American voice actress
Carrie Keranen
Born Other names Alma mater University of Michigan Occupations Voice actress, production manager, producer, voice director Years active 2001–present
Carrie Keranen is an American voice actress. Her roles includeMisato Katsuragi in theNetflix dub ofNeon Genesis Evangelion ,Satsuki Kiryuin inKill la Kill Berserk [ 5] Alya Césaire inMiraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time
Early life and career [ edit ] Keranen grew up inOak Park, Michigan .[ 1] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] University of Michigan ,[ 9] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 8] The Restaurant Rocco DiSpirito 's eatery.[ 12]
Keranen's first voice-over audition for 4Kids wasApril O'Neil in the 2003 TV seriesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pokémon Tara Sands moved from New York to Los Angeles, she auditioned to voice match Sands' characterMokuba Kaiba inYu-Gi-Oh! Eric Stuart later told her that she was the right person for the role and that he even vouched for her to play the part. That was her first major role as a lead male character. Later in the same season, she also got to voiceKisara , which she said was more typical of the characters and used her natural voice. She also voicedMina Simington , which she described as "type A but not in a forceful way" and would totally get into something if she had the chance.[ 8]
In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to continue working on other projects. She had a recurring role as Kate Harper in theFringe Sacred Fools Theater Company .[ 13] Cristina Vee were panelists atSan Diego Comic-Con for Namco Bandai's preview of theTekken: Blood Vengeance [ 14]
In 2014, Keranen voicedSatsuki Kiryuin , the student council president and antagonist in the anime seriesKill la Kill Cartoon Network 'sAdult Swim .[ 1] Alya Césaire ,Marinette Dupain-Cheng 's best friend, in the French cartoonMiraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir San Diego Comic-Con in 2016 with the cast and the original creator, Thomas Astruc.[ 15]
List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source[ 9] [ 10] [ 16] [ 17] 2001 Magic User's Club Miki Mizusawa [ 18] 2002 Berserk Casca [ 19] 2004 –15Pokémon Various characters Debut roles with 4Kids [ 4] [ 8] 2004 Gokusen Kumiko Yamaguchi As Caroline Lawson [ 2] [ 16] [ 17] [ 4] Shrine of the Morning Mist Seiko Rikishi CA 2005 Mew Mew Power Mimi [ 4] Midori Days Beniko Iwasaki [ 4] Piano Ms. Saito As Evelyn Lanto [ 4] 2005 –07Ah! My Goddess Lind ,Hikari the Flash Production manager (season 1) [ 17] [ 20] [ 21] 2005 –06Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Mokuba Kaiba ,Kisara Season 5 [ 17] [ 4] [ 8] [ 22] [ 23] 2007 Cutie Honey Honey Kisaragi Live-action dub CA Phoenix Hinaku Press[ 17] 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Mina Simington, Misty Tredwell Tweet[ 8] [ 24] 2009 Kurokami: The Animation Shizuka CA 2010 Slayers Ozzel Revolution andEvolution-R [ 25] 2012 –15Puella Magi Madoka Magica Mami Tomoe Alsomovie [ 26] [ 27] 2013 Fate/Zero Maiya Hisau Press[ 27] Queen's Blade Rebellion Luna Luna As Evelyn Lanto [ 28] 2014 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Yamraiha Press[ 17] Toradora! Yuri Koigakubo Press,[ 17] [ 27] [ 29] 2014 –15Kill la Kill Satsuki Kiryuin Also OVA [ 1] 2014 –16Naruto Shippuden Pakura Tweet[ 30] 2015 Yuki Yuna is a Hero Teacher [ 31] [ 32] Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation Rom [ 33] Sailor Moon Avocadora,Sailor Galaxia Press[ 17] Aldnoah.Zero Femianne [ 34] Durarara!! Mimizu (Earthworm) Episode: "Mouth of Honey, a Needle in the Heart" [ 35] The Seven Deadly Sins Guila Tweet[ 36] 2016 Your Lie in April Hiroko Seto [ 18] [ 37] Tales of Zestiria the X Lailah [ 18] Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy Mahiru Koizumi Despair Arc [ 38] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Carta Issue [ 39] 2016 Erased Akemi Hinazuki [ 40] [ 18] 2017 Hunter x Hunter Baise, Female Operator (Ep. 38), PC Voice (Ep. 42) 2011 series [ 41] [ 42] 2018–19 Bungo Stray Dogs Ichiyou Higuchi, Elise [ 18] 2018 Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan Remi Kakiyasu ADR Director [ 43] [ 44] 2019 Neon Genesis Evangelion Misato Katsuragi ADR DirectorNetflix re-dub [ 45] [ 46] 2020–22 Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Mami Tomoe [ 18] 2020 Persona 5: The Animation Caroline, Justine, Lavenza [ 18] Great Pretender Dyshana [ 18] Gundam Seed Murrue Ramius ADR Director [ 47] 2021 –22Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Zero / Otsuyu [ 18] 2021 Gundam Seed Destiny Murrue Ramius ADR Director [ 47] 2021 –22Shaman King Teruko Amano, Zorya Gagarik, Marion Phauna 2021 series [ 18] 2022 Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy Sean Ari, Young Kall-Su [ 48] [ 18] 2023 Berserk: Memorial Edition Casca [ 49] 2024 Konosuba -God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Sylvia [ 50] The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Guila Episode: "Freezing, Burning Hearts" [ 18]
List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source[ 9] [ 10] 2004 Red Dead Revolver Annie Stoakes, Bargirls, Natalie Kelley Press[ 51] [ 18] 2009 –17 League of Legends Luxanna Crownguard (Lux), Emilia LeBlanc (LeBlanc) Press[ 51] [ 63] 2010 Shira Oka: Second Chances Kiku In-game credits[ 64] 2011 –presentHyperdimension Neptunia Red,Rom ,Vert ReplacedTara Platt as Vert sinceMegadimension Neptunia VII Press[ 17] 2013 Killer Is Dead Moon River, Natalia [ 18] 2014 D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Peggy Young [ 18] Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Mahiru Koizumi Press,[ 51] [ 65] 2015 Tales of Zestiria Lailah Press[ 17] [ 66] Star Wars Battlefront Female Rebel Press,[ 17] [ 67] Xenoblade Chronicles X Irina Akulov [ 18] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Sara Valestein [ 18] 2016 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Sara Valestein [ 18] 2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Gunnthrá, L'Arachel Post-launch role [ 18] Persona 5 Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza [ 18] 2018 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle System No. XX Tweet[ 68] Valkyria Chronicles 4 Selvaria Bles [ 18] Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza Tweet[ 18] [ 69] 2019 Judgment Amane [ 70] Kill la Kill: If Satsuki Kiryuin [ 18] Daemon X Machina Guns Empress [ 18] 2020 Persona 5 Royal Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza [ 18] Genshin Impact Ying'er Tweet[ 71] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Sara Valestein [ 18] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Myrthe [ 18] 2021 Persona 5 Strikers Lavenza [ 18] Earth Defense Force: World Brothers Vogel 7, Attack Satellite Control Team [ 18] 2023 The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie Sara Valestein, Pruna [ 18] Persona 5 Tactica Lavenza [ 72] 2024 Granblue Fantasy: Relink Additional voices [ 73] 2025 Yakuza 0 Director's Cut [ 74] Digimon Story: Time Stranger [ 75]
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RetrievedMarch 3, 2016 .^ "Mokuba Kaiba" .yugioh.com . November 17, 2001. RetrievedMarch 28, 2016 .^ Keranen, Carrie [@CarrieKeranen] (May 1, 2015)."@ED_Rider yes! I did both!!! I forgot about misty! I so rarely play bad guys" (Tweet ). RetrievedNovember 17, 2015 – viaTwitter . ^ Slayers Revolution ^ "Anime Expo 2012 - Madoka Magica Panel" .animenewsnetwork.com . RetrievedJuly 14, 2016 .^a b c "More Guests Coming to IKKiCON" . November 27, 2014. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2016. RetrievedDecember 4, 2015 .^ "Queen's Blade: Rebellion's English Dub Cast Confirmed" .animenewsnetwork.com . RetrievedJuly 14, 2016 .^ Christine M. Cabanos [@ChristineMCVA] (January 14, 2015)."@CarrieKeranen enter Ms. Yuri!" (Tweet ). RetrievedMay 12, 2015 – viaTwitter .^ Keranen, Carrie [@CarrieKeranen] (April 3, 2015)." (Tweet ). RetrievedApril 5, 2015 – viaTwitter . ^ "Xanthe Huynh, Erika Harlacher Star in Yuki Yuna is a Hero English Dub Cast" .Anime News Network . 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RetrievedNovember 30, 2015 . ^ Baisley, Sarah (March 7, 2006)."U.S. Born & Raised Anime Series Kappa Mikey Takes to Worldwide Waves" .Animation World Network . RetrievedMarch 29, 2016 . ^ Twitter thread: ^ "Fish?".Mr. Pickles ^ "Back in Red Action".OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes . Season 1. Episode 39. November 3, 2017. Cartoon Network. ^ Keranen, Carrie [@CarrieKeranen] (May 6, 2015)." (Tweet ). RetrievedMay 12, 2015 – viaTwitter . ^ Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison Viz Media . 2014.^ "Con-Jikan! November 21–22 – Guests" .Con-Jikan! November 21–22 . Archived fromthe original on April 16, 2016.^ "Pied Piper, Inc. Announces Time of Eve: Another Act Light Novel Pre-Sales and Time of Eve: The Movie Blu-Ray Sales" .animenewsnetwork.com . RetrievedJuly 14, 2016 .^ Mammano, Michael S. (January 18, 2017)."Sailor Moon R: The Movie Premiere Was Immersive Experience For Fans" .Den of Geek . RetrievedJanuary 19, 2017 . ^ "Viz Reveals English Dub Cast for K: Missing Kings Film (Update 2)" .Anime News Network . October 7, 2016. RetrievedOctober 7, 2016 .^ Carrie Keranen & Christine Cabanos Q&A Otakon 2014. Baltimore Convention Center. August 10, 2014.Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.^ Okashi Studios.Shira Oka: Second Chances . Okashi Studios. Scene: Ending credits, 4:13 in, Voice Casting by NYAV Post. Credited as Evelyn Lantto. ^ Pineda, Justin [@JustinPinedaPV] (April 2, 2016)."@CarrieKeranen @PaulBRobinson Next should be Danganronpa 2. She plays the freckled tsundere Mahiru" (Tweet ). RetrievedJune 14, 2021 – viaTwitter . ^ "Análisis: Tales of Zestiria (PS3, PS4, Steam) - koi-nya.net" .koi-nya.net . October 22, 2015. Archived fromthe original on June 9, 2017. RetrievedNovember 16, 2017 .^ Keranen, Carrie [@CarrieKeranen] (November 17, 2015)."I'm part of the Rebel Alliance! (Yes, I spontaneously cried in the booth when recording). #StarWarsBattlefront" (Tweet ). RetrievedNovember 17, 2015 – viaTwitter . ^ Keranen, Carrie [@CarrieKeranen] (June 8, 2018)."Get in the game! And listen to your announcer!!! https://t.co/4mUEYRVDpi" (Tweet ). RetrievedJune 14, 2021 – viaTwitter .^ Arem, Valerie [@ValerieArem] (June 18, 2018)."@RoyalKnight95 @CheramiLeigh @SarahAnneWillia It's all the original cast!" (Tweet ).Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. RetrievedJune 14, 2021 – viaTwitter . ^ "Judgment (2019 Video Game)" .Behind The Voice Actors . RetrievedMay 17, 2022 .^ Keranen, Carrie [@CarrieKeranen] (March 15, 2021)."I'm finally allowed to say that yes, yes I did!" (Tweet ). RetrievedMarch 25, 2021 – viaTwitter . ^ Romano, Sal (August 4, 2023)."Persona 5 Tactica details Yoshiki Kingdom, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru, battle techniques, enemies, difficulty settings, Persona fusion, and day one DLC" .Gematsu . 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