# Luci Christian

Louisa Michelle "Luci" Christian (born March 18, 1973) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films.

## Life and career

Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in Those Who Hunt Elves that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in Neo Ranga. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic!. In Super Gals! Ran Kotobuki, she voices the title character who is a fun-loving teenage gal in a family of police officers. In Prétear, she voices main character Himeno Awayuki, a teenage girl who ends up living with two stepsisters and becomes involved in a magical girl fantasy. She also voiced teacher Yukari Tanizaki in the school life comedy Azumanga Daioh. In 2006, she was featured in a series of articles by IGN titled "Babes of ADV Voice-Over".
Christian joined the voice actors who would regularly travel from Houston to record with Funimation in Dallas. She had supporting roles in Fullmetal Alchemist as guest character Psiren and later as the recurring character Wrath. She voiced actress Asako Kurumi in Funimation's dub of Kodocha, and a lead role as Rico in the girls-with-guns drama Gunslinger Girl. In 2006, she voiced lead character Asuna Kagurazaka in the school anime Negima, which is about a boy magician who teaches at an all-girls middle school. Theron Martin of Anime News Network remarked that she interpreted her role much like Kaname Chidori on Full Metal Panic. She also landed the lead role of Tenma Tsukamoto in the comedy School Rumble, voiced the supporting role of Hitomi Kashiwa in Welcome to the NHK, and voiced the youthful-looking Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club. After Funimation acquired the dubbing rights for the long-running One Piece anime series, Christian was selected to play its lead female navigator Nami.
In 2007, the American Anime Awards nominated her for Best Actress for her work in Princess Tutu as the lead role of Ahiru, and Best Actress in a Comedy for her work in Desert Punk, Negima and Nerima Daikon Brothers, but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively.
In 2009, she voiced Kirino Chiba, the captain of a kendo team in Bamboo Blade and Lenalee Lee in the fantasy series D.Gray-man. In 2010, she voiced as Nagisa Furukawa in the Clannad series, the title character in Birdy the Mighty Decode and Makina Hoshimura from Corpse Princess. She voiced Medusa in the Soul Eater anime series, which was released on video in 2010 and later broadcast on Adult Swim's Toonami block in 2013. In 2011, she voiced Meryl Strife in the English dub of anime feature film Trigun: Badlands Rumble. In 2012, she voiced Nessa in Fractale, served as the narrator for Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions and Kamisama Kiss, and voiced companion devil Elsie in The World God Only Knows. In 2013, she voiced main characters Marika Kato in Bodacious Space Pirates, and Himeko Inaba in the body-swapping anime series Kokoro Connect. In 2016, she voiced Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia. Christian voiced Chihaya Ayase in Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series Chihayafuru. Also in 2017, she had starring heroine roles as Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and Touko Nanami in Bloom Into You.

## Personal life

Christian is married to Michael Bell. They have two daughters. She has a brother, Kevin Christian, who ran for a seat in the Texas Legislature in 2006. She currently lives in Houston, Texas.

## Filmography
### Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 1998 | Those Who Hunt Elves | Colleena | | |
| 2003 | Neo Ranga | Takako Kedoin, Tokimi | | |
| 2003–2005, 2018 | Full Metal Panic series | Kaname Chidori | Also Fumoffu, The Second Raid, and Invisible Victory | |
| 2003 | Super Gals | Ran Kotobuki | | |
| 2003 | Pretear | Himeno Awayuki | | |
| 2004 | Azumanga Daioh | Yukari Tanizaki | | |
| 2004 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Wrath, Psiren | | |
| 2005 | Xenosaga: The Animation | KOS-MOS | 10 episodes | |
| 2005 | Princess Tutu | Duck / Princess Tutu | 2 seasons | |
| 2005 | Elfen Lied | Mariko Kurama | | |
| 2005 | Kodocha | Asako Kurumi | | |
| 2005–2007 | Gunslinger Girl | Rico | 2 seasons | |
| 2005 | Ghost Stories | Misono, Shizuko, Nancee Grayce | ADV dub | |
| 2006–2008 | Negima! Magister Negi Magi series | Asuna Kagurazaka | Also Negima?! and OVAs | |
| 2006 | Black Cat | Young Train | | |
| 2007 | Air | Haruko Kamio | Funimation dub | |
| 2007–2008 | School Rumble series | Tenma Tsukamoto | Also season 2 and OVAs | |
| 2007 | Welcome to the NHK | Hitomi Kashiwa | | |
| 2007–present | One Piece | Nami | Funimation dub | |
| 2008 | Ouran High School Host Club | Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka | | |
| 2009 | Bamboo Blade | Kirino Chiba | | |
| 2009–2010, 2016–2018 | D.Gray-man series | Lenalee Lee | Also Hallow in 2018 | |
| 2010 | Soul Eater | Medusa Gorgon | | |
| 2010–2011 | Clannad series | Nagisa Furukawa, Ushio Okazaki | Also After Story and movie | |
| 2010 | Birdy the Mighty: Decode | Birdy | 2 seasons, ADV dub | |
| 2010 | Corpse Princess | Makina Hoshimura | | |
| 2009-2011 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Truth | | |
| 2012–2015 | The World God Only Knows series | Elsie | 3 seasons + OVAs | |
| 2012 | Black Butler II | Alois Trancy | | |
| 2012 | Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions | Narrator | | |
| 2012 | Infinite Stratos series | Chifuyu Orimura, Madoka Orimura, Ran Gotanda | 2 seasons + OVAs | |
| 2012 | The Legend of the Legendary Heroes | Ferris Eris | Also OVA | |
| 2012 | Cat Planet Cuties | Antonia Morfenoss | Sentai dub | |
| 2012 | Fractale | Nessa | | |
| 2013 | Bodacious Space Pirates | Marika Kato | Also film | |
| 2013–2015 | A Certain Scientific Railgun series | Banri Edasaki | 2 seasons | |
| 2013 | Appleseed XIII OVAs | Deunan Knute | Also Tartaros and Ouranos | |
| 2013 | AKB0048 | Nagisa Motomiya | | |
| 2013 | Campione! | Shizuka Kusanagi | | |
| 2013 | Kokoro Connect | Himeko Inaba | | |
| 2014 | Kill Me Baby | Sonya | | |
| 2014 | Kamisama Kiss | Narrator | | |
| 2014 | Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? | Shiroyasha | | |
| 2014 | Gatchaman Crowds | PAI-Man | | |
| 2014 | Black Bullet | Enju Aihara | | |
| 2014 | Log Horizon | Minori | | |
| 2014 | The Ambition of Oda Nobuna | Himiko, Narrator | | |
| 2014 | Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen | Shinku | | |
| 2014 | Diabolik Lovers | Beatrix/Laito (young) | | |
| 2015 | Dog & Scissors | Hami/Sarai | | |
| 2015 | Maid Sama! | Aoi Hyoudou | | |
| 2015 | Beyond the Boundary | Yayoi Kanbara | | |
| 2015 | Parasyte | Satomi Murano | | |
| 2015–2016 | Chaika - The Coffin Princess | Vivi Holopainen | 2 seasons | |
| 2016 | Hanayamata | Hana N. Fountainstand | | |
| 2016–present | My Hero Academia | Ochaco Uraraka, Recovery Girl | Replaced Juli Erickson as Recovery Girl in Season 2 due to retirement | |
| 2016 | Dennō Coil | Kenichi "Haraken" Harakawa | | |
| 2016 | My Love Story!! | Nanako Yamazaki, Takeo Gouda (young) | | |
| 2017 | Amagi Brilliant Park | Sylphy, Chiba | | |
| 2017 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Hestia | | |
| 2017 | Sakura Quest | Chikako Shinomiya | | |
| 2017 | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | Stella Vermillion | | |
| 2017 | Samurai Warriors | Yukimura Sanada (child) | | |
| 2017 | School-Live! | Yuuri Wakasa | | |
| 2017–2022 | Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma | Yuki Yoshino | | |
| 2017 | Ushio and Tora | Akiyo Takatori, Mayko Inoue | | |
| 2017 | Gate | Sherry Tyueri | | |
| 2017 | Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars | Johann | | |
| 2017 | Chihayafuru | Chihaya Ayase | 2 seasons | |
| 2017 | Squid Girl | Chizuru Aizawa | season 2 | |
| 2017 | Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto | Aina Kuronuma | | |
| 2018 | Tanaka-kun is Always Listless | Echizen | | |
| 2018 | Flip Flappers | Cocona Kokomine | | |
| 2018 | Devils' Line | Tsukasa Taira | | |
| 2018 | Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches | Rika Saionji | | |
| 2018 | Revue Starlight | Nana Daiba | | |
| 2018 | Armed Girl's Machiavellism | Tsukuyo Inaba | | |
| 2018–2022 | Made in Abyss | Reg | | |
| 2018 | Bloom Into You | Touko Nanami | | |
| 2018 | UQ Holder! | Asuna | | |
| 2018 | Dragon Ball Super | Yurin | Ep. "A Mysterious Beauty Appears! The Enigma of the Tien Shin-Style Dojo?" | Tweet |
| 2018 | Princess Principal | Rita | | |
| 2019 | Land of the Lustrous | King Ventricosus | | |
| 2019 | Just Because! | Mio Natsume | | |
| 2019–2021 | Fruits Basket | Hiro Soma | | [30] [97] |
| 2019 | Mitsuboshi Colors | Yui Akamatsu | | |
| 2019 | Waiting in the Summer | Rinon | | |
| 2019 | Kase-san and Morning Glories | Teacher | | |
| 2019 | Domestic Girlfriend | Miu Ashihara | | |
| 2019–2020 | My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu | Iroha Isshiki | | |
| 2019 | Radiant | Yggdrajill | | |
| 2020 | Nekopara | Azuki | | |
| 2020 | BanG Dream! | Tae Hanazono | Season 2 | |
| 2020 | After the Rain | Akira Tachibana | | |
| 2020 | The Pet Girl of Sakurasou | Misaki Kamiigusa | | |
| 2020 | The Demon Girl Next Door | Anri Sata | | |
| 2020 | Wasteful Days of High School Girls | Akane "Wota" Kikuchi | | |
| 2020 | The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited | Mahoro Saeki | | |
| 2020 | Shirobako | Mei, Noa, Poppy | | |
| 2021 | Sakura Wars the Animation | Hakushu Murasame | | |
| 2021 | Sonny Boy | Nozomi | | |
| 2021 | Ranking of Kings | Hiling | | |
| 2022 | Kakegurui ×× | Miyo Inbami | Sentai Filmworks dub | |
| 2022 | Girls' Frontline | Kalina | | |
| 2022 | Shenmue | Joy | | |
| 2022 | Iroduku: The World in Colors | Ruri Tsukishiro | | |
| 2022 | Love Live! Superstar!! | Kanon's Mother | | |
| 2022 | The Eminence in Shadow | Claire Kagenou | | |
| 2023 | Tomo-chan Is a Girl! | Akemi Aizawa | | |
| 2023 | Akiba Maid War | Okachimachi | | |
| 2023 | The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World | Amyu | | |
| 2023 | Farming Life in Another World | Lu Lulucy | | |
| 2024 | The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy | Riselia Ray Crystalia | | |
| 2024 | Ninja Kamui | Emma Samanda | | |
| 2024 | I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills | Fal-Ys Meigis | | |
| 2024 | Helck | Helck (young) | | |
| 2024 | Suicide Squad Isekai | Princess Fione | | |
| 2024 | Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night | Mahiru | | |
| 2024 | Natsume's Book of Friends | Boy A | | |
| 2025 | Zenshu | Unio | | |
| 2025 | Loner Life in Another World | Vice Rep C | | |
| 2025 | Lazarus | Chris | | |

### Animation

List of voice performances in animation :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018-Present | RWBY | Lil' Miss Malachite, Fria, Little/Somewhat | Vol. 6, Ep. 2; Vol. 7, Ep. 13; Vol. 9 |
| 2022 | Link Click | Emma's Mom | Chinese donghua; English dub |
| 2024 | RWBY Beyond | Somewhat | One Episode |

### Film

List of voice performances in film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa | Wrath | |
| 2008 | One Piece - Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates - Adventures in Alabasta | Nami | |
| 2008 | Appleseed Ex Machina | Deunan Knute | |
| 2009 | Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike | Rita Mordio | |
| 2011 | Trigun: Badlands Rumble | Meryl Strife | |
| 2012 | Starship Troopers: Invasion | Carmen Ibanez | |
| 2013 | One Piece Film: Strong World | Nami | |
| 2013 | Colorful | Pura Pura | |
| 2014 | One Piece Film: Z | Nami | |
| 2014 | Appleseed Alpha | Deunan Knute | |
| 2015 | Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past | Yayoi Kanbara | |
| 2015 | Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future | Yayoi Kanbara | |
| 2016 | The Boy and the Beast | Kyuta (young) | |
| 2017 | One Piece Film: Gold | Nami | Limited theatrical release |
| 2017 | Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars | Carmen Ibanez | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner Black Out 2022 | Trixie | Anime short film released in the lead-up to the release of Blade Runner 2049 |
| 2018 | My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | Ochaco Uraraka | Limited theatrical release |
| 2019 | One Piece: Stampede | Nami | Limited theatrical release |
| 2020 | My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising | Ochaco Uraraka | Limited theatrical release |
| 2020 | Jiang Ziya | Xiao Jiu | English dub |
| 2021 | My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission | Ochaco Uraraka | |
| 2021 | Gintama: The Very Final | Tama, Catherine | |
| 2022 | One Piece Film: Red | Nami | |
| 2023 | Deemo: Memorial Keys | Fragrant Sachet, Sania | |

### Video games

List of voice performances in video games :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | One Piece: Unlimited Adventure | Nami | |
| 2011 | Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi | Hero (Childish) | |
| 2012 | Borderlands 2 | Una, Laney White | |
| 2015 | Dragon Ball Xenoverse | Time Patroller | |
| 2016 | Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 | Time Patroller | |
| 2021 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 | Leona Lucraft | Game Released in 2018. English dub added in January 28, 2021, patch. |
| 2022 | Phantom Breaker: Omnia | Cocoa | |
| 2022 | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness | Reg | |

### Other media

List of performances in other media :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 2009 | Rock 'N Learn | Penny | Learn Math – Money & Making Change, voice role | |
| 2013 | Abel's Field | Receptionist | live-action film | |