Michelle Ruff is a voice actor most famous for being
Rukia Kuchiki.
Though she's also gained
plenty of recognition as
Yuki Nagato,
Yoko Littner,
Euphemia Li Britannia,
Tsukasa Hiiragi,
Crimson Viper,
Etna,
Yukari Takeba,
Rita Mordio and
Nisa.
In other words, most of her famous roles are
secondary main characters (That doesn't mean they aren't awesome though). Ruff has a wide voice range, going from
emotionless like Yuki to
Hot Blooded like Yoko to
ditzy and happy like Tsukasa. Her characters are mostly
Badass babes (or just hot babes in general).
She was awarded for "Best Voice Actress in an Anime Dub" at Anime Expo 09 for her role as
Rukia.
Notable roles from Michelle Ruff:
- Aoi Sakuraba in Ai Yori Aoshi.
- Saga in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar.
- Ran the Goldfish in Angel Tales.
- Filly Dee in Atelier Totori.
- Kaori in Akira (the second dub).
- Carl Clover in BlazBlue
- Rukia Kuchiki, Snakey, Tobiume and Mahana Natsui in Bleach
- Kluke in Blue Dragon.
- Moe Kisaragi, the Momoi triplets, and A-ko Saenai in Brigadoon: Marin and Melan
- Shanoa in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
- Katherine McBride in Catherine
- Chii, Elda, and Freya in Chobits.
- Euphemia li Britannia, young Lelouch, and Arthur in Code Geass.
- Miu in DearS.
- Zoe Orimoto, Kazemon, and Zephyrmon in Digimon Frontier.
- Etna in the Disgaea video games and anime, as well as the other games Etna appears in.
- Also voices Salvatore in Disgaea 3, and Desco in Disgaea 4.
- Arioch in Drakengard
- Anri Sonohara in Durarara
- Noire and two of the female Avatar voices in Fire Emblem Awakening.
- Kaoru Konoe in Gate Keepers.
- Miranda in Grandia III
- Carmen99 in Gun X Sword
- Yuki Nagato and Miyuki Enomoto in Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Elissa Doolittle in IGPX Immortal Grand Prix
- Mahbu in Jade Cocoon
- Chikane in Kannazuki no Miko.
- Meow in Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran.
- Baby Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda
- Tatiana Wisla in Last Exile
- Tsukasa Hiiragi and Minami Iwasaki in Lucky Star.
- Saki in Luminous Arc
- Fujiko Mine in Lupin III
- Miki Koishikawa in Marmalade Boy.
- Crimson Viper in Street Fighter IV and in Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
- Sasame Fuma and Matsuri (post-time skip) in Naruto.
- Tsukiko Sagi in Paranoia Agent.
- Yukari Takeba in Persona 3
- Kizna Towryk in Pilot Candidate
- Elie in Rave Master.
- Jill Valentine in Resident Evil Revelations (Darrin-ing Patricia Ja Lee and Kari Wahlgren
- Winia in Scrapped Princess.
- Ayase Tarada and Keika in S-CRY-ed.
- Sumire Kanzaki in Sakura Wars: The Movie
- Cream the Rabbit in Sonic the Hedgehog (2010-current)
- Sophia Esteed in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.
- Rita Mordio in Tales Of Vesperia.
- Yoko in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Arcueid Brunestud in Tsukihime.
- Belvedere Coco in Vandread.
- Yurika Dojima in Witch Hunter Robin
- Leara in Wolf's Rain.
- Naomi, Marylou, Hyde, Sugino, Princess Marie, Nana Baba and Ivy in Zatch Bell!!.
- Sakuya Tachibana in Gods Eater Burst
- Nisa in Neptunia
- Saber in Fate/stay night's Unlimited Blade Works movie.
- Yura Kekain in Nurarihyon No Mago (as Sophie Roberts)
- Lan in Rinne No Lagrange (as Sophie Roberts)
- Zozo in Code Of Princess
- Konoha Amagi in Zetman (as Sophie Roberts)
Trope associated with Michelle Ruff
- Deuteragonist: What her best well known roles fall into.
- Everything's Better with Princesses: She happens to land on these roles quite often. Example goes with Arcueid of Tsukihime, Lan of Rinne No Lagrange, Euphemia of Code Geass amongst others.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: A lot of her characters are usually deep-voiced Badass or hot chicks such as Crimson Viper, Rukia, Nisa, Yoko, Etna. Also, as mentioned above, most her characters are deuteragonist or minor characters and rarely get lead roles.
- Relationship Voice Actor: With Tony Oliver in many, many, works.
- Woman Of A Thousand Voices: How can we not forget this. She's not only capable of a deep voice, but also softer tone for The Quiet Ones like Yuki Nagato and Anri. Or doing a higher-pitch voice for more younger characters like Cream the Rabbit and Desco; and even young boys.
- Older Than They Look: Can you believe she is now 45?