Janice Kawaye

Janice Hiromi Kawaye (born April 4, 1970) is an American voice actress known for her roles as Gi in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 in My Life as a Teenage Robot, Ami Onuki in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Kim and Kam in Class of 3000, and Lysithea in the Fire Emblem series.

Janice Kawaye
Born	Janice Hiromi Kawaye (1970-04-04) April 4, 1970 (age 55)[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Janice Roman Roku
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1983–present
Agent	CESD[2]
Notable work	Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Gi My Life as a Teenage Robot as XJ-9 "Jenny" Wakeman Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi as Ami Õnuki Fire Emblem as Lysithea

Early life

Kawaye was born in Los Angeles, California to Hiroko and Harry Kawaye, who was a veteran of the Military Intelligence Service serving five years with the United States Armed Forces.^[3] They were both of Japanese descent. She is fluent in Japanese.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1989	The Karate Kid	Taki Tamurai		[4]
1990	Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone	Keiko		[5]
1990–96	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Gi		[6][7]
1994–95	Bump in the Night	Little/Big Robot, Little Robot's Sister/Big Robot's Sister, Yellow Bunny		[8]
1995	Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?	Aileen	Episode: "Curses, Foiled Again"
1996	Quack Pack	Soo Ling	Episode: "Feats of Clay"	[8]
2001–06	Invader Zim	Sara, Child (I), Bad Actress, Autographic ID		[6][8]
2001–04	Totally Spies!	Stacy
2002–06	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman		[8][9]
2003–08	All Grown Up!	Kid #2, Kioko, Julia, Serena		[6]
2004–05	Megas XLR	Car Fan 1, Teenage Girl, DanceStation Girl, Galaxa		[8]
2004–08	Codename: Kids Next Door	Sonya (Numbuh 83), Lee (Numbuh 84)		[10]
2004–06	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Ami Onuki, Tekirai, Gummi Bear, Amibot, Crowd, News Woman, Dogs, Chickens, Girls, Boys, Janice, Skiers, Li'l Ami, Opera Lady, Dupilcats, Slam-I-Yumi, Cheerleaders, Evil Ami		[11][6][8]
2006–08	Class of 3000	Kim and Kam Chin		[6][12][13]
2012	Doc McStuffins	Kiko		[14]
2013	Young Justice	Asami "Sam" Koizumi, Assistant	2 episodes	[8][15][16]
2017	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Aki, Japanese Reporter		[8]
2018	Treehouse Detectives	Owl #2, Fergus, Poppy
2019-20	YooHoo to the Rescue	Joy, Rustee's Mom, Zebra
2020	Over the Moon	Pink Lunette

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2004	Duel Masters	Mimi Tasogare	Season 1	[17]
2006–14	Bleach	Yuzu Kurosaki		[6][18][19]
2007–08	Blood+	Chen, Mui, Remy (ep 4), School Girl (ep 8)		[20][21]
2008	Bleach: Memories of Nobody	Yuzu Kurosaki	Film
2009	Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
2012	Bleach: Hell Verse
2012	Marvel Anime: Blade	Alice (Ep. 8), Danas (Ep. 5), Yati (Ep. 6)		[22][23][24]
2014	Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet	Melty; Pilot (ep 1)	Credited as Janice Roman Roku	[25][26]
2016	Love Live! School Idol Project	Cocoa Yazawa		[27]
2017–18	Hunter × Hunter	Shizuku	2011 series Credited as Janice Roman Roku	[28]
2017–19	March Comes In like a Lion	Ayumu Kōda, Mikako Kawamoto
2017	K: Missing Kings	Kukuri Yukizome	Season 2, Replaced Carrie Savage	[29]
2018	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	Mumei		[30]
2019–21	The Promised Neverland	Dominic, Christie		[8]
2019	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato	Mumei, Ichinoshin		[31]
	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind	Schoolgirl, Young Giorno, Boys	Credited as Janice Roman Roku	[32][33][34]
2021	The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter	Olivia Servant		[35]
	Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-	Garfiel (Young)		[8]
	Yashahime	Shiori (Ep. 20)
	Edens Zero	Couchpo
2022	Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time	Azusa Enomoto		[8]
	Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire	Ayumi Yoshida	Credited as Janice Roman Roku, Film
2023	Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet		Film
2025	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War	Yuzu Kurosaki	Episode: "The Visible Answer"

Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1987	Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz	Dorothy Gale	As Hiromi Kawaye	[36]
1988	Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw	Tammy		[37]
2006	Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo	Nya-Nya, Timoko		[8]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2004	Ninja Gaiden	Ayane	Also in Ninja Gaiden Black, Ninja Gaiden Sigma & Sigma Plus	[8]
2007	Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots	Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman		[8]
2008	Ninja Gaiden II	Ayane	Also in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Sigma 2 Plus, & Ninja Gaiden Black II.	[8]
2010	Valkyria Chronicles II	Cosette Coalhearth		[8]
2012	Ninja Gaiden 3	Ayane	Also in Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge	[8][38]
2013	Rune Factory 4	Xiao Pai	Also Special	[8]
2017	.hack//G.U. Last Recode	Kusabira
2018	Detective Pikachu	Rita Partridge	Credited as Janice Roman Roku
	Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Strike	Female Avatar 2		[39]
2019	Fire Emblem: Three Houses	Lysithea		[8]
2020	Fire Emblem Heroes		Credited as Janice Roman Roku	[40]
2021	Scarlet Nexus	Additional voices		[41]
2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes	Lysithea		[8]
	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl	Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman		[42]
	Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
2023	Master Detective Archives: Rain Code	Ama-Pal		[43]
	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2	Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman		[8]

Live action

List of acting performances in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1984	Night of the Comet	Sarah		[44]