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Stephanie Sheh
Sheh in 2014
Born	Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Occupations	Voice actress ADR director writer casting director producer
Years active	1999–present
Political party	Democratic
Website	stephaniesheh.com

Stephanie Sheh 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 anime, cartoons, video games, and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in the Naruto franchise, Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of Sailor Moon, Yui Hirasawa in K-On!, Eureka in Eureka Seven, Armor in X-Men, Katana in DC Super Hero Girls, Mikuru Asahina in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yui in Sword Art Online, Illyasviel von Einzbern in Fate/stay night, Mamimi Samejima in FLCL, Blanca in White Snake and Green Snake and Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name.

Career

Stephanie Sheh was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a family of Han Chinese descent; her mother is from China and her father is from Taiwan. Sheh was raised in Northern California, 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 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 improvisation 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 Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Eureka in Eureka Seven, and Hinata Hyuga in Naruto. 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 Bleach video games as well as contributed to BioShock 2, Aion: The Tower of Eternity, Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto V, and Resident Evil 5. Roles beyond voice acting include motion capture for the Sega title Bayonetta.

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 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

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 Sailor Moon 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 Fire Emblem Awakening. Sheh later went on to voice later iterations of Tharja herself.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

References

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55. "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Broadcast Dub Cast Announcement". Funimation. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
56. "Ben Diskin, Michelle Ruff Star as Satoru in Erased English Dub". Anime News Network. June 29, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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59. "Viz Media Reveals English Dub Cast for Terraformars Anime". Anime News Network. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
60. Sheh, Stephanie (August 15, 2019). "Now that we're all awake, thrilled to finally announce that I voice Casey in #CannonBusters avail on @netflix now! Go watch! So proud of the cast and the whole team, and of course @nyav_post #anime #robots #diversity". @stephaniesheh. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
61. "Turnbuckle Ex-Machina". Cannon Busters. Episode 8. USA: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
62. "Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst English Dub Cast and Crew". Studio Nano. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
63. "Funimation Reveals Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
64. @NYAVPost (March 10, 2022). "Directed by @JenLosi & @CheramiLeigh Starring @CheramiLeigh as Kotaro @MSinter as Karino @stephaniesheh as Mizuki @GhaspeyVO as Isamu @hezzy_starrVO as Kobayashi & @brentmukai as Fukuno" (Tweet). Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Twitter.
65. Sheh, Stephanie (October 5, 2024). "Ranma 1/2 is now available on Netflix! It's the first dubbed show I watched. And I'm a big fan. I am thrilled to have worked on this project as Nabiki for the English dubbed version. Thank you @iyunohq" (Tweet). Retrieved October 5, 2024 – via Twitter.
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67. The Legend of Korra Season 4 Episode 12
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69. Fontana, Shea (November 7, 2015). "@ArkhamHQ16 Katana is @stephaniesheh, Supergirl is @anaisaimee and Ivy is @tarastrong" (Tweet). Retrieved November 30, 2015 – via Twitter.
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73. "Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
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79. "Your Name". Funimation. April 1, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
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82. "Shout!, Funimation Bring 'Big Fish & Begonia' to the Big Screen". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
83. "Eleven Arts Reveals Liz and the Blue Bird Anime Film's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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108. Sheh, Stephanie (October 27, 2016). ""@ACwhite1138: @stephaniesheh are you in skylanders?" yup Ember" (Tweet). Retrieved July 16, 2016 – via Twitter.
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Other references

• Interview with Stephanie Sheh by AnimeOmnitude

External links

• Official website
• Stephanie Sheh at IMDb 
• Stephanie Sheh at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Stephanie Sheh convention appearances on AnimeCons.com

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