Maxey Whitehead (born June 15, 1981) is an American

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who provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese

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films at

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. She is generally cast as young boys or young girls; her most notable roles are as

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from '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', Dende from ''

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'', Czeslaw Meyer from ''

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'', and Crona from '' Soul Eater''.

Biography

Whitehead was working as a stage actor when her friend

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was planning to audition for ''

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'' and invited her along. She auditioned and landed the voice actor part of

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. She also voiced

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in the girls-with-guns anime ''

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'' and voices the main character Tsukimi Kurashita in ''

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''. Whitehead was roommates with fellow

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. She has stated that her favorite character to voice so far in her career has been Crona from '' Soul Eater''.

Dubbing roles

Anime

* '' A Certain Magical Index the Movie: The Miracle of Endymion'' – Ladylee Tangleroad * ''

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'' – Aomi Yanagisako * ''

'' – Czeslaw Meyer * '' Birdy the Mighty: Decode'' – Shoko Kagami * ''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old ...

'' – Richard * '' Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street'' – Hiroki Sawada, Noah's Ark * ''

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'' – Hoto (Ep. 17), Toro (Ep. 11) * ''

Corpse Princess is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiichi Akahito. Premiering in ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' on April 12, 2005, the series centers on the "Corpse Princess" Makina Hoshimura, an undead girl who is hunting down 108 undead co ...

'' – Shota * ''

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'' – Maki * ''

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'' – Jiro (Ep. 5) * ''

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'' – Elizabeth Greenhough-Smith * ''

'' – Dende (Young) * ''

'' –

* ''

Fairy Tail ''Fairy Tail'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 '' ...

'' – Lullaby * ''

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'' – Rin Matsuoka (Young) * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' –

* '' Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos'' – Alphonse Elric * '' Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino'' – Pinocchio (Young) * ''

Hero Tales is a Japanese manga series written by Huang Jin Zhou (a unit composed of Hiromu Arakawa, Genco, and Studio Flag) and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's '' Gangan Powered'' and later moved to '' Monthly Shōnen G ...

'' – Hosei Meitoku (Young) * '' Hetalia: Axis Powers'' – Sealand * '' Kamisama Kiss 2'' – Kurama (Young) * ''

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'' –

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(Young) * '' Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing'' – Johann (young) * ''

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'' – Doris, Kyoko Mikihisa (Young) * ''

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'' – Blackie (Eps. 3-4) * '' My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising'' – Katsuma Shimano * '' Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions'' – Chutaro Nezumi (Ep. 8) * ''

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'' – Akibi (Young) * '' Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~'' – Duke Stone * '' Ping Pong: The Animation'' – Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino (Young) * ''

'' – Tsukimi Kurashita * ''

'' –

* '' Rosario + Vampire Capu2'' – Lilith * '' The Sacred Blacksmith'' – Doris * ''

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'' – Shiina * '' Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings'' –

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* ''

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'' – Poyon * '' Shiki'' – Hiromi Murasako * '' Soul Eater'' – Crona * ''

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'' – Erssime (Ep. 18) * '' Spice and Wolf II'' – Lunt * '' Strike Witches 2'' – Fernandia Malvezzi (Ep. 12) * ''

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'' – Kazuma Ikezawa * '' Tokyo Ghoul √A'' – Juuzou Suzuya * ''

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'' – Kakyo Kazuki

Video Games

*'' Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi'' – Dende *''

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'' – Dende *'' Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot'' – Dende

References

External links

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