De-d-d-describe... S-S-Stephanie Sheh... h-h-here...
Easy there, girl. Nothing to be shy about.
Small in stature, but big on talent, Stephanie Sheh (born April 10, 1977) is an American voice actress from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who is famous for portraying either painfully shy girls, Action Girls, Genki Girls, or even sarcastic grumps. She has won an award for "Best Voice Actress in an Anime Comedy" by the American Anime Awards for her work in Girls Bravo and Haré+Guu. Her characters also tend to be, can you say, well-developed? And strikingly, Sheh is only three apples high.
She is often in anime involving voices like Johnny Yong Bosch, Michelle Ruff, Wendee Lee and especially with Michael Sinterniklaas as the two of them would often direct and star in dubs for NYAV Post. She also has a tendency to sound just like the voice actor she is dubbing over. Being Asian herself, she has the advantage of knowing how to speak Japanese and can even sing songs in Japanese as well.
She goes by many aliases as well (Jennifer Sekiguchi, Tiffany Hsieh, Lulu Chiang, and Laura Chyu).
Her Twitter can be found here
and her personal website can be found here.
In response to the 2011 Touhoku earthquake and tsunami, she organized a fundraiser called We Heart Japan with her friend Pinguino Kolb, getting a huge number of voice actors to help out in the process, such as Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Steve Blum, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman, Wendee Lee, Yuri Lowenthal, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tara Platt, Sam Riegel, Michelle Ruff, Cristina Valenzuela, and Travis Willingham, among many others.
Role Crystal Power, Make Up!
Anime
- 003 in Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman
- Akira Kogami in Lucky Star
- Ao in Freedom Project
- Arche Klein in Tales of Phantasia OVA
- Astelia Lizamarie de Rochefort/Queen Maycun in Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
- Audrey Burne/Mineva Lao Zabi in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
- Aya Natsume in Tenjho Tenge (as Tiffany Hsieh)
- Ayami Sasaki in Komi Can't Communicate
- Ayase Kishimoto in Chaos;Head
- Ayu Tateishi in Ultra Maniac
- Bell Hopscotch in Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters (2010's incarnation, US Calico Critters dub only)
- Bella Demarco in IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
- Bianca in Dragon Quest: Your Story
- Casey Turnbuckle in Cannon Busters
- Princess Charlotte Abelfreyja Drossel in Violet Evergarden
- Cheryl in Pokémon Generations
- Chiyuri Kurashima/Lime Bell in Accel World
- Chris in Is This A Zombie?
- Cocoro Yazawa in Love Live!
- Eureka in Eureka Seven and Eureka Seven AO
- Gema in Di Gi Charat and Leave it to Piyoko-pyo! spinoff (credited as Jennifer Sekiguchi)
- Gertrud Barkhorn in Strike Witches
- BOTH voices of Guu in Haré+Guu
- Haydee in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
- Hazumu Osaragi in Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (both before and after his/her gender transformation)
- Himeko Kurusegawa from Destiny of the Shrine Maiden
- Hinata Hyuga, her daughter Himawari Uzumaki, Kin Tsuchi, Rin Nohara and Sexy-Jutsu Naruto ("Naruko") in Naruto
- Hisako Ichiki/Armor in Marvel Anime
- Illyasviel von Einzbern in Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] and Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel
- Kaguya Sumeragi and Anya Alstreim (both normal and Hijacked By Marianne) in Code Geass
- Kasuga in Sengoku Basara
- Kayo Hinazuki in ERASED
- Kinon Bachika in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Kirie Kojima in Girls Bravo (credited as Lulu Chiang)
- Kriem and Cis in Tiger & Bunny
- Kuon Shinzaki in High-Rise Invasion
- Kuro in Blue Exorcist
- Lacus Clyne in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (HD Remaster)
- Lotte Jansson in Little Witch Academia
- Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword/Mackenzie Mack/Glitter Spade in Doki Doki! PreCure (under Glitter Force Doki Doki)
- Mametchi in Let's Go! Tamagotchi and Tamagotchi: The Movie
- Mamimi in FLCL
- Mary in Fena: Pirate Princess
- Mary in the Jungle Emperor Leo film (credited as Jennifer Sekiguchi; first role with NYAV Post)
- Maya Tomi in Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor (the only character who wasn't afflicted with The Other Darrin in the transition from the TV series to Heaven and Earth)
- Megumi Shirakawa in Digimon Data Squad
- Miho Azuki in Bakuman。
- Mikuru Asahina in Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
- Mikuru "Micchon" Katsuhara in Eden of the East
- Mimi-Lynne Midorihara in Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō
- Mitsuha Miyamizu in Your Name and in Weathering With You
- Mizuki Akitomo in Kotaro Lives Alone
- Nagi in Time of Eve
- Nanoha Kohinata in Koi Kaze (as Tiffany Hsieh)
- Natsuki in Welcome to The Space Show
- Neko in K and K: Missing Kings
- Nozomi Kasaki in Liz and the Blue Bird
- Nui Harime in Kill la Kill
- Orihime Inoue, Isane Kotetsu, Yoshi and Suzumebachi in Bleach
- Rio Kamichika in Durarara!!
- Saku in Star Wars: Visions (The Village Bride)
- Sayori Wakaba in Vampire Knight
- Shizuka Hoshijiro and Tsumugi Shiraui in Knights of Sidonia (credited as Alexi Shi)
- Shoya's Sister in A Silent Voice
- Silky in I'm Gonna Be an Angel! (Debut role)
- Suito Kusanagi in The Sky Crawlers
- Sylphiel in Slayers Revolution
- Tanyu in Mushi Shi (as Jennifer Sekiguchi)
- Tatsuya Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Tomoka Osakada, Nanako Meino, and An Tachibana in The Prince of Tennis
- Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity in Sailor Moon (VIZ Media dub) and Sailor Moon Crystal
- Chibi Chibi in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
- Wendy Garrett in GUN×SWORD (as Jennifer Sekiguchi)
- Yuho in Lu Over the Wall
- Yui in Sword Art Online
- Yui Hirasawa in K-On!
- Zeal in The Seven Deadly Sins
Asian Animation
- Blanca in White Snake (2019)
Video Games
- Airy, Praline and Anne in Bravely Default
- Reprises her role as Praline in Bravely Second (Anne is Darrined by Eden Riegel)
- Princess Anastasia Romanov in Shadow Hearts: Covenant
- Aya and Yui in Shira Oka: Second Chances
- Celestine in Magna Carta 2
- Cereza in Bayonetta (motion capture only)
- Charlotte Aulin in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
- Da Ji in the two Warriors Orochi games
- Guan Yinping in Dynasty Warriors 8
- Emilia in Dance Central series
- Emma in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Enda in Time and Eternity
- Eric Lecarde in Castlevania: Judgment (she also served as the voice director)
- Erys Jerand in Star Ocean: First Departure
- Estelle Bright in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky trilogy and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
- Finnel, Yurisica, Soma, and Suzunomia in Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
- Frederica Irving in Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
- Hanako in Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Princess Sapphire Rhodonite in Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
- Liezerota in Disgaea 5
- Histoire in Neptunia
- Julia Chang since Tekken 6note
- Jaycee in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Kokorowa in Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin
- Kyrie in Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 5
- Levia in Trillion: God of Destruction
- Lilith in Cross Edge
- Lina in Riviera: The Promised Land
- Margaret in Rune Factory 4
- Marianne Chen in The Secret World
- Princess Mercedes in Odin Sphere
- Mai Natsume in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Megumi and Yaya Panda in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Metis in Persona 3 FES
- Mikan Tsumiki in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Danganronpa 3
- Mona and Kat in WarioWare Gold
- Princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear in Tales of the Abyss
- Arche Klein in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
- Nicole Mimi Tithel in Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
- Otoha in Omega Quintet
- Popo in Stella Glow
- Razmi in Indivisible
- Rebecca Chambers in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
- All three of the Rin Sisters and Stela in Anarchy Reigns
- Saori Shirosaki in Lost Judgment
- Princess Serenade in Eternal Sonata
- Shannon Matthews in ObsCure
- Silmeria in Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
- Sullene in The Walking Dead: Season Four
- Tharja and Kjelle in Fire Emblem: Awakening
- Beruka, Sophie, and Rhajat in Fire Emblem Fates
- Tharja and Beruka in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Tharja in Fire Emblem Warriors
- Tiger Lily Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom
- Tomoe Tachibana in Trauma Team
- Vanilla in Arknights
- Zeena in Sonic Lost World
- Little Ziyi in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Western Animation
- Barbie:
- Renée Honda in Barbie Spy Squad and Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures
- Additional voices in Barbie Skipper And The Big Babysitting Adventure
- Beatrix and Belle Yates, as well as Stella's mother in The Loud House
- Crystal on Avengers Assemble
- Duchess Swan in Ever After High
- Esther Chen on The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Flora in Winx Club (Dubbing Brothers dub)
- Gong Gong on Miles from Tomorrowland
- Isabelle Park on Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
- Justine on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021)
- Jojo on Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
- Katana and Bleez on DC Super Hero Girls
- Kate in Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville
- Kiki Kitashima on Big City Greens (late 3rd season and onward)
- Lisa in Secret Millionaires Club
- Luna in Ballmastrz: 9009 (a Casting Gag since Luna and her team are a parody of Sailor Moon)
- Mai Le on Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Manon Chamack in Miraculous Ladybug
- Mayumi Kubota on Glitch Techs
- Mei and Mo on Monkie Kid
- Olive in High Guardian Spice
- Share Bear in Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot and Care Bears & Cousins
- Sue in Three Delivery
- Zhu Li in The Legend of Korra
- Crumbs in Lalaloopsy Girls: Welcome to LALA Prep School
- Kishiko in Mermaze Mermaidz
- Elder Huang in Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
ADR staff:
ADR Director
- A Letter to Momo (also provided the dub script)
- A Silent Voice
- Batman Ninja
- Castlevania: Judgment
- Devil May Cry 5
- Fireworks
- FLCL Progressive & Alternative
- Liz and the Blue Bird
- Lu Over the Wall (also provided the dub script)
- Mirai (also provided the dub script)
- Miss Hokusai
- Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (also provided the dub script)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (also provided the dub script)
- Napping Princess
- Paradise Kiss
- Patema Inverted
- Promare
- Ride Your Wave (also provided the dub script)
- Psychic School Wars
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Weathering With You (also provided the dub script)
- Welcome to The Space Show (also provided the dub script)
- Your Name
- Zetman
ADR Script:
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc
- Burn Up Scramble
- Destiny of the Shrine Maiden
- Duel Masters
- Fafner
- New Getter Robo
- Transformers: Cybertron
Tropes relating to Stephanie Sheh:
- Acting for Two: In Anarchy Reigns, she voices all three of the Rin sisters, of which two, Fei Rin and Ai Rin, converse in the game's story mode.
- Bilingual Bonus: As she is of Chinese-Taiwanese descent, she's capable of speaking Mandarin and Taiwanese, and also has some understanding of the Japanese language. In Anarchy Reigns, Airin and Feirin tend to pepper their dialogue with some Chinese terms.
- Bleached Underpants: Has quite a few hentai dubs under her belt from when she was first starting out in the anime dubbing scene (Viper GTS and Lesbian Hospital Ward most prominently, though she makes bit appearances in several others). Not that she seems to consider this an Old Shame, as she continues to act in extremely lewd ecchi series to this day.
- Converted Fangirl: She became quite fond of the Gundam franchise after taking the role of Audrey Burne.
- Genki Girl: With her roles as Yui, Chiyuri, Neko, and Usagi; she's getting more of these kinds of roles more than her original typecast.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Normally The Quiet One or painfully shy girls. However, since she's known to play other kinds of characters, let's just say
Moe is her forte.- Discussed Trope in the Gundam Unicorn interview with Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh where she mentioned she's often plays "super-shy high school girls or completely bipolar types".
- That was probably what NIS America had in mind when they got her to voice Mikan Tsumiki. Because she's both.
- She's been getting more Genki Girl type roles, even more so than her Shrinking Violet ones.
- Discussed Trope in the Gundam Unicorn interview with Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh
- Playing Against Type:
- Akira Kogami from Lucky Star (Genki Girl persona onscreen and Deadpan Snarker Jerkass offscreen).
- According to her, she considers Audrey Burne fitting into this bill.
- Sue and Rebecca Chambers are more of Action Girl types (particularly the later, who's far from being shy).
- As is Kjelle from Fire Emblem: Awakening, who's a confident, training-loving warrior.
- From the same game, she also voices Tharja, a moody, angsty, and Deadpan Snarker dark mage with a mild Yandere streak who is also kind of a Jerkass.
- In Fire Emblem Fates, she plays three characters that are anything but shy: Sophie, a Genki Girl and aspiring knight; Beruka, a stoic wyvern knight; and Rhajat, the reincarnation of the aforementioned Tharja (with all the deadpan snarking, jerkass-ness, and yandere traits that entails).
- And more villainous roles such as Kin Tsuchi, Da Ji, Kriem, and Nui Harime.
- Also Zeena from Sonic Lost World.
- Guu, a Deadpan Snarker Adorable Abomination.
- Airy the Fairy aka The Evil One from Bravely Default.
- As Zhu Li, who's The Stoic and a Servile Snarker.
- And there's also Kirie Kojima from Girls Bravo, who is a Type-A Tsundere.
- Played with by Mikan Tsumiki, post third chapter trial in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. While still showing some Shrinking Violet tendencies, she also turns into a disturbing, psychotic killer.
- Took up the role of Popuko in Pop Team Epic Episode 8, a short schoolgirl that's violent and quick to anger.
- Kusanagi in The Sky Crawlers, a somewhat mentally unstable and suicidal yet mostly stoic Broken Bird.
- Gema in Di Gi Charat, who doubles as The Chew Toy.
- Shrinking Violet: What most of her characters are well known for, particularly Mikuru and Hinata.
- Star-Making Role: Mamimi from FLCL was her first major role. Hinata from Naruto was the role that really established her as an anime voice actress. She would also gain some notability as the new voice of Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media re-dub of Sailor Moon.
- Yandere: When she's not playing a Shrinking Violet, she'll usually play this type of character. One example is Tharja from Fire Emblem: Awakening."I can't believe you made me love you! [more sinister] 'Course, if you back out...I'll murder you in your sleep."
