Biography
Rie Kugimiya As Nagi Sanzenin
Rie Kugimiya (釘宮 理恵, Kugimiya Rie, born May 30, 1979) is a Japanese seiyū who was born in Osaka and brought up in Kumamoto. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise.
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Kugimiya is most known for the roles of Alphonse Elric in Full Metal Alchemist, Shana in Shakugan no Shana, Kagura in Gin Tama and more recently, Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!. She is typecasted to tsundere roles due to her voicing of tsundere characters Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku!), Shana (Shakugan no Shana), Louise (Zero no Tsukaima), and Yuuhi (Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka), all of whose anime aired around the same time. Due to her popularity in such roles, some of her fans have named her as the Queen of Tsundere.
Ryōko Shiraish As Hayate Ayasaki
Ryōko Shiraishi (白石涼子, Shiraishi Ryōko, born September 9, 1982) is a seiyū from Nara, Japan who works for Aoni Production. Due to her low and gentle voice, she is commonly typecast as either the effeminate-and-kind young man or the sexually-mature but sweet-and-sensitive supporting lady. She was also formerly a member of the seiyū unit DROPS, along with Ai Nonaka, Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, and Mariko Kōda.
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