While gamers all enjoy video games with voice acting, they often tend to also take for granted the people behind the voices. As gamers progress from one game to the next, they may notice some similarity when it comes to characters’ voices, but they may not make the connection between, say, Yukari from Persona 3 and Sophia from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.
It probably isn’t often gamers actually read the closing credits, search instruction books or take to the internet to discover who voiced their favorite characters. Many times, the voice actor for a character isn’t even credited or listed, so people might just think someone sounds familiar, but not bother to confirm it.
Gamertell has compiled a list of 10 prolific, famous and noteworthy voice actors who have lent their talents to video games. Not all of the games that the following actors have appeared in will be mentioned, just a few of the more famous entries as well as significant roles in TV series.
1. Michelle Ruff
In games she provided the voice for Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny‘s Viese Blanchimont, Baroque‘s Alice, Bleach: The Blade of Fate and Shattered Blade‘s Rukia Kuchiki, Disgaea 2‘s Etna, Persona 3‘s Yukari Takeba, Odin Sphere‘s Velvet, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time‘s Sophia Esteed, Tales of Vesperia‘s Rita Mordio, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria‘s Alicia and Wild ARMs 5‘s Avril Vent Fleur.
She also does anime voice acting, and has voiced Bleach‘s Rukia Kuchiki, Blue Dragon‘s Kluke, Chobit‘s Chi and Freya, Disgaea‘s Etna and Lupin the 3rd‘s Fujiko Mine.
2. James Arnold Taylor
In games he provided the voice for Final Fantasy X‘s Tidus, FFX-2‘s Tidus and Shuyin, Kingdom Hearts II‘s Jack Sparrow and Timon, Ratchet in almost every Ratchet & Clank game, Speed Racer‘s Jack “Cannonball” Taylor, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and Logan’s Shadow‘s Gabe Logan, and Tales of Symphonia‘s Lord Yggdrasill.
He also does cartoon and anime voice acting, and has voiced: The Boondock‘s Officer Frank, Drawn Together‘s Wooldoor Sockbat, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind‘s Muzu, Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ Obi-Wan Kenobi and Static Shock‘s Eddie Felson.
3. Paula Tiso
In games she provided the voice for: Atelier Iris‘s Vier, Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed‘s Mindy Peters, Disgaea‘s Jennifer, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem‘s Chandra, Final Fantasy X & X-2‘s Lulu, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots‘s Laughing Octopus and No More Heroes‘ Sylvia Christel.
4. Derek Stephen Prince
In games he provided the voice for: Assassin’s Creed‘s Majd Addin, Bleach: The Blade of Fate and Shattered Blade‘s Uryu Ishida, Shino Aburame in almost every Naruto game, Odin Sphere‘s Oswald, Persona 3‘s Takaya, Radiata Stories‘s Cross Ward, Trauma Center: New Blood‘s Vakhusti and Xenosaga I‘s Chaos.
He also does anime voice acting, and has voiced: Arc the Lad‘s Gene, Bleach‘s Uryu Ishida, Love Hina‘s Keitaro Urashima, Naruto‘s Shino Aburame and Paradise Kiss‘ Arashi.
5. Tara Strong
In games she provided the voice for: Blue Dragon‘s Kluke, Final Fantasy X & X-2‘s Rikku, Jak 3‘s Keira, Killer 7‘s Kaede Smith, Ninja Gaidan & Ninja Gaidan Sigma‘s Rachel, Bubbles in most Powerpuff Girls games, Psychonaut‘s Sheegor, Talwyn in both Ratchet & Clank Future games, Tales of Legendia‘s Norma Beatty and Tales of Symphonia‘s Presea Combatir.
She also does anime and cartoon voice acting, and has voiced: Ben 10‘s Ben Tennyson, Drawn Together‘s Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein, Fairly Oddparents‘s Timmy Turner, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends‘s Terrence and Powerpuff Girls‘s Bubbles.
6. Jamieson Price
In games he provided the voice for: Bleach: The Blade of Fate and Shattered Blade‘s Yasutora “Chad” Sado, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence‘s Walter Bernhard, Clive Barker’s Jericho‘s Xavier Jones, Disgaea‘s Seraph Lamington, Eternal Sonata‘s Legato, Radiata Stories‘s Gawain Rothschild, Rogue Galaxy‘s Narrator, Shadow Hearts: Covenant‘s Masaji Kato, Suikoden V‘s Georg Prime, Tales of Vesperia‘s Duke and Wild ARMs 6‘s Nightburn Acklund.
He also does anime voice acting, and has voiced: Bleach‘s Yasutora “Chad” Sado and Fate/stay Night‘s Kirei Kotomine.
7. Stephanie Sheh
In games she provided the voice for: Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm‘s Nell Ellis, Bleach: The Blade of Fate and Shattered Blade‘s Orihime Inoue, Disgaea 2‘s Hanako, Eternal Sonata‘s Princess Serenade, Grandia III‘s Alfina de Palma, Mana Khemia‘s Nicole Mimi Tithel, Hinata Hyuga in most of the Naruto games, Odin Sphere‘s Mercedes, Persona 3‘s Metis, Radiata Stories‘ Ridley Silverlake, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles‘ Rebecca Chambers and Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria‘s Silmeria.
She also does anime voice acting, and has voiced: Bleach‘s Orihime Inoue, FLCL‘s Mamimi, Tales of Phantasia‘s Arche Klein and Tenjo Tenge‘s Aya Natsume.
8. Crispin Freeman
In games he provided the voice for: Balmung for most of the .hack// games, Atelier Iris‘ Delsus, Crisis Core: FFVII‘s Rude and Kunsel, Death by Degrees‘ Alan Smithee, Kingdom Hearts II‘s Setzer Gabbiani and Will Turner, Makai Kingdom‘s Overlord Zetta, Itachi Uchiha in many Naruto games, Nano Breaker‘s Jake Warren, Phantom Brave‘s Raphael, Rogue Galaxy‘s Gale Dorban/Jaus, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time‘s Albel Nox, Tales of Symphonia‘s Regal Bryant, Too Human‘s Baldur, Albedo and Gaigun Kukai in every Xenosaga game.
He also does anime voice acting, and has voiced: .hack//SIGN‘s Balmung, Chobits‘s Hideki Motosuwa, FFVII Advent Children‘s Rude, Ghost in the Shell‘s Togusa, Hellsing‘s Alucard, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya‘s Kyon, Naruto‘s Itachi Uchiha and Ebisu, Revolutionary Girl Utena‘s Touga Kiryuu and Slayers‘ Zelgadis Greywords.
9. Wendee Lee
In games she provided the voice for: Black Rose in every .hack// game, Ar Tonelico‘s Claire Branch, Atelier Iris‘ Lita Blanchimont, Brave Story: New Traveler‘s Tatsuya, The Bouncer‘s Leann Caldwell, Disgaea 2‘s Rozalin and Taro, Front Mission 4‘s Ines Torres, GrimGrimoire‘s Lillet Blan, Neverwinter Nights‘ Aribeth, Soul Calibur II-IV‘s Chai Xianghua, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time‘s Nel Zelpher, Tales of Vesperia‘s Karol Kapel, Wild ARMs 4‘s Raquel Applegate and Wild ARMs 5‘s Rebecca Streisand.
She also does anime voice acting, and has voiced: Bleach‘s Yoruichi Shihouin, Tatsuki Arisawa and Ururu Tsumugiya, Cowboy Bebop‘s Faye Valentine, TK Takaishi in Digimon Adventure and Digimon: The Movie, Fushigu Yuugi‘s Yui Hongo, Lucky Star‘s Konata Izumi, Magic Knight Rayearth‘s Umi Ryuuzaki, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya‘s Haruhi Suzumiya, Sakura Wars: The Movie‘s Sakura Shinguji, Viewtiful Joe‘s Sprocket and Wild ARMs‘ Loretta Oratorio.
10. Yuri Lowenthal
In games he provided the voice for: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night‘s Alucard, Destroy All Humans 2‘s Dr. Go, FFIV DS‘ Cecil Harvey, the announcer for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sasuke Uchiha in the Naruto games, Odin Sphere‘s Cornelius, Riviera: The Promised Land‘s Ein, Persona 3‘s main character, Ryoji and Pharos, Persona 4‘s Yosuke Hanamura, Suikoden V‘s Kyle, Tales of the Abyss and Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology‘s Luke fan Fabre/Asch, Trauma Center‘s Derek Stiles, Wild ARMs 4‘s Arnaud G. Vasquez, Wild ARMs 5‘s Dean Stark and Xenosaga III‘s Kevin Winnicot.
He also does cartoon and anime voice acting, and has voiced: Ben 10: Alien Force‘s Ben Tennyson and Alien X, Bleach‘s Keigo Asano, Blue Dragon‘s Shu, Naruto‘s Sasuke Uchiha, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie‘s Prince Alexander and Saiyuki Reload & Gunlock‘s Goku
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