Marissa Lenti (born September 18, 1992) is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer. Some of Lenti's noteworthy roles include Yuna in ''

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'', Shoko Majima in '' Kokkoku'', Chiaki Hoshinomori in ''

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'', Alicia Florence in '' Aria the Animation'', Nita in ''

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'', Financier Cookie in '' Cookie Run: Kingdom'', and Gangle in '' The Amazing Digital Circus''.

Biography

Lenti started theatre acting at age 8, and began taking on-camera roles around the age of 12. Lenti went on to accumulate over a decade of experience as a

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, at one point owning a business making costumes and dolls. While in college studying Costume Design, they decided to pursue voice acting instead. In order to pursue this goal, they used funds saved from the business to move from

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. While in

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, Lenti attended Haberkon, a small convention thrown by fellow voice actor

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, and met Tyler Walker, an ADR director at

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. Walker went on to cast Lenti in the English dub of '' Tokyo ESP'' and later Lenti's first named character, as Libra in ''

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''. Their first main character was Chiaki Hoshinomori in ''

''. Lenti joined Sound Cadence Studios in May 2016 as an ADR director, writer, and production assistant. While at Sound Cadence, they have gone on to direct many shows, including ''

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'', '' Kageki Shoujo!!'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Lenti identifies as

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and asexual and uses she/they pronouns. They are of

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, Irish and

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descent.

Filmography

Anime series

Animation

Films

Video games

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenti, Marissa 1992 births American voice actors American voice directors American video game actors Non-binary asexual people Non-binary voice actors American non-binary actors Living people 21st-century American actors 21st-century American LGBTQ people American people of Italian descent American people of Irish descent