in Bodacious Space Pirates,^[18] and Himeko Inaba in the body-swapping anime series Kokoro Connect.^[19] In 2016, she voiced Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia.^[20] Christian voiced Chihaya Ayase in Sentai Filmworks’ English dub of the adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu‘s manga series Chihayafuru.^[21] Also in 2017, she had starring heroine roles as Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and Touko Nanami in Bloom Into You.^[22][23]

 

Filmography[edit]

Anime[edit]

List of English dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1998	Those Who Hunt Elves	Colleena		[1]
2003	Neo Ranga	Takako Kedoin, Tokimi		[1]
2003–2005, 2018	Full Metal Panic series	Kaname Chidori	Also Fumoffu, The Second Raid, and Invisible Victory	[1][24][25][26]
2003	Super Gals	Ran Kotobuki		[6]
2003	Pretear	Himeno Awayuki		[7]
2004	Azumanga Daioh	Yukari Tanizaki		[8]
2004	Fullmetal Alchemist	Wrath, Psiren		[10]
2005	Princess Tutu	Duck / Princess Tutu	2 seasons	[1][27]
2005	Elfen Lied	Mariko Kurama		[28]
2005	Kodocha	Asako Kurumi		[11]
2005–2007	Gunslinger Girl	Rico	2 seasons	[10][12]
2005	Ghost Stories	Misono, Shizuko, Nancee Grayce	ADV dub	[29]
2006–2008	Negima! Magister Negi Magi series	Asuna Kagurazaka	Also Negima?! and OVAs	[13]
2006	Black Cat	Young Train		[30]
2007	Air	Haruko Kamio	Funimation dub	[31]
2007–2008	School Rumble series	Tenma Tsukamoto	Also season 2 and OVAs	[14]
2007	Welcome to the NHK	Hitomi Kashiwa		[32]
2007–present	One Piece	Nami	Funimation dub	[16]
2008	Ouran High School Host Club	Mitsukuni “Honey” Haninozuka		[15]
2009	Bamboo Blade	Kirino Chiba		[33]
2009–2010, 2016–2018	D.Gray-man series	Lenalee Lee	Also Hallow in 2018	[34][35]
2010	Soul Eater	Medusa Gorgon		[36]
2010–2011	Clannad series	Nagisa Furukawa, Ushio Okazaki	Also After Story and movie	[37]
2010	Birdy the Mighty: Decode	Birdy	2 seasons, ADV dub	[38]
2010	Corpse Princess	Makina Hoshimura		[39]
2012–2015	The World God Only Knows series	Elsie	3 seasons + OVAs	[40]
2012	Black Butler II	Alois Trancy		[41]
2012	Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions	Narrator		[42]
2012	Infinite Stratos series	Chifuyu Orimura, Madoka Orimura, Ran Gotanda	2 seasons + OVAs	[43][44]
2012	The Legend of the Legendary Heroes	Ferris Eris	Also OVA	[45]
2012	Cat Planet Cuties	Antonia Morfenoss	Sentai dub	[46]
2012	Fractale	Nessa		[47]
2013	Bodacious Space Pirates	Marika Kato	Also film	[18]
2013–15	A Certain Scientific Railgun series	Banri Edasaki	2 seasons	[48]
2013	Appleseed XIII OVAs	Deunan Knute	Also Tartaros and Ouranos	[49]
2013	AKB0048	Nagisa Motomiya		[50]
2013	Campione!	Shizuka Kusanagi		[51]
2013	Kokoro Connect	Himeko Inaba		[19]
2014	Kill Me Baby	Sonya		[52]
2014	Kamisama Kiss	Narrator		[53][54]
2014	Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren’t They?	Shiroyasha		[55]
2014	Gatchaman Crowds	PAI-Man		[56]
2014	Log Horizon	Minori		[57]
2014	The Ambition of Oda Nobuna	Himiko, Narrator		[58]
2014	Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen	Shinku		[59]
2014	Diabolik Lovers	Beatrix/Laito (young)		[60]
2015	Dog & Scissors	Hami/Sarai		[61]
2015	Maid Sama!	Aoi Hyoudou		[62]
2015	Beyond the Boundary	Yayoi Kanbara		[63]
2015	Parasyte	Satomi Murano		[64]
2015–2016	Chaika – The Coffin Princess	Vivi Holopainen	2 seasons	[65]
2016	Hanayamata	Hana N. Fountainstand		[66]
2016–present	My Hero Academia series	Ochaco Uraraka, Recovery Girl	Replacing Juli Erickson in Season 2 due to retirement	[20]
2016	Dennō Coil	Kenichi “Haraken” Harakawa		[67]
2016	My Love Story!!	Nanako Yamazaki, Takeo Gouda (young)		[68]
2017	Amagi Brilliant Park	Sylphy, Chiba		[69]
2017	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?	Hestia		[22]
2017	Sakura Quest	Chikako Shinomiya		[70]
2017	Chivalry of a Failed Knight	Stella Vermillion		[71]
2017	Samurai Warriors	Yukimura Sanada (child)		[29]
2017	School-Live!	Yuuri Wakasa		[72]
2017–present	Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma	Yuki Yoshino		[73]
2017	Ushio and Tora	Akiyo Takatori, Mayko Inoue		[74][75]
2017	Gate	Sherry Tyueri		[76]
2017	Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars	Johann		[77]
2017	Chihayafuru	Chihaya Ayase	2 seasons	[78]
2017	Squid Girl	Chizuru Aizawa	season 2	[79]
2017	Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto	Aina Kuronuma		[80]
2018	Tanaka-kun is Always Listless	Echizen		[81]
2018	Flip Flappers	Cocona Kokomine		[82]
2018	Devils’ Line	Tsukasa Taira		[83]
2018	Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches	Rika Saionji		[84][85]
2018	Revue Starlight	Nana Daiba		[86]
2018	Armed Girl’s Machiavellism	Tsukuyo Inaba		[87]
2018	Made in Abyss	Reg		[88]
2018	Bloom Into You	Touko Nanami		[23]
2018	UQ Holder!	Asuna		[89]
2018	Dragon Ball Super	Yurin	Ep. “A Mysterious Beauty Appears! The Enigma of the Tien Shin-Style Dojo?“	Tweet[90][self-published source?]
2018	Princess Principal	Rita		[91]
2019	Land of the Lustrous	King Ventricosus		[92]
2019	Just Because!	Mio Natsume		[93]
2019-2021	Fruits Basket	Hiro Soma		[29] [94]
2019	Mitsuboshi Colors	Yui Akamatsu		[95]
2019	Waiting in the Summer	Rinon		[96]
2019	Kase-san and Morning Glories	Teacher		[97]
2019	Domestic Girlfriend	Miu Ashihara		[98]
2019	My Romantic Comedy Snafu Too!	Iroha Isshiki		[29]
2019	Radiant	Yggdrajill		[99]
2020	Nekopara	Azuki	Ep. 1	[100]
2020	BanG Dream!	Tae Hanazono	Season 2	[101]
2020	After the Rain	Akira Tachibana		[102]
2020	My Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax	Iroha Isshiki		[29]
2020	The Pet Girl of Sakurasou	Misaki Kamiigusa		[103]
2020	The Demon Girl Next Door	Anri Sata		[104]
2020	Wasteful Days of High School Girls	Akane “Wota” Kikuchi		[105]
2020	The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited	Mahoro Saeki		[106]
2020	Shirobako	Mei, Noa, Poppy		[107]
2021	Sakura Wars the Animation	Hakushu Murasame		[108]
2021	Sonny Boy	Nozomi		[109]
2021	Ranking of Kings	Hiling		[110]
2022	Kakegurui ××	Miyo Inbami	Sentai Filmworks dub	[111]
2022	Girls’ Frontline	Kalina		[112]
2022	Shenmue	Joy		[113]
2022	Iroduku: The World in Colors	Ruri Tsukishiro		[114]
2022	Love Live! Superstar!!	Kanon’s Mother		[115]

Animation[edit]

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2018	RWBY	Lil’ Miss Malachite	Vol. 6, Ep. 2	[116][117]

Film[edit]

List of voice performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2006	Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa	Wrath		[118]
2008	One Piece – Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates – Adventures in Alabasta	Nami		[119]
2008	Appleseed Ex Machina	Deunan Knute		[120]
2009	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Rita Mordio		[29]
2011	Trigun: Badlands Rumble	Meryl Strife		[121]
2012	Starship Troopers: Invasion	Carmen Ibanez		[29]
2013	One Piece Film: Strong World	Nami		[citation needed]
2013	Colorful	Pura Pura		[122]
2014	One Piece Film: Z	Nami		[citation needed]
2014	Appleseed Alpha	Deunan Knute		[29]
2015	Beyond the Boundary -I’ll Be Here- Future	Yayoi Kanbara		[citation needed]
2016	The Boy and the Beast	Kyuta (young)		[123]
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Nami	Limited theatrical release	[124]
2017	Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars	Carmen Ibanez		[29]
2017	Blade Runner Black Out 2022	Trixie	Anime short film released in the lead-up to the release of Blade Runner 2049	[125][126]
2018	My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	Ochaco Uraraka	Limited theatrical release	[29]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Nami	Limited theatrical release	[127]
2020	My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising	Ochaco Uraraka	Limited theatrical release	[128]

Video games[edit]

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2008	One Piece: Unlimited Adventure	Nami
2011	Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi	Hero (Childish)
2012	Borderlands 2	Una, Laney White		[129][note 1]
2015	Dragon Ball Xenoverse	Time Patroller
2016	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Time Patroller		[29]
2021	Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2	Leona Lucraft	Game Released in 2018. English dub added in January 28, 2021, patch.
2022	Phantom Breaker: Omnia	Cocoa		[130]
2022	Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness	Reg		[131]

Other media[edit]

List of performances in other media

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2009	Rock ‘N Learn	Penny	Learn Math – Money & Making Change, voice role	[132]
2013	Abel’s Field	Receptionist	live-action film	[133]