Stephanie Sheh
Taiwanese-American voice actress
Stephanie Ru-Phan Sheh (born April 10, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer, and producer who has worked for several major companies. She is often involved with work in English dubs of anime, cartoons, video games, and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in the Naruto franchise, Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of Sailor Moon, Lotte Jansson in Little Witch Academia, Yui Hirasawa in K-On!, Eureka in Eureka Seven, Armor in X-Men, Katana in DC Super Hero Girls, Mikuru Asahina in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yui in Sword Art Online, Illyasviel von Einzbern in Fate/stay night, Mamimi Samejima in FLCL, Blanca in White Snake and Green Snake and Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name.
Career
Stephanie Ru-Phan Sheh was born on April 10, 1977, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a family of Han Chinese descent; her mother is from Mainland China (specifically Beijing) and her father is from Taiwan (specifically Penghu). Sheh was raised in Northern California, however, she spent most of her childhood in Taiwan. Sheh became interested in acting during her school years, in which she took part in a play. While at the University of California, Los Angeles she was involved in anime clubs. She graduated from UCLA in 1999.
Under the moniker of Jennifer Sekiguchi, Sheh made her voice acting debut as Silky in I'm Gonna Be An Angel! in 2001.
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