Shannon Emerick is an American voice actress who voices a number of English language localizations of Japanese anime shows with ADV Films, Seraphim Digital and Sentai Filmworks. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Theater Studies and English. In anime, she is known as the voice of Charlotte Dunois from the Infinite Stratos series, Kei Kishimoto from Gantz and Riki Naoe from the Little Busters! series. Outside of voice acting, she is a stage actress in the Houston area. She won the Best Actress award from Houston Press for her theater work twice in 2006 and 2011, respectively.

Shannon Emerick
Alma materYale University
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
AgentPastorini-Bosby Talent Agency
Children1[1]

Biography

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In 2017, Emerick voiced Arata Wataya as a young child in Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series Chihayafuru. Wataya is one of the three main characters in the series.[2]

English dubbing roles

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Animation

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Year Title Role Notes Source
2014 AKB0048 Yoko Asamiya also season 2 [3]
2014 Amnesia Orion [4]
2012 Tatakau Shisho: Book of Bantorra Mirepoch Finder [5]
2011 Clannad series Garbage Doll also season 2 [6]
2012 Dream Eater Merry Engi Threepiece [7]
2003 Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Loki [8]
2005 Gantz Kei Kishimoto [9]
2014 Gatchaman Crowds Rui Ninomiya also season 2 [10][11]
2005 Godannar Ellis Valentine [12]
2010 Hakuoki series Kaoru Nagumo also season 2 [13]
2012 Infinite Stratos series Charlotte Dunois also season 2 and OVAs [14][15]
2013 Little Busters series Riki Naoe also season 2 and EX [16]
2013 Phi Brain series Cubik Galois also season 2 [17]
2014 Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen Jun Sakurada [18]
2014 No Game No Life Tet
2015 Akame ga Kill! The Emperor
2017 Chivalry of a Failed Knight Kagami Kusakabe [19]
2017 Chihayafuru Young Arata Wataya [20]
2018 Revue Starlight Junna Hoshimi [21]
2018 Made in Abyss Nat [22]
2020 BanG Dream! Misaki Okusawa/Michelle Season 2 [23]
2021 Vinland Saga Thorfinn (young) Sentai Filmworks Dub [24]
2023 Farming Life in Another World Anne [25]
2024 The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Leonis Death Magnus [26]
2024 My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered Yogiri (young) [27]
2024 Wistoria: Wand and Sword Narrator [28]

Video games

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List of dubbing performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2021 World's End Club Tattsun [8]

Awards

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Year Award Result
2006 Houston Best Actress award Won[29]
2011 Houston Best Actress award Won[30]

References

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  1. ^ Wozny, Nancy (January 5, 2012). "Some enchanted evening: Three Houston actresses trade day jobs for nighttime stage magic". CultureMap. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "Chihayafuru English Dub Stars Luci Christian, Adam Gibbs, Blake Shepard". Anime News Network. August 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Dub Cast For 'AKB0048′ First Season Anime Revealed". The Fandom Post. 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Reveals Amnesia English Dub Cast, Release Date". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  5. ^ "The Book of Bantorra DVD Collection 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. ^ "Section23's Clannad Dub Upgrade, Cast Detailed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  7. ^ "Dream Eater Merry Anime's English Dub Cast Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  8. ^ a b "Shannon Emerick (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2018-10-27. A 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ Kana's Korner - Interview with Shannon Emerick, retrieved 2017-06-17
  10. ^ "Gatchaman Crowds English Dub Cast Unveiled". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  11. ^ "Gatchaman Crowds Insight's English Dub Cast, Preview Clip Unveiled". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  12. ^ "Battle Royal Honeymoon". Godannar. Season 1. Episode 3. ADV Films. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Vocal Cast.
  13. ^ Animenewsnetwork
  14. ^ "Infinite Stratos Anime's English Dub Cast Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  15. ^ "Official Infinite Stratos 2 English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  16. ^ "Little Busters! Anime's English Dub Cast Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  17. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Reveals Phi Brain Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  18. ^ "Official Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  19. ^ "Chivalry of a Failed Knight English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  20. ^ Animenewsnetwork
  21. ^ "Revue Starlight Official DUBCAST Edition Cast List". Hidive. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  22. ^ "Full Dub Casts Announced for Made in Abyss, Scum's Wish Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  23. ^ "BanG Dream! 2nd Season Official English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. April 9, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  24. ^ "Who's in the Vinland Saga Dub? Sentai Reveals The Official English Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  25. ^ "Farming Life in Another World Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, June 8 Premiere". Anime News Network. June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  26. ^ "HIDIVE Reveals English Dub Cast for The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Anime". Anime News Network. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  27. ^ "My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  28. ^ "Wistoria: Wand and Sword, Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Anime, Tower of God Season 2's English Dubs Stream on July 21". Anime News Network. July 21, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  29. ^ "Houston Best Actress - Shannon Emerick". Houston Press. 2006. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  30. ^ "Houston Best Actress - Shannon Emerick". Houston Press. 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
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