Kira Buckland (born July 16, 1987) is an American voice actress, who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime, cartoons, and video games. Some of her major roles are Jolyne Cujoh in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean,'' 2B in '' Nier: Automata,'' Reimi Sugimoto in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', Trucy Wright in the ''

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'', Edna in '' Tales of Zestiria'', Mary Saotome in '' Kakegurui'', Yung in ''

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Career

Buckland started voice acting in 2004, where she worked on

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s. While a student at West High School, she became president of the anime club and founded the first Alaskan anime convention with the president of the anime club from Dimond High,

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, based in

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. She won the Anime Expo 2007 Idol Voice Acting competition, as well as the Sakura-Con 2007 animated voice acting award. She is primarily known for her voice work on video games and anime shows.

Personal life

Buckland graduated with a degree in Japanese and is proficient in Spanish. She moved to Southern California in 2011 and worked miscellaneous jobs while training to be a professional voice actor, such as a feline neonatal caregiver. Before her professional career, Buckland was familiar with the

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'', got a

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of a star on the back of her neck which resembles the Joestar Birthmark, and during her career expressed a desire to voice of the character Jolyne Cujoh in an official project, which she accomplished with the release of '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean''.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckland, Kira 1987 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Anchorage, Alaska Actresses from Los Angeles American video game actresses American voice actresses Living people University of Alaska Anchorage alumni