Xanthe Huynh
Description
Xanthe Huynh is an American voice actress known for her extensive work in English dubs of anime, animation, and video games. Born on June 22, 1987, in Orange, California, she developed an interest in acting through a theater elective in middle school, a passion she continued to pursue through high school and college. She graduated with a degree in drama from the University of California, Irvine.
Her entry into voice acting began in an unconventional manner. Following a friend's suggestion, she entered AX Idol, a voice acting competition for amateurs held at the Anime Expo convention. Her performance led to her being noticed by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a major dubbing studio, which brought her in for an audition and subsequently launched her professional career. Since then, she has worked extensively with studios such as Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Crunchyroll, and Studiopolis.
Huynh's voice is often described as soft and melodic, making her a frequent choice for characters who are sweet, shy, or docile, though she has also demonstrated range by voicing more energetic or emotionally complex roles. Her career encompasses hundreds of roles across various media.
In anime, Huynh has voiced a wide array of characters. Some of her most recognized roles include the ghostly Menma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, the quiet yet passionate Hanayo Koizumi in the Love Live! franchise, Ui Hirasawa in K-On!, and Alluka Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter (2011). In the 2022 action series Lycoris Recoil, she portrayed the cool and efficient Takina Inoue. She also voiced the protagonist Cayna in In the Land of Leadale, Siesta in The Detective Is Already Dead, Nazuna Hiwatashi in BNA: Brand New Animal, and Platelet in Cells at Work!. In The Heike Story, she played the lead role of Biwa, a young orphan with the power to see the future. She also voiced Asumi Suido in Tokyo 24th Ward.
Huynh is also prominent in the world of video games. She is widely known for her portrayal of the kind-hearted heiress Haru Okumura in the critically acclaimed Persona 5 and its various sequels and spin-offs, including Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers, and Persona 5 Tactica. Another significant and beloved role is Marianne von Edmund in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a character whose introverted nature and personal struggles resonated deeply with players. Her other notable game credits include Altina Orion in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, Pela in Honkai: Star Rail, and Agnea in Octopath Traveler II.
Beyond anime and video games, her work extends to Western animation and Chinese donghua. She voices Fei Wu, also known as Ladydragon, in the fifth season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir and the associated special Miraculous World: Shanghai. She also appears in the English dub of the acclaimed Chinese donghua Link Click as Emma.
Throughout her career, Huynh has maintained recurring collaborations with major dubbing studios like Bang Zoom! Entertainment, where she has also worked as a production assistant. She is a frequent guest at anime conventions across the United States, where she participates in panels and meets with fans. She also shares her experience by teaching workshops for aspiring voice actors.
Her entry into voice acting began in an unconventional manner. Following a friend's suggestion, she entered AX Idol, a voice acting competition for amateurs held at the Anime Expo convention. Her performance led to her being noticed by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a major dubbing studio, which brought her in for an audition and subsequently launched her professional career. Since then, she has worked extensively with studios such as Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Crunchyroll, and Studiopolis.
Huynh's voice is often described as soft and melodic, making her a frequent choice for characters who are sweet, shy, or docile, though she has also demonstrated range by voicing more energetic or emotionally complex roles. Her career encompasses hundreds of roles across various media.
In anime, Huynh has voiced a wide array of characters. Some of her most recognized roles include the ghostly Menma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, the quiet yet passionate Hanayo Koizumi in the Love Live! franchise, Ui Hirasawa in K-On!, and Alluka Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter (2011). In the 2022 action series Lycoris Recoil, she portrayed the cool and efficient Takina Inoue. She also voiced the protagonist Cayna in In the Land of Leadale, Siesta in The Detective Is Already Dead, Nazuna Hiwatashi in BNA: Brand New Animal, and Platelet in Cells at Work!. In The Heike Story, she played the lead role of Biwa, a young orphan with the power to see the future. She also voiced Asumi Suido in Tokyo 24th Ward.
Huynh is also prominent in the world of video games. She is widely known for her portrayal of the kind-hearted heiress Haru Okumura in the critically acclaimed Persona 5 and its various sequels and spin-offs, including Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers, and Persona 5 Tactica. Another significant and beloved role is Marianne von Edmund in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a character whose introverted nature and personal struggles resonated deeply with players. Her other notable game credits include Altina Orion in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, Pela in Honkai: Star Rail, and Agnea in Octopath Traveler II.
Beyond anime and video games, her work extends to Western animation and Chinese donghua. She voices Fei Wu, also known as Ladydragon, in the fifth season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir and the associated special Miraculous World: Shanghai. She also appears in the English dub of the acclaimed Chinese donghua Link Click as Emma.
Throughout her career, Huynh has maintained recurring collaborations with major dubbing studios like Bang Zoom! Entertainment, where she has also worked as a production assistant. She is a frequent guest at anime conventions across the United States, where she participates in panels and meets with fans. She also shares her experience by teaching workshops for aspiring voice actors.
All Characters
- EnglishAnime overview: Tokyo 24th Ward
- EnglishAnime overview: The Heike Story
- EnglishAnime overview: She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
- EnglishAnime overview: Scarlet Nexus
- EnglishAnime overview: Housing Complex C
- EnglishAnime overview: Lycoris Recoil
- EnglishAnime overview: Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
- EnglishAnime overview: Record of Grancrest War
- EnglishAnime overview: Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Battle of Kimluck
- EnglishAnime overview: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- EnglishAnime overview: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
- EnglishAnime overview: Gleipnir
- EnglishAnime overview: Cells at Work!!
- EnglishAnime overview: March comes in like a lion
- EnglishAnime overview: Accel World: Infinite Burst
- EnglishAnime overview: Maesetsu! Opening Act
- EnglishAnime overview: Dropout Idol Fruit Tart
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- EnglishAnime overview: Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
- EnglishAnime overview: Battle Game in 5 Seconds
- EnglishAnime overview: In the Land of Leadale
- EnglishAnime overview: Thermae Romae Novae
- EnglishAnime overview: Spriggan
- EnglishAnime overview: Vampire in the Garden
- EnglishAnime overview: Pokémon Evolutions
- EnglishAnime overview: Kageki Shoujo!!
- EnglishAnime overview: The Detective Is Already Dead
- EnglishAnime overview: Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
- EnglishAnime overview: Edens Zero
- EnglishAnime overview: The Honor Student at Magic High School
- EnglishAnime overview: Orient
- EnglishAnime overview: Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis
- EnglishAnime overview: Alice in Deadly School
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- EnglishAnime overview: Aggretsuko
- EnglishAnime overview: Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU
- EnglishAnime overview: BNA: Brand New Animal
- EnglishAnime overview: The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc
- EnglishAnime overview: PERSONA 5 the Animation: Stars and Ours
- EnglishAnime overview: PERSONA 5 the Animation: Dark Sun
- EnglishAnime overview: Dragon Quest Your Story
- EnglishAnime overview: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal
- English
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Cells at Work!
- EnglishAnime overview: Cells at Work!
- EnglishAnime overview: PERSONA 5 the Animation
- EnglishAnime overview: Liz and the Blue Bird
- EnglishAnime overview: Appare-Ranman!
- EnglishAnime overview: A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-
- EnglishAnime overview: anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- EnglishAnime overview: The Familiar of Zero
- EnglishAnime overview: Kite Liberator
- EnglishAnime overview: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- EnglishAnime overview: Gekijōban Kuroko no Basuke Last Game
- EnglishAnime overview: Love Live! The School Idol Movie
- EnglishAnime overview: Love Live! School idol project
- EnglishAnime overview: High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World