Tia Ballard

Tia Ballard (born May 11)^[1] is an American voice actress and ADR director. Some of her notable roles are Kusano in Sekirei, Mizore Shirayuki in Rosario + Vampire, Rin Ogata in Rideback, Happy in Fairy Tail, Eris in Cat Planet Cuties, Nanami Momozono in Kamisama Kiss, Kokomi Teruhashi in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Zero Two in Darling in the Franxx, Itsuki Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets and Yashiro Nene in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.^[2]

Tia Ballard
Ballard at Animate! Columbus in 2024
Born	May 11 Paris, Texas, U.S.
Other names	Abigail Hartman Mikala Vallemo
Education	Paris Junior College
Occupations	Voice actress ADR director
Years active	2009–present

Biography

Ballard in 2010

Ballard was born and grew up in Paris, Texas.^[3][4][5] She developed an interest in voice acting when she attended a local anime convention, seeing the panel of voice actors, and learned that Funimation was only two hours from her hometown. While attending Paris Junior College,^[3] she was a participant in the Disney College Program, after which she changed her major to theatre.^[4] Ballard graduated in 2006 with an associate degree in theatre and art.^[3][6][7]

Ballard's first voice acting gig was at Funimation where she worked with Monica Rial.^[4] She played Young Asim in Dragonaut: The Resonance. She later had a larger role as Rachel Calvin in Linebarrels of Iron.^[3]

Outside of voice acting, Ballard has co-created a Super Mario Bros.-themed online comic called Koopasta.^[8][9]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2008	Rosario + Vampire series	Mizore Shirayuki		[4][10]
2010–12	Sekirei	Kusano		[11]
2010	Rin: Daughters of Nmenosyne	Ruon Kamiyama		[11]
2010	Strike Witches	Amaki Suwa		[12]
2011	Chaos;Head	Young Takumi		[11]
2011	Rideback	Rin Ogata		[12]
2011	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Shao May, Young Trisha Elric		[13]
2011–19	Fairy Tail	Happy		[14][15]
2012	Cat Planet Cuties	Eris		[16]
2012	Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar	Maria Nanadan		[17]
2012	Shiki	Megumi Shimizu		[18]
2012	Freezing	Elizabeth Mably, Ticy Phenyl	As Abigail Hartman	[19]
2012–present	One Piece	Porche, Carrot		[11][20]
2013	Shangri-La	Tomoka Yamazaki		[21]
2013	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Alvis Hamilton		[22]
2013	Sankarea: Undying Love	Rea Sanka		[23]
2013	Maken-ki! series	Inaho Kushiya		[24]
2013	Little Busters!	Komari Kamikita		[25]
2013	Aquarion Evol	Sazanka Bianca		[26]
2013–18	High School DxD	Serafall Leviathan
2014–15	Kamisama Kiss series	Nanami Momozono		[27][28]
2014	Attack on Titan	Hannah Diamant	Also Junior High	[29]
2014–present	Date A Live series	Yoshino		[30]
2014	WIXOSS series	Hitoe Uemura	Assistant ADR director	[31]
2014	Karneval	Eleska		[32]
2014–present	The Devil Is a Part-Timer!	Chiho Sasaki		[33][34]
2014–16	Log Horizon series	Nureha		[35]
2015	Blood Blockade Battlefront	Aligula		[36]
2015	Ben-To	Ume Shiraume		[37]
2015	World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman	Maya Shimon		[38]
2015	D-Frag!	Takao		[39]
2015	Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation	Peashy	Replacing Sandy Fox	[40]
2015	Gangsta	Arthur		[41]
2015	Ultimate Otaku Teacher	Kotaro Araki
2015	Prison School	Mari Kurihara		[42]
2015	Sky Wizards Academy	Misora Whitale		[43]
2015	Seraph of the End	Taichi Hyakuya	Eps. 1–3, 10	[44]
2015–present	Free!	Chigusa Hanamura
2016	Lord Marksman and Vanadis	Titta	Assistant ADR co-director	[45]
2016	No-Rin	Natsumi "Becky" Bekki		[46]
2016	Dimension W	Mana Ayukawa	Ep. 6	[47]
2016	Black Butler: Book of Circus	Beast		[48]
2016	And You Thought There Is never a Girl Online?	Nanako Akiyama / Sette		[49]
2016	Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue	Reiko Satoin		[50]
2016	Rage of Bahamut: Genesis	Amira		[51]
2016	Garo: The Animation	Garm	Assistant ADR director	[52]
2016	Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!	Mega Neptune Mk. II		[53]
2016	Puzzle & Dragons X	Devi		[54]
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Kokomi Teruhashi		[55]
2016	Alderamin on the Sky	Hisha	Ep. 9
2016	Love Live! Sunshine!!	—	ADR script writer
2016	Orange	Rio Ueda	Ep. 3	[56]
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School: Future Arc	Daisaku Bandai		[57]
2016	Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On	Avinia		[58]
2016	Kiss Him, Not Me	—	ADR director Script writer	[59]
2016	Castle Town Dandelion	Aoi Sakurada		[60]
2016	Chaos Dragon	Kōkaku		[61]
2016	Aquarion Logos	Shoko Iwagami		[62]
2016	My Love Story!!	Rinko Yamato		[63]
2017	Dragon Ball Z Kai	Marron		[64]
2017	Dragon Ball Super	Marron, Caway		[65]
2017	Hand Shakers	Tazuna's Mother		[66]
2017	Fuuka	Tomomi		[67]
2017	The Saga of Tanya the Evil	Mary Sioux		[68]
2017	Chaos;Child	Yui Tachibana		[69]
2017	WorldEnd	Phyracorlybia-Dorio		[70]
2017	Masamune-kun's Revenge	Sonoka Kaneko	Ep. 1	[71]
2017	Myriad Colors Phantom World	Kurumi Kumamakura		[72]
2017	Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas	Pirika	ADR director	[73]
2017	The Royal Tutor	—		[74]
2017	Convenience Store Boy Friends	Kokono Minowa		[75]
2017	Alice & Zoroku	Sanae Kashimura		[76]
2017	Sakura Quest	Shiori Shinomiya		[77][78]
2017	KanColle: Kantai Collection	Akagi		[79]
2017	In Another World with My Smartphone	Ellen Urnea Ortlinde	ADR director
2017	Juni Taisen: Zodiac War	—	Assistant ADR director (Ep. 4)
2017	Gamers!	Aguri		[75]
2017	New Game	Hajime Shinoda		[80]
2017	A Centaur's Life	Michi Inukai		[81]
2017–21	Black Clover	Sylph (Bell)		[82]
2017	Konohana Kitan	Iori (Weaving Girl)		[83]
2017	Urahara	Sayumi		[84]
2018	Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka	Abby		[85]
2018	Darling in the Franxx	Code:002 / Zero Two		[86]
2018	Overlord	Entoma Vasilissa Zeta		[87]
2018	Bloom Into You	Yuu Koito		[88]
2018	Harukana Receive	Haruka		[89]
2018	Space Battleship Tiramisu	PAC2-AR		[90]
2018	UQ Holder!	Shinobu Yuuki, Misa Kakizaki		[91]
2018–present	My Hero Academia	Tomoko Shiretoko / Ragdoll
2018	Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits	—	Co-ADR director	[92]
2018	Magical Girl Raising Project	Sister Nana		[93]
2018	The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar	Efil, Epheria		[94]
2018	B't X	J'Taime	2018 dub	[95]
2018	Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King	Julia Ichijo		[96]
2018	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	Fanren Li
2018–present	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Shuna		[97]
2018	Zombie Land Saga	—	Assistant ADR director	[98]
2019	The Quintessential Quintuplets	Itsuki Nakano		[99]
2019	My Roommate Is a Cat	—	Assistant ADR director (Ep. 9)
2019–21	Fruits Basket (2019)	Kagura Sohma		[100]
2019	Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life	—	ADR director	[101]
2019	Nichijou	—	Assistant ADR director	[102]
2019–present	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Yue		[103][104]
2019	Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious	Tiana	Assistant ADR director	[105][106]
2019	Azur Lane	Laffey		[107]
2019	Kemono Michi	—	Assistant ADR director	[108]
2020	Bofuri	Kasumi		[109]
2020	ID - Invaded	Muku		[110]
2020	Kaguya-sama	Tsubame Koyasu		[111]
2020	Darwin's Game	Rein		[112]
2020	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun	Nene Yashiro		[113]
2020	Grisaia: Phantom Trigger	Izumi Yamamoto		[114]
2020	Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!	—	ADR director As Mikala Vallemo	[115]
2020	Warlords of Sigrdrifa	Sonoka Watarai		[116]
2020	Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World	Shanorotte Gregory		[117]
2021	Wave, Listen to Me!	Mizuho Nanba
2021	Sakura Wars the Animation	Komachi Oba		[118]
2021	Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina	Selena		[119]
2021	Full Dive	Melissa	Ep. 5	[120]
2021	Edens Zero	Happy, Icchi		[11]
2021	The Case Study of Vanitas	Naenia		[121]
2021	Sonny Boy	Mizuho		[122]
2021	Banished from the Hero's Party	Ruti		[123]
2021	Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut	Irina		[124]
2021	Rumble Garanndoll	Musashi		[125]
2022	Akebi's Sailor Uniform	Kao		[126]
2022	Aharen-san Is Indecipherable	Miyahira		[127]
2022	Spy × Family	Karen	Episode: "Operation Strix"	[11]
2022	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy	Emma		[128]
2022	Shoot! Goal to the Future	Ayaka		[129]
2022	The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Shuna		[130]
2022	Black Summoner	Melfina		[131]
2023	Tengoku Daimakyo	Mimihime, Additional Voices	11 episodes	[132]
2024	The Ancient Magus' Bride	Jade Ariel		[11]
2024	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	Happy		[133]
2024	I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History	Layla		[134]
2025	The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl	Sophia		[135]

Film

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2010	Summer Wars	Kana Jinnouchi		[136]
2012	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Karina		[11]
2012	Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth	Miwa Hino		[11]
2012	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Hiro "Tsuki" Tsukiyama		[137]
2012	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Midori Kitakami		[138]
2013	Shakugan no Shana: The Movie	Marianne		[11]
2013	Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess	Happy
2014	One Piece Film: Z	Young Z		[11]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Marron		[11]
2016	Escaflowne	Sora		[139]
2017	Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry	Happy		[140]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Porche		[11]
2022	The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie	Itsuki Nakano		[141]
2023	Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King	Bell, Millie		[11]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2010	Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley	Geisha Puppets, Hent High Students, "I Love U" (Vocals)		[4][142]
2011	Monster Tale	Priscilla		[4][11]
2012	Borderlands 2	Generic Female #3		[11]
2015	Dragon Ball Xenoverse	Time Patroller		[36]
2016	Street Fighter V	Jianyu, Telephone Voice, Marlowe		[11]
2016	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Time Patroller		[11]
2017	Orcs Must Die! Unchained	Ivy		[11]
2017	Akiba's Beat	Riyu Momose		[11]
2018	Them's Fightin' Herds	Velvet		[143]
2019	Borderlands 3	Killavolt Fangirl		[36]
2020	Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot	Marron		[144]
2021	Muv-Luv: Project Mikhail	Haruko Kashiwagi		[11]