Luci Christian is an American voice actress and ADR script writer. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese

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series and films.

Life and career

Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from

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in San Angelo, Texas, and her

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in Theatre at the

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in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in

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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''. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as Kaname Chidori in '' Full Metal Panic!''. In '' Super Gals! Ran Kotobuki'', she voices the title character who is a fun-loving teenage gal in a family of police officers. 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. She also voiced teacher Yukari Tanizaki in the school life comedy ''

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''. In 2006, she was featured in a series of articles by

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titled "Babes of ADV Voice-Over". Christian joined the voice actors who would regularly travel from Houston to record with

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. She had supporting roles in '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' as guest character Psiren and later as the recurring character Wrath. She voiced actress Asako Kurumi in Funimation's dub of '' Kodocha'', and a lead role as

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in the girls-with-guns drama '' Gunslinger Girl''. 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''. She also landed the lead role of Tenma Tsukamoto in the comedy '' School Rumble'', voiced the supporting role of Hitomi Kashiwa in '' Welcome to the NHK'', and voiced the youthful-looking Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka in ''

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''. After Funimation acquired the dubbing rights for the long-running ''

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'' anime series, Christian was selected to play its lead female navigator Nami. 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

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, respectively. 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 ''

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'' series, the

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in '' Birdy the Mighty Decode'' and Makina Hoshimura from '' Corpse Princess''. She voiced

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in the ''

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'' anime series, which was released on video in 2010 and later broadcast on

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block 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 ''

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''. In 2013, she voiced main characters Marika Kato in '' Bodacious Space Pirates'', and Himeko Inaba in the body-swapping anime series '' Kokoro Connect''. In 2016, she voiced Ochaco Uraraka in ''

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''. Christian voiced Chihaya Ayase in Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series '' Chihayafuru''. Also in 2017, she had starring heroine roles as

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in ''

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'' and Touko Nanami in '' Bloom Into You''.

Personal life

Christian is married to Michael Bell. They have two daughters. She has a brother, Kevin Christian, who ran for a seat in the Texas Legislature in 2006. She currently lives in Houston, Texas.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Other media

Notes

References

External links

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