Akeno Watanabe

Akeno Watanabe
渡辺 明乃
Born (1982-11-18) November 18, 1982 (age 42)[1]
Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan[1]
Occupations
Years active2001–present
AgentOffice Osawa

Akeno Watanabe (渡辺 明乃, Watanabe Akeno, born November 18, 1982[2]) is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with Office Osawa.[1] Some of her notable voice roles include Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Chachamaru Karakuri in Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Halle Lidner in Death Note, Rito Yuki in To Love Ru, Liz Thompson in Soul Eater, Midnight in My Hero Academia, Hitch Dreyse in Attack on Titan, Gou Matsuoka in Free!, and Hamsuke in Overlord.[3]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[4]
2001 I My Me! Strawberry Eggs Fuko Kuzuha
2001 Hikaru no Go Match recorder, secretary, Kumiko Tsuda [5]
2002 Witch Hunter Robin Robin Sena [5]
2002 Heat Guy J You Eclair [5]
2002–07 Naruto Tayuya [5]
2003 Someday's Dreamers Angela Charon Brooks
2003 E's Otherwise Shin-lu Belvedere [5]
2003 Kaleido Star Anna Heart [5]
2003 Divergence Eve Yun [5]
2003 Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito Kunou Suzaku [5]
2003 Hellsing Jessica
2004 Paranoia Agent Reiko Kiuchi [5]
2004 Burst Angel Jo [5]
2004 Kurau: Phantom Memory Mika [5]
2004 Onmyō Taisenki Girl B [5]
2005 Starship Operators Hisaka Arei [5]
2005–11 Negima! series Chachamaru Karakuri [5]
2005–06 Ah My Buddha series Haruka Amanogawa [5]
2005 Idaten Jump Sho Yamato
2005–21 Aria series Albert "Al" Pitt, President Maa [6][7]
2006–present Utawarerumono series Dori & Gura, Hauenkua Also 2022 series [5][8]
2006 Duel Masters Flash Rei Kukami
2006 Project Blue Earth SOS Billy Kimura
2006 Night Head Genesis Fukami Shouko, Futami Natsuko [5]
2006 Death Note Halle Lidner
2006–07 Negima!? Chachamaru Karakuri [5]
2006–21 Gintama Mutsu
2006–08 Code Geass series Villetta Nu [5]
2006 Pénélope tête en l'air
うっかりぺネロぺ		 Aladdin
2007–12 Shakugan no Shana series Tiamat [5]
2008–16 To Love Ru series Rito Yuki Also OVAs, Motto, Darkness, and Darkness 2nd [5][9][10]
2008–09 Soul Eater Liz Thompson
2008 Ikki Tousen Housen Ryofu [11]
2008–11 A Certain Magical Index series Sherry Cromwell Also second season [5]
2009 Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Lizzie Garland
2009 Slap-up Party: Arad Senki Roxy [5][12][13]
2009 Guin Saga Lady Amnelis
2009–10 Cross Game Midori Koganezawa [5]
2009 Kobato Toshihiko [5]
2009 Bokura no Saibanin Monogatari (Our Jury Story) short film commissioned by Japanese government [14]
2010 Metal Fight Beyblade Reiji Mizuchi
2010–11 HeartCatch PreCure! Sayaka Uejima [5]
2010 Asobi ni iku yo! Sara [5]
2010 Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes Shooty, Satoshi's Zuruggu, Bel's Chaoboo/Enbuoh [5]
2010–13 Oreimo series Yoshino Kosaka [5][15]
2011–12 Freezing Yumi Kim Also Vibration
2011 Little Battlers Experience Saki Kitajima
2011 Battle Girls: Time Paradox Hattori Hanzo [5]
2011 Blue Exorcist Rin Okumura (child) [5]
2011 Manyū Hiken-chō Momoha [5]
2011 Tekken: Blood Vengeance Anna Williams [16]
2011 Hime Gal Paradise Tochiotome [17]
2011–12 Battle Spirits: Heroes
バトルスピリッツ覇王		 Thamel Tachibana
2012 Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2 Shooty, Satoshi's Zuruggu, Bel's Enbuoh [5]
2013–present Attack on Titan Hitch Dreyse
2013 Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N Angie, Satoshi's Zuruggu [5]
2013 Majestic Prince Ange Kuroki [18]
2013 Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure Satoshi's Zuruggu [5]
2013–present Free! series Gou Matsuoka, Rin Matsuoka (child) [5][19]
2013 Sunday Without God Anna [5][20]
2013 Beyond the Boundary Shizuku Ninomiya [21][22][5][23]
2014 Nobunagun Dogoo [24]
2015 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Kycilia Zabi [25]
2015–2018 Overlord Hamsuke [26]
2016–present My Hero Academia Midnight, young Midoriya Izuku, Mika Jiro
2017 Konohana Kitan Okiku Eps. 5-12
2019 Isekai Quartet Hamsuke Eps. 7, 10 [27]
2019 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II Aisha Belka
2019 KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson Sylvia Film [28]
2020–21 Healin' Good Pretty Cure Kedary Eps. 28
2020 Super HxEros Genmuchuu Ep. 7 [29]
2020 Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Selena's Mother Ep. 9 [30]
2021 Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure Dr. Numeri, Akiho Kirishima
2022 The Executioner and Her Way of Life Sicilia [31]
2022 Engage Kiss Akino Yugiri [32]
2022 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Gloria Costello ONA [33]
2022 To Your Eternity 2nd Season Todo [34]
2023 Giant Beasts of Ars Kuumi Katsu [35]
2024 The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic Blurin [36]
2024 Grendizer U Lady Gandal [37]
2025 New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Kneesocks [38]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[4]
2003 Final Fantasy X-2 Shinra [33]
2003 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha Ibis Douglas [33]
2004 Tales of Rebirth Mao [33]
2005 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy Ibis Douglas [33]
2005 Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4 Tayuya [33]
2009–14 Street Fighter IV series Rose [33]
2010 Xenoblade Chronicles Sharla [33]
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles X Ga Bow [33]
2020 The Last of Us Part II Nora [33]
2020 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Alex, Midna
2021 Street Fighter V Rose [39]
2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Monica
2023 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed Panacea [33]


Drama CDs

List of voice performances in drama CDs
Title Role Source[4]
Hot Gimmick Compact Disc Akane Narita
Hot Gimmick Compact Disc 2 Akane Narita
To Aru Majutsu no Index Archives 2 Sherry Cromwell [5]
To Aru Majutsu no Index II Archives 2 Sherry Cromwell [5]
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Viletta [5]
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Sound Episode 1 Viletta [5]
Godannar [5]
Splendide Shana [5]
Superiority Shana III Vol. 2 [5]
To Love-Ru Rito Yuuki [40]
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Hitch Dreyse

Dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing
Title Role Dub for Notes Source[4]
Annabelle: Creation Sister Charlotte Stephanie Sigman [41]
The Bay DS/DC Lisa Armstrong Morven Christie [42]
Beast Meredith Samuels Iyana Halley [43]
The Bold Type Sutton Brady Meghann Fahy [44]
Cinderella Cinderella Camila Cabello [45]
The Color Purple Celie Harris-Johnson Fantasia Barrino [46]
Drive Angry Piper Amber Heard [47]
Extraction 2 Ketevan Tinatin Dalakishvili [48]
Gen V Indira Shetty Shelley Conn [49]
Glee Becky Jackson Lauren Potter
Ingrid Goes West Ingrid Thorburn Aubrey Plaza [50]
Lake Placid: Legacy Jade Katherine Barrell [51]
Lost in Space Penny Robinson Lacey Chabert
Meet the Blacks Lorena Zulay Henao [52]
The Numbers Station Katherine Malin Åkerman [53]
Patti Cake$ Patti Danielle Macdonald [54]
The Pope's Exorcist Julia Vasquez Alex Essoe [55]
Power Rangers Mystic Force Vida Rocca/ Pink Mystic Ranger Angie Diaz [56]
Pretty in Pink Andie Walsh Molly Ringwald [57]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Director Rockwell Krysten Ritter [58]
ZeroZeroZero Emma Lynwood Andrea Riseborough [59]
Zoe Zoe Léa Seydoux [60]
Animation
Title Role Notes Source[4]
The Buzz on Maggie Maggie Pesky
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Mama Luna [61]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Olivia "Liv" Octavius / Doctor Octopus [62]
Steven Universe Stevonnie [63]
Unikitty! Dr. Fox [64]
Video games
Title Role Notes Source
Spider-Man 2 Danika Hart [33]

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