Rumiko Varnes is an American voice actress of Japanese descent and is known to speak fluent Japanese. She is best known for her work in video games franchises such as Clock Tower, Tekken series, Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance, Tekken 5, Chaos Break, Hard Edge, Shining Force Neo, Tekken 6, Blaster Master: Blasting Again and Pokkén Tournament.
Early life Rumiko was born in Los Angeles, California and she attended University of California, Los Angeles later she majored in linguistics. Then she went to Japan as a foreign exchange student to study at International Christian University at Tokyo and studied linguistic psychology.
Career She was a student when she made her debut in The Dagger of Kamui as Chiomapp. Rumiko also voices commercials along with radio shows in Japanese and she is associated with Funimation.
Personal life Rumiko lives at Los Angeles, California and Rumiko is half-Japanese also she works as a bilingual narrator. Rumiko is married and has a daughter who also did the motion capturing for Laura in Konami's popular horror video game Silent Hill 2.
Filmography Anime series + List of English dubbing performances in anime seriesYearTitleRoleNotes 1995 Soar High! Isami Isami Hanaoka 2003 Doraemon's English World Nobita Nobi / Shizuka Minamoto / Tamako Nobi / Emily / Female Worker 2011 Detective Conan Minerva Glass Eps. 616–621 2012 Little Charo: Tohoku-hen Sachi Arashi no Yoru ni Mii 2014 My Neighbor Seki Singer 2019 Ultra Galaxy Fight Ultrawoman Grigio 2020 Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy Ultrawoman Grigio / Ultraman Justice 2021 Phantasy Star Online 2 Comic Makino / Nekonomiya 2022 Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad Sora / Ultraman Justice / Ultrawoman Grigio 7 episodes 2023 Ultraman Regulos: First Mission Sora
Animation series + List of voice performances in animationYearTitleRoleNotes 2014–2019 Fastening Days Kei / Girl 1
Film +List of voice performances in direct-to-video and films Year Title Role NotesSource 1985 The Dagger of Kamui Chiomapp 1996 Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Bully Queen / Cecil Telinger / Milk / Milkypai / Patient / Pinzu Monster / Shiho Katagiri 2002 Aquatic Language Waitress 2011 Red Riding Hood Village lady Credited as Rumiko Barnes 2017 Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis Shimajiro Shimano English version
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes 1996 Clock Tower Jennifer Simpson PlayStation 1998 Hard Edge Rachel Howard 1999 Countdown Vampires Alicia S. Tiller / Automated System Voice / Female Casino Patron / Additional Voices 2000 Chaos Break Mitsuki Shenmue Others / Additional voices Dreamcast Blaster Master: Blasting Again Elfie Frudnick PlayStation Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance Trill / June Baby PlayStation 2 Silpheed: The Lost Planet Ship Dispatcher / Computer voice 2001 Fatal Frame Miku Hinasaki Beach Spikers Female Volleyball Player GameCube 2002 Bloody Roar Extreme Shina 'Marvel' Gado 2003 Mega Man X7 Alia PlayStation 2 Spy Fiction Alice Coleman / Kelly Wong Glass Rose Ayako Yoshinodou / Tsuyako Sawamatsu Bloody Roar 4 Alice Nonomura 2004 Firefighter F.D.18 Emilie Arvin English version Graffiti Kingdom Pixel PlayStation 2 Michigan: Report from Hell Paula Orton / Carrie Graham Taiko: Drum Master Drum Master / Drummer / Announcer / Additional voices Tekken 5 Christie Monteiro / Jane 2005 Shining Force Neo Meryl The Rub Rabbits! Genius Girl Nintendo DS Musashi: Samurai Legend Clochette PlayStation 2 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Christie Monteiro PlayStation 3 2006 Elebits Ana / Mom Wii 2007 Tekken 6 Christie Monteiro Xbox 360 Mega Man ZX Advent Pandora Nintendo DS 2009 Arc Rise Fantasia Adele Nevanlinna Wii 2011 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Christie Monteiro Xbox 360 2013 Tekken Revolution Christie Monteiro PlayStation 3 2015 Pokkén Tournament Chloe Nintendo Switch BlazBlue: Central Fiction System Voice PlayStation 4 2017 Pokkén Tournament DX Chloe Wii U 2019 Last Cloudia Dabourne / Leena PC 2020 Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection Pandora PlayStation 4 2021 Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls Enemies macOS 2025 Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Antonia Felicier / Maribelle Flanmir / Yelenda Poplawska / Terra Hillcroft PlayStation 5
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