Raphaëlle Bruneau
Description
Raphaëlle Bruneau, also known by her former married name Raphaëlle Lubansu, is a Belgian actress born on January 5, 1976, in Reims, France, who has built a substantial career in voice acting for animation and live-action dubbing. Her voice is particularly well-known to fans of French-language versions of popular anime and animated series.
Bruneau's career began in the mid-1990s with on-screen roles in film and television, for which she received critical recognition, including being named Best Female Hope at the Belgian Theatre Awards in 1998. She trained at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, where she earned a First Prize in 1996. This foundation in performance led her to voice acting, where she found widespread success. As specified, she is the voice of the character Jim in the series Les Joyeux Pirates de l'Ile au Trésor, the French version of Animal Treasure Island.
Her body of work in animation includes several prominent and recurring roles. She is notably the voice of the genius Jérémie Belpois and the eccentric Odd Della Robbia in the Franco-Japanese animated series Code Lyoko. In the Transformers franchise, she voiced the human boy Rafael "Raf" Esquivel in Transformers Prime. Her other notable anime and animation credits include Ikki in Medabots, Yuki Mizusawa in Beyblade: Metal Fury, the title character in Cédric, Cassius in Le Petit Spirou, and Raphael in the nineteenth Pokémon film, Volcanion and the Marvelous Mechanique. She has also lent her voice to various animated shorts, such as Temps de cochon and Aglaé la pipelette.
Through her extensive work, Bruneau has been part of several recurring collaborations with French dubbing studios. Her voice became associated with young male protagonists, a specialty she demonstrated across different series and films. Her achievement lies in her versatility and longevity, successfully maintaining parallel careers as a respected on-screen actress in Belgian and French television and film while becoming a familiar and beloved voice in the world of animation for French-speaking audiences.
Bruneau's career began in the mid-1990s with on-screen roles in film and television, for which she received critical recognition, including being named Best Female Hope at the Belgian Theatre Awards in 1998. She trained at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, where she earned a First Prize in 1996. This foundation in performance led her to voice acting, where she found widespread success. As specified, she is the voice of the character Jim in the series Les Joyeux Pirates de l'Ile au Trésor, the French version of Animal Treasure Island.
Her body of work in animation includes several prominent and recurring roles. She is notably the voice of the genius Jérémie Belpois and the eccentric Odd Della Robbia in the Franco-Japanese animated series Code Lyoko. In the Transformers franchise, she voiced the human boy Rafael "Raf" Esquivel in Transformers Prime. Her other notable anime and animation credits include Ikki in Medabots, Yuki Mizusawa in Beyblade: Metal Fury, the title character in Cédric, Cassius in Le Petit Spirou, and Raphael in the nineteenth Pokémon film, Volcanion and the Marvelous Mechanique. She has also lent her voice to various animated shorts, such as Temps de cochon and Aglaé la pipelette.
Through her extensive work, Bruneau has been part of several recurring collaborations with French dubbing studios. Her voice became associated with young male protagonists, a specialty she demonstrated across different series and films. Her achievement lies in her versatility and longevity, successfully maintaining parallel careers as a respected on-screen actress in Belgian and French television and film while becoming a familiar and beloved voice in the world of animation for French-speaking audiences.
All Characters
- FrenchAnime overview: Animal Treasure Island
- FrenchAnime overview: Heavenly Delusion
- FrenchAnime overview: The Two Princes
- FrenchAnime overview: Yuri!!! on Ice
- FrenchAnime overview: Beyblade: Metal Fury
- FrenchAnime overview: Medabots
- FrenchAnime overview: Medalist
- FrenchAnime overview: Sentenced to Be a Hero
- FrenchAnime overview: Future Folktales 2
- FrenchAnime overview: I Parry Everything
- FrenchAnime overview: I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History
- FrenchAnime overview: Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister