Stephanie 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).