Jenny Yokobori (born February 11, 1997) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Yoimiya in Genshin Impact[4] and Kuromi and Cinnamoroll in Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures.
Jenny Yokobori | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jennifer N Yokobori February 11, 1997[1][2][3] |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Career
editIn 2018, Yokobori began her voice acting career when she voiced the character known as Elice in the online video game Fire Emblem Heroes.
Yokobori provided the US voice of Dashi in the children's animated series Octonauts, which premiered on Netflix in 2020.
In 2021, Yokobori provided the English voice of Yoimiya in the video game Genshin Impact.[5] The same year, she replaced Tress MacNeille as the voice of Kumiko in The Simpsons, starting with the thirty-second season in response to the George Floyd protests and Harry Shearer being recast as the voice of Dr. Hibbert.[6][7] She is currently the youngest voice actor in the main voice cast and the only one born after the series started airing in 1989.
Filmography
editFilm and TV
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sterling Silver | Young Sterling's Classmate | |
| 2016 | All In | Partier | |
| Vinyasa Flow | Yoga Student | ||
| 2017 | Campus Catwalk | Nina Takahashi | |
| 2020 | Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls | Nakayama (voice) | |
| Central Park | Japanese Girl (voice) | Episode: "Rival Busker" | |
| Octonauts and the Caves of Sac Actun | Dashi | US dub | |
| Baby | Aurora | English dub | |
| The School Nurse Files | Radi, Gweong-Hwa | English dub | |
| Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef | Dashi (voice) | ||
| Akudama Drive | Execution Division Pupil | English dub | |
| Sweet Home | Additional voices (voice) | English dub | |
| Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures | Kuromi / Cinnamoroll (voice) | ||
| Droners | Mina / Mawu / Lion Lilly / Chameleon Crab / Piranicus (voice) | ||
| 2020–present | Rainbow High | Jade Hunter (voice) | Main role; seasons 1-2 |
| Ainsley Slater (voice) | seasons 1-2 | ||
| Pokémon | Horace / Hatenna / Hattrem / Hatterene (voice) | English dub | |
| 2021 | Edens Zero | Xiaomei (voice) | English dub |
| Seal Team | Geraldo's Watch, Additional voices (voice) | ||
| 2021–present | The Simpsons | Kumiko Albertson (voice) | Succeeding Tress MacNeille |
| 2022 | Blue Period | Umino (voice) | English dub[8] |
| Odd Taxi | Shiho Ichimura (voice) | ||
| The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Laser Baby (voice) | Episode: "Laser Baby's Day Out" | |
| Spriggan | Yoshino Somei (voice) | English dub[9] | |
| Romantic Killer | Saki (voice) | English dub[10] | |
| 2024 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid | Rio Futaba (voice) | Film; English dub[11] |
| The Grimm Variations | Scarlet (voice) | ONA; English dub, Episode 2: Little Red Riding Hood |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Smite | "Jenny" XJ-9 Wakeman, other characters | |
| 2017 | Fire Emblem Heroes | Elice, Eleonora Yumizuru | [12] |
| 2020 | XCOM: Chimera Squad | Terminal | [12] |
| Ghost of Tsushima | Additional Voices | ||
| Wasteland 3 | Lt. Connie Zeng | ||
| NBA 2K21 | Lower Bowl crowd | ||
| Demon's Souls | The Phalanx | ||
| 2021 | Genshin Impact | Yoimiya | [5] |
| Mary Skelter Finale | Gallows | [13] | |
| 2022 | Relayer | Venus | [14] |
| Ghostwire: Tokyo | Erika, Koomote, Girl A, Boy A | [15] | |
| Paladins | Kasumi | ||
| Goddess of Victory: Nikke | Diesel, Maiden | [16] | |
| 2023 | Honkai: Star Rail | Xueyi | [17] |
| Street Fighter 6 | Yua | [5] | |
| Master Detective Archives: Rain Code | Martina Electro | [5] | |
| Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters | Anri | [5] | |
| Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising | Nier | [5] | |
| Arknights | Projekt Red, Deepcolor | [18][19] | |
| Fortnite | Evie | [20] | |
| Cookie Run: Kingdom | Black Lemonade Cookie | - | |
| Omega Strikers | Finii[21] | [21][22] | |
| Rune Factory 3 Special | Marian | [5] | |
| Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless | Additional voices | [23] |
Animation
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Death Battle | Ryūko Matoi | Episode 141: "Shadow VS Ryūko" | |
| Pokémon Evolutions | Miki | Episode 7: "The Show" | [5] |
Writer/Director
edit| Year | Project | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rainbow High | Director |
| Gods School | Writer |
References
edit- ^ N, Gabe (Aka ProjectPikachu1) [@Projectkylo] (January 14, 2020). "When is your birthday?" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (January 14, 2020). "It's February 11! ♒" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (January 18, 2015). "I'm turning eighteen in 24 days and I have no idea how to birthday" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Schwarz, John (March 1, 2021). "Tress MacNeille Steps Down As The Voice Of Comic Book Guy's Wife "Kumiko Albertson"". www.bubbleblabber.com. Bubble Blabber. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jenny Yokobori (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 12, 2023A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Porter, Rick (February 22, 2021). "'The Simpsons': Harry Shearer to Stop Voicing Black Character". www.thehollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 11 Review: The Dad Feelings-Limited". www.japanfm.fr. JapanFM. January 4, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Blue Period (2022)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 28, 2022A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Spriggan (2022)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ @JennyYokobori (October 27, 2022). "💕✨ Role announcement! ✨💕 You can hear me as Saki in "Romantic Killer" on Netflix! This show is absolutely adorable and it was such a joy to be a part of it. Plus, I got to play BFFs with one of my favorite people, @DeneenMelody who CRUSHES it in her first lead!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "⭐ Sakuta Azusagawa: @ThatStephenFu ⭐ Mai Sakurajima: @tsunderica ⭐ Kaede Azusagawa: @KayliMills ⭐ Tomoe Koga: @LizzieRFreeman ⭐ Rio Futaba: @JennyYokobori ⭐ Nodoka Toyohama: @CristinaVee ⭐ Shoko Makinohara: @LoveRisaMei". Twitter. February 23, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Milligan, Mercedes (October 26, 2020). "Sanrio Sets Voices, Writers for New 'Hello Kitty and Friends: Supercute Adventures'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (September 30, 2021). "#MarySkelterFinale is out today and I play Gallows! I've never gotten to play a character like her before and it was a total blast to help bring her to life. Thank you to @BangZoom, @mummynyan, and @TonyOliverVA!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Kadokawa Games. Relayer. Clouded Leopard Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, at 13:49, English Cast.
- ^ Tango Gameworks. Ghostwire: Tokyo. Bethesda Softworks. Scene: Ending credits, at 7:38, English Cast.
- ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (November 5, 2022). "Happy #NIKKE launch day, Commanders 😉✨ Happy to announce that you can hear me as Diesel and Maiden in this thrilling, new game ✨ now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go retweet all the cute Diesel art that @NIKKE_en has been posting 🥹✨💕" (Tweet). Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (May 19, 2023). "I just got the okay ✨👀🚄 I'm happy to announce that you can hear me as Xueyi in #HonkaiStarRail Thank you so much to @honkaistarrail and Hoyoverse for having me and to @newphilms for your direction! I'm so thrilled to be a part of this beautiful game ✨" (Tweet). Retrieved September 8, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "I'm the English voice of Projekt Red in #Arknights!". Twitter. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
- ^ "I voice Deepcolor in @ArknightsEN!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "What's up, heroes? 😎 Honored to announce that I voice Evie in the latest update of Fortnite.🔫
Thanks to @FortniteGame, @EpicGames, and @thejbblanc for having me!
See you out there ✌🏻#FortniteChapter4Season2 #FortniteMEGA #Fortnite #FortniteChapter4". Twitter. Retrieved March 11, 2023. - ^ a b "Finii". Omega Strikers Wiki. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/PlayOmega/status/1677045933341655049?s=20". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved September 24, 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless (2023 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
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