Junko Kitanishi is a Japanese voice actress born on September 18, 1975, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. She is a graduate of the Kanazawa College of Art. Throughout her career, she has been affiliated with several prominent talent agencies, including Office PAC, Gekidan Mingei, AIR AGENCY, and Ken Production, before joining Herringbone in April 2020.

Kitanishi began her voice acting career in the 2000s, building a reputation for her versatile vocal range and ability to portray a wide variety of characters across anime, video games, and foreign language dubbing. In anime, she is recognized for roles such as Toiko Kira in Inazuma Eleven and Keiko Yuube in Chihayafuru. She also voiced Shōko Inari in the series Princess Jellyfish and Sakiko Okudaira, the mother of a main character, in Sweet Blue Flowers. Her role as Carly in the original anime DVD adaptation of Attack on Titan: Lost Girls was announced in 2018.

Beyond anime, Kitanishi has an extensive career in dubbing foreign films and television series, providing the official Japanese voice for actresses such as Evangeline Lilly, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Ferguson, and Gabrielle Union. Notable dubbing roles include Emma Swan in Once Upon a Time and Sif in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. In the video game industry, her work includes Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its sequel Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, as well as roles in major franchises like League of Legends, Fire Emblem Heroes, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle.