Brina Palencia

Brina Michelle Palencia (born February 13, 1984) is an American actress who voices a number of English-language dubs of Japanese anime shows. She provides the voice for Vi Graythorn in Case Closed, Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece, Eve in Black Cat, Honoka Sakurai in Suzuka, Ai Enma in Hell Girl, Kurumu Kurono in Rosario + Vampire, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Juvia Lockser in Fairy Tail, Holo in Spice and Wolf and Ryoko Okami in Okami-san and Her Seven Companions. In her live-action work, she starred as Sophia in The CW's science fiction romantic drama Star-Crossed and had a role as Ana in an episode of The Walking Dead. She starred as LuAnn in the indie horror film Lumberjack Man, which was broadcast on cable television.

Biography
Palencia was born and raised in Oklahoma. As a child, Palencia lived in Honduras until she was 4. Throughout her childhood she went back and forth between La Ceiba, Honduras and Owasso, Oklahoma.

Palencia eventually settled in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from Weatherford High School in 2002. While studying at the University of North Texas (UNT), she was influenced by the anime series, Dragon Ball Z. After graduating from UNT with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2006, she began her career as a voice actress for Funimation. Palencia was also a director, but eventually focused more on the acting side of the productions.

In live-action work, she was a former GameStop TV host and was seen in several independent films such as The Ladies of the House and Lumberjack Man. In 2014, she had a starring role as Roman's younger sister Sophia in The CW's science fiction romantic drama Star-Crossed.

Personal life
Her brother, Gino Palencia, works at Funimation as an ADR engineer and production assistant. On September 12, 2018, Palencia announced her pregnancy on Twitter.

Anime

 * The Galaxy Railways – Sarah (Ep. 7)
 * Samurai 7 – Uma
 * 2006
 * Basilisk – Young Gyobu (Ep. 15)
 * Kodocha – Pippi, Tomomi
 * Negima!  – Yue Ayase
 * Speed Grapher – Kikukawa
 * Witchblade – Nanako (Ep. 16)
 * 2007
 * AM Driver – June Frum
 * B'tx – Anne, Teppei (Young)
 * Mushishi – Biki (Ep. 2), Koro (Young, Ep. 7), Nami (Ep. 8), Shige (Ep. 23)
 * Peach Girl – Aki
 * SoltyRei – Meryl Tyler (Ep. 4)
 * Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Sumomo
 * 2008
 * Baccano! – Ennis
 * Black Blood Brothers – Yafuri Chao
 * Ghost Hunt – Chiaki Kasai
 * Ouran High School Host Club – Shiro Takaoji
 * Shuffle! – Masato (Ep. 8, 11), Tsubomi
 * 2009
 * Bamboo Blade – Sayako Kuwahara
 * Big Windup! – Ren Mihashi (Young)
 * Blassreiter – Emil (Ep. 13)
 * D.Gray-man – Eliade, Peter, Ruben (Ep. 38), Young Guzol (Ep. 5)
 * El Cazador de la Bruja – Melissa Rosenberg
 * Heroic Age – Bee No Bee
 * Kaze no Stigma – Nanase Kudō
 * Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Yuka Izumi
 * Save Me! Lollipop – Aquamarine
 * Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry – Martha Shoebbeypower
 * 2010
 * Birdy the Mighty Decode – Sayaka Nakasugi
 * Casshern Sins – Lyuze
 * Corpse Princess – Hokuto, Kun Osaki (Ep. 4)
 * Black Butler – Ciel Phantomhive
 * Initial D – Natsuki Mogi (Funimation Dub)
 * Oh! Edo Rocket – Sora
 * Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ – Elisa (Ep. 5), Teruki Maeno (Young)
 * Sands of Destruction – Aya (Ep. 3)
 * Soul Eater – Yumi Azusa
 * 2011
 * 2011–13 || Baka and Test series – Hideyoshi Kinoshita, Yuko Kinoshita || Funimation dub ||
 * Ga–Rei: Zero – Kazuhiro Mitogawa
 * The Sacred Blacksmith – Elsa
 * 2012
 * Aria the Scarlet Ammo – Shirayuki Hotogi
 * The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Keifer Knolles
 * Magical Dreamers – Luta Haljion
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Sperm Ghosts (Ep. 3B), Mika (Ep. 5B)
 * 2013
 * Eureka Seven: AO – News Anchor (Ep. 16)
 * Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess – Juvia
 * Guilty Crown – Jun Samukawa (Ep. 9)
 * Haganai – Yukiko Nagata (Ep. 2)
 * High School DxD – Bürent
 * Is This a Zombie? of the Dead – Eucliwood Hellscythe (Fantasy voice, Eps. 8–10)
 * Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine – Louise (Ep. 3)
 * Michiko and Hatchin – Rita Ozetti (Ep. 9, 11)
 * Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Lan
 * 2014
 * A Certain Magical Index II – Ruiko Saten
 * Appleseed Alpha – Iris
 * Haganai: NEXT – Kate Takeyama
 * Hetalia: The Beautiful World – Female Italy (Nyotalia)
 * 2015
 * 2015–16 || Durarara!!×2 || Vorona || x2 ||
 * Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – Ayako Mitsuzuri
 * The Rolling Girls – Misa Ichijō
 * Yurikuma Arashi – Uchiko Ai
 * 2017 || ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. || Nino (young) || ||