Stephanie Sheh (born April 10, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer, and producer who has worked for several major companies. She is often involved with work in English dubs of

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, cartoons,

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s, and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in the ''

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'' franchise,

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in ''

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'', Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of ''

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'', Lotte Jansson in ''Little Witch Academia'', Yui Hirasawa in ''

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'', Eureka in '' Eureka Seven'',

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in ''

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'',

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in '' DC Super Hero Girls'', Mikuru Asahina in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Yui in ''

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'', Illyasviel von Einzbern in ''

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'', Mamimi Samejima in '' FLCL'', Blanca in '' White Snake'' and '' Green Snake'' and Mitsuha Miyamizu in '' Your Name''.

Career

Stephanie Sheh was born on April 10, 1977 in

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, to a family of

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descent; her mother is from

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and her father is from

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. Sheh was raised in

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, however, she spent a majority of her childhood in Taiwan. Sheh became interested in acting during her school years, in which she took part in a play. While at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

she was involved in anime clubs. After graduating from UCLA in 1999, she took a job as a producer while she pursued her acting career. She studied acting, voice acting and

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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 U.S. Cellular. 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!'' Sheh was also responsible for the involvement of Marc Handler in '' FLCL''. Stephanie Sheh's later voice roles include

in ''

'', Eureka in '' Eureka Seven'', and Hinata Hyuga in ''

.'' The three shows have aired on Cartoon Network to varied success. Sheh describes Hinata's issues with self-esteem as "relatable." In addition to anime roles, Sheh has provided voicework for the video game industry. Sheh has reprised her role as Orihime Inoue in ''

'' video games as well as contributed to '' BioShock 2'', '' Aion: The Tower of Eternity'', '' Devil May Cry 4'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Roles beyond voice acting include motion capture for the Sega title ''

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''. 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

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. In 2012, she voiced Share Bear in '' Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot''. 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 ''

'' voice cast. Sheh was announced to be the voice of Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in Viz's redub of the first anime series, 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 ''

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''. Sheh later went on to voice later iterations of Tharja herself.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

References

Other references
Interview with Stephanie Sheh by AnimeOmnitude

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Career

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

References

Further reading

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