Kate Higgins

Catherine Davis "Kate" Higgins (born August 16, 1969), also known as Kate Davis, is an American voice actress, singer, and jazz pianist. Her major voice roles have been in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and she is best known as the voice of Sakura Haruno in Naruto. She has also voiced C.C. in Code Geass and Saber in the original Fate/stay Night. In 2010, she voiced Miles "Tails" Prower in the video game series Sonic the Hedgehog.

She also voices Kate, Stinky and Lilly in the Alpha and Omega sequels. Recently, she became the voice of Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz English dub of Sailor Moon in 2014, as well as the voice of Mario character Pauline in Super Mario Odyssey in 2017, for which she also performed the in-character vocals for the game's theme song, "Jump Up, Super Star!" with Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande and Calvin Harris.

Music career
Higgins earned a degree in music from Auburn University in 1991. She is a trained pianist who studied with the jazz artist, Bob Richardson. She plays piano and has worked as a sideperson for many musicians. She released the first jazz album by her own name The Tide is Low in 2002. The second jazz album is Stealing Freedom. She is also in a band called Upperstructure when she was signed to the music labels Island Records and Republic Records (which is formerly called Universal Republic Records). This features the same lineup as Melissa Fahn's R&B band in her album Avignon. They released one album called 6 by 5.

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * The Solid Rock (1998) – Concord Records
 * Bigger than Love (2006) – Concord
 * Jazz Standards
 * A Very Merry Christmas
 * Little Parts (2009) – Produced by Joel Alpers


 * Collaborations
 * 6 by 5 by Upper Structure & Island Records (2004)