Marissa Lenti (born September 18, 1992) is an American voice actor and ADR director who has worked with

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and Sound Cadence Studios. Some of Lenti's noteworthy roles include Yuna in ''

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'', Shoko Majima in '' Kokkoku'', Chiaki Hoshinomori in ''

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'', and Alicia Florence in ''

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''.

Biography

Lenti started theatre acting at age 8, and began taking on-camera roles around the age of 12. Lenti went on to accumulate over a decade of experience as a

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, at one point owning a business making costumes and dolls. While in college studying Costume Design, they decided to pursue voice acting instead. In order to pursue this goal, they used funds saved from the business to move from

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. While in

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, Lenti attended Haberkon, a small convention thrown by fellow voice actor

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, and met Tyler Walker, an ADR director at

. Walker went on to cast Lenti in the English dub of ''

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'' and later Lenti's first named character, as Libra in ''

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''. Their first main character was Chiaki Hoshinomori in ''

''. Lenti joined Sound Cadence Studios in May 2016 as an ADR director, writer, and production assistant. While at Sound Cadence, they have gone on to direct many shows, including ''

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'', '' Kageki Shoujo!!'' and ''

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''. In a 2019 interview, fellow ADR Director

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shared that Lenti is asexual.

Filmography

Anime series

Films

Video games

References

External links

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