Rumiko Varnes is an American voice actress of Japanese descent and is known to speak fluent Japanese. She is best known for her work in video games franchises such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance'', ''

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'', '' Chaos Break'', '' Hard Edge'', '' Shining Force Neo'', ''

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'', '' Blaster Master: Blasting Again'' and ''

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Early life

Rumiko was born in

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and she attended

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later she majored in linguistics. Then she went to

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as a foreign exchange student to study at

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and studied linguistic psychology.

Career

She was a student when she made her debut in '' The Dagger of Kamui'' as Chiomapp. Rumiko also voices commercials along with radio shows in Japanese and she is associated with

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Personal life

Rumiko lives at

and Rumiko is half-Japanese also she works as a bilingual narrator.

Filmography

Anime series

Animation series

Film

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varnes, Rumiko 1969 births 20th-century American actresses Living people 21st-century American actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses