Anairis Quiñones (born September 16, 1997) is an American voice actress. After watching several anime dubs as a child, Quiñones was inspired to pursue a career in voice acting, which she began in 2009. Some of her noteworthy roles include Miyuki Shiba in ''
The Irregular at Magic High School
is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his work in a light novel fo ...
'', Echidna in ''
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', Rika Kawai in ''
Wonder Egg Priority
, often stylized as ''WONDER EGG ✦ PRiORiTY'', is a Japanese anime television series created and written by , and directed by Shin Wakabayashi. Animated by CloverWorks, it is a co-production of Aniplex, Nippon Television, and D.N. Dream Pa ...
'', and Nessa in ''
Pokémon: Twilight Wings''.
Biography
Quiñones was born in
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
on September 16, 1997. Growing up, Quiñones was a fan of the ''
Pokémon
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise.
In terms of ...
'' and ''
Yu-Gi-Oh!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...
'' series. However, what inspired her to pursue a career in voice acting was the English
dub of ''
Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 20 ...
'', specifically the performance by
Laura Bailey
Laura Bailey is an American voice actress. She made her anime debut as Kid Trunks in the Funimation dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Her other anime credits include Emily / Glitter Lucky in ''Glitter Force'', Tohru Honda in ''Fruits Basket'', Lust in ...
as Lust. Quiñones started voice acting in 2009 and booked her first
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
role in 2018 in ''
Kemono Friends
is a Japanese media franchise created by manga artist Mine Yoshizaki. The first project was a mobile game developed by Nexon, which ran from March 2015 to December 2016. A manga by Furai was serialized in Kadokawa's '' Monthly Shōn ...
''.
Filmography
Anime
Films
Video games
Animation
Awards
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Actresses from Florida
Actresses from Los Angeles
American video game actresses
American voice actresses
21st-century African-American people
21st-century American actresses
American people of Panamanian descent
American people of Puerto Rican descent
21st-century American LGBT people
LGBT African Americans
LGBT people from Florida
LGBT people from California
Bisexual actresses