Stephanie Ru-Phan Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer. Born on April 10, 1977 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in California, Sheh first gained interest in voice acting while attending high school, and upon graduating college would land her first major roles as Silky in Tenshi ni narumon (1999) and Mamimi Samejima in FLCL (2000). This eventually led to her landing more roles in anime series such as Hinuta Hyuuga in the Naruto franchise, Orihime Inoue in Bleach (2004), the title character from Eureka Seven (2005), Akira Kogami in Lucky Star (2007), and Yui Hirasawa in K-On! (2009). Sheh has also done work for numerous characters in video games, and in addition to reprising her anime roles in various games based on their respective series, she also voiced Tharja in Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012) and other installments in the Fire Emblem franchise and motion capture work as Cereza in Bayonetta (2009). Among her other roles include Usagi Tsukino in Viz Media's red of the Sailor Moon franchise, Yui in the Sword Art Online franchise, Lotte Yanson in Little Witch Academia (2017), and Nui Harime in KILL la KILL (2013).
