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Stephanie Sheh

Stephanie Sheh

American voice actress


Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer[2] who has worked for several major companies, including Cartoon Network and Sony. 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, 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.[2]

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Stephanie Sheh was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a family of Han Chinese descent; her mother is from China and her father is from Taiwan.[3][4] Sheh was raised in Northern California,[1] however, she spent a majority of her childhood in Taiwan.[5] Sheh became interested in acting during her school years, in which she took part in a play. [6] While at the University of California, Los Angeles she was involved in anime clubs.[2] After graduating from UCLA in 1999,[7] she took a job as a producer while she pursued her acting career. She studied acting, voice acting and improvisation at the Second City Training Center, East West Players, Susan Blu Voiceover Workshop and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Sheh has also recorded radio spots for United States Cellular Corporation.

Under the moniker of Jennifer Sekiguchi, Sheh made her voice acting debut as Silky in I'm Gonna Be An Angel! in 2001. During this time, she worked at Synch-Point, which produced English dubs for anime. During her time at Synch-Point, she also produced the dub for I'm Gonna Be An Angel![8] Sheh was also responsible for the involvement of Marc Handler in FLCL.[9]

Stephanie Sheh's later voice roles include Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Eureka in Eureka Seven, and Hinata Hyuga in Naruto. The three shows have aired on Cartoon Network to varied success. Sheh describes Hinata's issues with self-esteem as "relatable."[10]

In addition to anime roles, Sheh has provided voicework for the video game industry. Sheh has reprised her role as Orihime Inoue in Bleach video games as well as contributed to BioShock 2, Aion: The Tower of Eternity, Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto V, and Resident Evil 5. Roles beyond voice acting include motion capture for the Sega title Bayonetta.[11]

Sheh has appeared several times on G4's Attack of the Show! as "Tiny Olivia Munn". In 2012, she was a host in the 2011 Talk-Show TV series BPM: Beats Per Mnet.

In 2011, she formed the fundraising organization We Heart Japan in response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[12]

In 2013, she reprised the role of Eureka in Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean.

In July 2014, at the 2014 Anime Expo, Viz Media revealed details regarding its upcoming Sailor Moon voice cast. Sheh was announced to be the voice of Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in Viz's redub of the first anime series,[13] as well as the series reboot Sailor Moon Crystal.

On February 2, 2017, upon the release of Fire Emblem Heroes, Sheh voiced as Tharja from Fire Emblem Awakening. Sheh later went on to voice later iterations of Tharja herself.[14]

Filmography

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  81. "Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  82. Official Seven Knights (October 26, 2016). "Greet the Users: Voices of Seven Knights". Facebook.
  83. Sheh, Stephanie [@stephaniesheh] (October 28, 2016). ""@ACwhite1138: @stephaniesheh are you in skylanders?" yup Ember" (Tweet). Retrieved July 16, 2016 via Twitter.
  84. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:49.
  85. "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

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Preceded by Voice of Sailor Moon
2014–present
Succeeded by
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