Risa Mizuno

Risa Mizuno (水野理紗, Mizuno Risa, born 3 November 1978) is a Japanese voice actress associated with Production Ogi. She debuted in 2000 in Medabots Spirits and has voiced major characters in Bomberman Jetters, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino, Windy Tales, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Code-E, Shion no Ō, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, and Luck & Logic, as well as supporting characters in AM Driver and Idaten Jump.

Biography

Risa Mizuno was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 3 November 1978. Her mother was an English-language teacher. She discovered her voice talent during elementary school, and entered a specialized class during vocational school.

Her debut was in the 2000 anime Medabots Spirits. She subsequently starred as Shout in Bomberman Jetters, Yukio in Windy Tales, Lia de Beaumont in Le Chevalier D'Eon, Yuma Saihashi in Code-E, Saori Nikaidō in Shion no Ō, Claes in Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino, Julie Makimoto in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Najenda in Akame ga Kill!, Veronica Ananko in Luck & Logic, and Ōinin in Aguu: Tensai Ningyō.

She also voiced Sera May in AM Driver, Yukie Akasaka in Higurashi When They Cry, Yuki in Idaten Jump, Wakana Nura in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan and its sequel Demon Capital, and Haruka Takahashi in Onegai My Melody and its sequel Kuru Kuru Shuffle. A character single for her AM Driver character alongside myco was released from Konami Digital Entertainment on 8 December 2004.

In October 2018, she participated alongside Kenji Mizuhashi and Satomi Hanamura in Makoto Shinkai Sakuhim Audiobook Project, which was released on Audible.

As of November 2014, Mizuno was living in Hiratsuka, where she was a member of Shōnan Teatro Dell'arte.