Akeno Watanabe

Akeno Watanabe (渡辺 明乃, Watanabe Akeno; born November 18, 1982^[2]) is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with Office Osawa.^[1] Some of her notable voice roles include Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Chachamaru Karakuri in Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Halle Lidner in Death Note, Rito Yuki in To Love Ru, Liz Thompson in Soul Eater, Midnight in My Hero Academia, Hitch Dreyse in Attack on Titan, Gou Matsuoka in Free!, and Hamsuke in Overlord.^[3]

Akeno Watanabe
渡辺 明乃
Born	(1982-11-18) November 18, 1982 (age 42)[1] Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan[1]
Occupations	Voice actress narrator
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Office Osawa

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2001	I My Me! Strawberry Eggs	Fuko Kuzuha
2001	Hikaru no Go	Match recorder, secretary, Kumiko Tsuda		[5]
2002	Witch Hunter Robin	Robin Sena		[5]
2002	Heat Guy J	You Eclair		[5]
2002–07	Naruto	Tayuya		[5]
2003	Someday's Dreamers	Angela Charon Brooks
2003	E's Otherwise	Shin-lu Belvedere		[5]
2003	Kaleido Star	Anna Heart		[5]
2003	Divergence Eve	Yun		[5]
2003	Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito	Kunou Suzaku		[5]
2003	Hellsing	Jessica
2004	Paranoia Agent	Reiko Kiuchi		[5]
2004	Burst Angel	Jo		[5]
2004	Kurau: Phantom Memory	Mika		[5]
2004	Onmyō Taisenki	Girl B		[5]
2005	Starship Operators	Hisaka Arei		[5]
2005–11	Negima! series	Chachamaru Karakuri		[5]
2005–06	Ah My Buddha series	Haruka Amanogawa		[5]
2005	Idaten Jump	Sho Yamato
2005–21	Aria series	Albert "Al" Pitt, President Maa		[6][7]
2006–present	Utawarerumono series	Dori & Gura, Hauenkua	Also 2022 series	[5][8]
2006	Duel Masters Flash	Rei Kukami
2006	Project Blue Earth SOS	Billy Kimura
2006	Night Head Genesis	Fukami Shouko, Futami Natsuko		[5]
2006	Death Note	Halle Lidner
2006–07	Negima!?	Chachamaru Karakuri		[5]
2006–21	Gintama	Mutsu
2006–08	Code Geass series	Villetta Nu		[5]
2006	Pénélope tête en l'air うっかりぺネロぺ	Aladdin
2007–12	Shakugan no Shana series	Tiamat		[5]
2008–16	To Love Ru series	Rito Yuki	Also OVAs, Motto, Darkness, and Darkness 2nd	[5][9][10]
2008–09	Soul Eater	Liz Thompson
2008	Ikki Tousen	Housen Ryofu		[11]
2008–11	A Certain Magical Index series	Sherry Cromwell	Also second season	[5]
2009	Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom	Lizzie Garland
2009	Slap-up Party: Arad Senki	Roxy		[5][12][13]
2009	Guin Saga	Lady Amnelis
2009–10	Cross Game	Midori Koganezawa		[5]
2009	Kobato	Toshihiko		[5]
2009	Bokura no Saibanin Monogatari (Our Jury Story)		short film commissioned by Japanese government	[14]
2010	Metal Fight Beyblade	Reiji Mizuchi
2010–11	HeartCatch PreCure!	Sayaka Uejima		[5]
2010	Asobi ni iku yo!	Sara		[5]
2010	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes	Shooty, Satoshi's Zuruggu, Bel's Chaoboo/Enbuoh		[5]
2010–13	Oreimo series	Yoshino Kosaka		[5][15]
2011–12	Freezing	Yumi Kim	Also Vibration
2011	Little Battlers Experience	Saki Kitajima
2011	Battle Girls: Time Paradox	Hattori Hanzo		[5]
2011	Blue Exorcist	Rin Okumura (child)		[5]
2011	Manyū Hiken-chō	Momoha		[5]
2011	Tekken: Blood Vengeance	Anna Williams		[16]
2011	Hime Gal Paradise	Tochiotome		[17]
2011–12	Battle Spirits: Heroes バトルスピリッツ覇王	Thamel Tachibana
2012	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2	Shooty, Satoshi's Zuruggu, Bel's Enbuoh		[5]
2013–2023	Attack on Titan	Hitch Dreyse
2013	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N	Angie, Satoshi's Zuruggu		[5]
2013	Majestic Prince	Ange Kuroki		[18]
2013	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure	Satoshi's Zuruggu		[5]
2013–present	Free! series	Gou Matsuoka, Rin Matsuoka (child)		[5][19]
2013	Sunday Without God	Anna		[5][20]
2013	Beyond the Boundary	Shizuku Ninomiya		[21][22][5][23]
2014	Nobunagun	Dogoo		[24]
2015	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin	Kycilia Zabi		[25]
2015–2018	Overlord	Hamsuke		[26]
2016–present	My Hero Academia	Midnight, young Midoriya Izuku, Mika Jiro
2017	Konohana Kitan	Okiku	Eps. 5-12
2019	Isekai Quartet	Hamsuke	Eps. 7, 10	[27]
2019	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II	Aisha Belka
2019	KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson	Sylvia	Film	[28]
2020–21	Healin' Good Pretty Cure	Kedary	Eps. 28
2020	Super HxEros	Genmuchuu	Ep. 7	[29]
2020	Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina	Selena's Mother	Ep. 9	[30]
2021	Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure	Dr. Numeri, Akiho Kirishima
2022	The Executioner and Her Way of Life	Sicilia		[31]
2022	Engage Kiss	Akino Yugiri		[32]
2022	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean	Gloria Costello	ONA	[33]
2022	To Your Eternity 2nd Season	Todo		[34]
2023	Giant Beasts of Ars	Kuumi Katsu		[35]
2024	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	Blurin		[36]
2024	Grendizer U	Lady Gandal		[37]
2025	My Hero Academia: Vigilantes	Nemuri Kayama/Midnight		[38]
2025	New Saga	Leila		[39]
2025	New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	Kneesocks		[40]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Shinra		[33]
2003	2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha	Ibis Douglas		[33]
2004	Tales of Rebirth	Mao		[33]
2005	3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy	Ibis Douglas		[33]
2005	Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4	Tayuya		[33]
2009–14	Street Fighter IV series	Rose		[33]
2010	Xenoblade Chronicles	Sharla		[33]
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Ga Bow		[33]
2020	The Last of Us Part II	Nora		[33]
2020	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Alex, Midna
2021	Street Fighter V	Rose		[41]
2022	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Monica
2023	Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed	Panacea		[33]

Drama CDs

List of voice performances in drama CDs

Title	Role	Source[4]
Hot Gimmick Compact Disc	Akane Narita
Hot Gimmick Compact Disc 2	Akane Narita
To Aru Majutsu no Index Archives 2	Sherry Cromwell	[5]
To Aru Majutsu no Index II Archives 2	Sherry Cromwell	[5]
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion	Viletta	[5]
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Sound Episode 1	Viletta	[5]
Godannar		[5]
Splendide Shana		[5]
Superiority Shana III Vol. 2		[5]
To Love-Ru	Rito Yuuki	[42]
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls	Hitch Dreyse

Dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing

Title	Role	Dub for	Notes	Source[4]
Annabelle: Creation	Sister Charlotte	Stephanie Sigman		[43]
The Bay	DS/DC Lisa Armstrong	Morven Christie		[44]
Beast	Meredith Samuels	Iyana Halley		[45]
The Bold Type	Sutton Brady	Meghann Fahy		[46]
Cinderella	Cinderella	Camila Cabello		[47]
The Color Purple	Celie Harris-Johnson	Fantasia Barrino		[48]
Drive Angry	Piper	Amber Heard		[49]
Extraction 2	Ketevan	Tinatin Dalakishvili		[50]
Gen V	Indira Shetty	Shelley Conn		[51]
Glee	Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter
Ingrid Goes West	Ingrid Thorburn	Aubrey Plaza		[52]
Lake Placid: Legacy	Jade	Katherine Barrell		[53]
Lost in Space	Penny Robinson	Lacey Chabert
Meet the Blacks	Lorena	Zulay Henao		[54]
The Numbers Station	Katherine	Malin Åkerman		[55]
Patti Cake$	Patti	Danielle Macdonald		[56]
The Pope's Exorcist	Julia Vasquez	Alex Essoe		[57]
Power Rangers Mystic Force	Vida Rocca/ Pink Mystic Ranger	Angie Diaz		[58]
Pretty in Pink	Andie Walsh	Molly Ringwald		[59]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Director Rockwell	Krysten Ritter		[60]
ZeroZeroZero	Emma Lynwood	Andrea Riseborough		[61]
Zoe	Zoe	Léa Seydoux		[62]

Animation

Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
The Buzz on Maggie	Maggie Pesky
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Mama Luna		[63]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Olivia "Liv" Octavius / Doctor Octopus		[64]
Steven Universe	Stevonnie		[65]
Unikitty!	Dr. Fox		[66]

Video games

Title	Role	Notes	Source
Spider-Man 2	Danika Hart		[33]