Louisa Michelle "Luci" Christian (born March 18, 1973) is an American voice actress born in Hamilton, Texas. Although she was originally going to pursue journalism in college, she switched to theater after receiving a scholarship to Angelo State University, where she got her bachelor's degree there. She also had her master's degree at Louisiana State University. Christian began her career in 1999 when she played bit parts for Those Who Hunt Elves for ADV Films and later rose to fame as Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic!. Later on in her career, she voiced roles for Funimation and ADV's Spiritual Successor Sentai Filmworks.
During ADV's heyday (and to some extent, with Sentai), she is often in anime involving Chris Patton and Hilary Haag. When she's in a Funimation dub she's often with Christopher Sabat, Colleen Clinkenbeard and J. Michael Tatum. For both, Greg Ayres, Brittney Karbowski and David Matranga. And just under Monica Rial (whom she also frequently appears alongside with), she is the second most prolific voice actor in anime dubbing and the second most prolific voice actress in anime (with just a few more credits above the most prolific female seiyuu) with nearly 600 credits, according to Anime News Network
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She is also the voice of Nami in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Yukari Tanizaki in Azumanga Daioh, Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club, Nagisa in CLANNAD, and Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia.
Luci is married with two kids.
Here's her personal website.
Quack! Notable roles from Luci Christian:
- AIR as Haruko Kamio
- Air Gear as Ringo Noyamano
- AKB0048 as Nagisa Motomiya
- Angel Beats! as Masami Iwasawa and Miyuki Irie
- Appleseed (Sentai Dub), its sequel, Appleseed Ex Machina, the Appleseed XIII anime, and the Appleseed Alpha movie as Deunan Knute
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo as Riko Mine Lupin IV
- Azumanga Daioh as Yukari Tanizaki
- Baldr Force EXE Resolution as Bachelor
- Bamboo Blade as Kirino Chiba
- Beyond the Boundary as Yayoi Kanbara
- Birdy the Mighty: Decode as Birdy Cephon Altera
- Black Bullet as Enju Aihara
- Black Butler II as Alois Trancy
- Black Cat as Train Heartnet (Child)
- Bloom Into You as Touko Nanami
- Bodacious Space Pirates as Marika Katou
- B't X as Miisha
- Burst Angel as Shiho Kazami
- Campione! as Shizuka Kusanagi
- The Case Study of Vanitas as Riche
- Cat Planet Cuties as Antonia Lirimonie Norfedras Papanorgas Arecroteles Cnorses Morfenoss
- A Certain Scientific Railgun as Banri Edasaki
- Chivalry of a Failed Knight as Stella Vermillion
- CLANNAD as Nagisa Furukawa
- CLANNAD ~After Story~ as Nagisa Furukawa and Ushio Okazaki
- Claymore as Ophelia
- Coffin Princess Chaika as Vivi Holopainen
- Corpse Princess as Makina Hoshimura
- Coyote Ragtime Show as January
- Cyber Team in Akihabara as Hibari
- Daimadaler: Prince vs. Penguin Empire as Ritz (credited as Tessa Ellory)
- Darker than Black as Havoc
- Demon King Daimao as Junko Hattori
- Desert Punk as Kosuna
- Detective Conan Film 06: The Phantom of Baker Street as Hideki Moroboshi
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series as Trish
- Devils' Line as Tsukasa Taira
- D.Gray-Man (2006 series and Hallow) as Lenalee Lee and Young Allen Walker
- Diamond Daydreams as Suomi Kitano
- Dislyte as Asenath and Embla
- Divergence Eve as Prim
- D.N.Angel as Risa Harada
- Dragon Ball Super as Yurin
- Dream Eater Merry as Yui Kounagi
- ef ~ a tale of memories as Miyako Miyamura
- Elfen Lied as Mariko
- The Eminence in Shadow as Claire Kagenou
- Fairy Tail as Young Natsu Dragneel
- Food Wars! as Yuuki Yoshino
- Fractale as Nessa
- From the New World as Akki
- Fruits Basket (2019 reboot) as Hiro Soma
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) as Wrath
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as Truth
- Full Metal Panic! as Kaname Chidori
- Genesis of Aquarion as Futaba
- Aquarion Evol as Yunoha Suroor
- Ghost Hunt as Katsuki Yoshimi
- Girls und Panzer as Riko "Erwin" Matsumoto, Tsuchiya, and Hisako Reizei (Mako's grandmother)
- Glass Fleet as Eimer
- Gunslinger Girl as Rico
- Guyver as Mizuki
- Halo Legends as Kelly-087 (The Package), Dying Female Marine (Prototype) (Her role as Kelly was darrin'd by Michelle Lukes in Halo 5: Guardians)
- Hanayamata as Hana N. Fountainstand
- Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto as Aina Kuronuma
- Hell Girl as Tsugumi Shibata and Yoshimi Kuroda
- Heroic Age as Aneasha
- Hetalia: Axis Powers as Hungary, young America, female America and female Canada
- Highschool of the Dead as Toshimi Niki
- Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere as Tomo Asama
- I'm Quitting Heroing as Steina
- Infinite Stratos as Chifuyu Orimura, Ran Gotanda and Madoka "M" Orimura
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? as Hestia
- Jinki:Extend as Rui Kosaka
- Just Because! as Mio Natsume
- Kaleido Star as Sarah Dupont
- Kamisama Kiss as Narrator
- Kaze no Stigma as Ayumi Tsuwabuki and Mayumi Tsuwabuki
- Kodocha as Asako Kurumi
- Kokoro Connect as Himeko Inaba
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (OVA) as Renne
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War as Miju and her grandmother
- The Legend of the Legendary Heroes as Ferris Eris
- Log Horizon as Minori
- Maburaho as Chihaya Yamase
- Made in Abyss as Reg
- Madlax as Margaret Burton
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi as Satoshi "Sasshi" Imamiya
- Mamotte! Lollipop as Rokka
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (proposed ADV Films dub before they dropped the license) as Lucia Nanami
- Mitsuboshi Colors as Yui Akamatsu
- Mushishi as Shinra Ioroi (Ep. 1) and Mio (Ep. 22)
- My Hero Academia as Ochaco Uraraka
- My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected as Iroha Isshiki
- Nabari no Ou as Saraba
- Nanaka 6/17 as Magical Domiko
- NEEDLESS as Cruz Schild
- Negima! as Asuna Kagurazaka
- Nekopara as Azuki
- Nerima Daikon Brothers as Mako
- Ninja Kamui as Emma Samanda
- Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions as Narrator
- One Piece as Nami
- Origin: Spirits of the Past as Berui
- Ouran High School Host Club as Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka
- Pani Poni Dash! as Akane Serizawa
- Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat as Di Gi Charat a.k.a Dejiko (Luci is the first to voice Dejiko in English for a full series note , she also reprises Dejiko for her cameos in Cromartie High School)
- Parasyte as Satomi Murano
- Peacemaker Kurogane as Tetsunosuke Ichimura
- Prétear as Himeno Awayuki
- Princess Tutu as Duck/Princess Tutu
- Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they? as Shiroyasha
- Ranking of Kings as Queen Hiling
- The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World as Amyu
- Rumbling Hearts as Ayu Daikuuji
- RWBY as Lil' Miss Malachite, Fria, and Little/Somewhat
- Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac as Andromeda Shaun
- Samurai 7 as Komachi Mikumari
- Sasami: Magical Girls Club as Washu Kozuka
- School-Live! as Yuuri Wakasa
- School Rumble as Tenma Tsukamoto
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman as Jinpei the Swallow (ADV dub)
- Sgt. Frog as Koyuki Azumaya
- Shadow Skill as Elle Ragu
- Shattered Angels as Himiko
- Shiki as Akira Tanaka
- Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight as Nana Daiba
- SHUFFLE! as Nadeshiko Benibara
- Sister Princess as Yotsuba
- Smile Down the Runway as Yôko Takaoka
- Slayers Premium as Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune (darrin'd Veronica Taylor)
- SoltyRei as Kasha Maverick
- Sorcerer Stabber Orphen as Lycoris Nielson
- Soul Eater as Medusa
- Squid Girl as Chizuru Aizawa (2nd Season and OAVs)
- Starship Troopers: Invasion as Carmen Ibanez
- Steel Angel Kurumi as Nako Kagura
- Strike Witches as Erica and Ursula Hartmann
- Sunday Without God as Dee Ensy Stratmitos
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross as Milia Fallyna
- Super Sonico: The Animation as Suzu Fujimi
- Tales Of Vesperia: The First Strike as Rita Mordio (Darrin'd Michelle Ruff, who voiced her in the original game.)
- Tanaka-kun is Always Listless as Echizen
- The Demon Girl Next Door as Anri Sata
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou as Misaki Kamiigusa
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World as Mari Nishino
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as Dockmaster
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 as Mirai Onozawa
- Tomo-chan Is a Girl! as Akemi Aizawa
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble as Meryl Stryfe (darrin'd Dorothy Elias-Fahn)
- Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- as Chu'Nyan, Young Kurogane
- Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase as Hikaru Midou
- Umi no Misaki as Prim Snowlight
- Ushio and Tora as Mayuko Inoue
- Utawarerumono as Kūya Amururineuruka
- Vampire Hunter D (Sentai Filmworks dub) as Doris Lang
- Venus Versus Virus as Riku Mikumo
- Welcome to the NHK as Hitomi Kashiwa
- The World God Only Knows as Elsea "Elsie" de Lute Irma
- Xenosaga as KOS-MOS
- ×××HOLiC as Young Fox
- Yumeria as Neneko
Tropes and trivia related to Christian's career include:
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Whenever she voices these kind of characters, her voice can sometimes go into this range in a more natural way. Case in point, Enju Aihara.
- Genki Girl: Played one in nearly half of her works.
- Star-Making Role: For Houston-based work, Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic!. For Dallas-based work, Tenma Tsukamoto in School Rumble and Nami in the Funimation dub of One Piece.
- Tsundere: She's voiced quite a few of them, such as Junko Hattori in Demon King Daimao, Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic! and Stella Vermillion in Chivalry of a Failed Knight.
- What Could Have Been:
- She was considered to voice Nia Teppelin when ADV Films had the license to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Christian auditioned for the role of Jun before she was cast as Jinpei in Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
- She was also in line to play Lucia Nanami in Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: She is known for her wide range of voices and can voice various characters from cute girls, deep voiced women, regular teen girls, tomboys, and young boys.
