Kira Buckland is an American voice actress known for her extensive work in English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Born on July 16, 1987, in Anchorage, Alaska, she developed an early interest in Japanese culture and voice acting. While a student at West High School, she served as president of the anime club and co-founded Senshi-Con, the first anime convention in Alaska. She later graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a degree in Japanese.

Buckland began her voice acting career in 2004, working on various independent projects including radio dramas, Newgrounds flash animations, and video games under the online pseudonym Rina-chan. Her early work helped establish her within the online voice acting community. In 2007, she won the AX Idol voice acting competition at Anime Expo, a significant achievement that helped launch her professional career. She relocated to Southern California in 2011 to pursue voice acting full-time, working various jobs while training professionally.

Buckland has become a prominent figure in the anime dubbing industry, voicing a wide array of characters across numerous popular series. Among her most notable and personally significant roles is Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, a character she had long aspired to play. She also voices Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Beatrice in the Re:Zero franchise, and Rebecca Bluegarden in Edens Zero. Her other extensive anime credits include Mary Saotome in Kakegurui, Setsuna in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Sophia Ascart in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Ameri Azazel in Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun, and Yuri Jahad in Tower of God. She has also taken on roles in films such as A Silent Voice, where she voiced Naoka Ueno, and I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, as Kyoko.

Beyond anime, Buckland is equally renowned for her prolific work in video games. She is the voice of 2B in the critically acclaimed Nier: Automata, a role that brought her international recognition. She has also voiced Kuki Shinobu in Genshin Impact, Trucy Wright in the Ace Attorney series, Hiyoko Saionji and Kirumi Tojo in the Danganronpa series, Celine and Elise Schwarzer in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, and Falke in Street Fighter V. Her versatility extends to characters in Soulcalibur VI as Talim and 2B, and numerous roles in franchises like Fire Emblem and BlazBlue.

Throughout her career, Buckland has frequently collaborated with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a major dubbing studio. She is also a founder and admin of the Voice Acting Club, an online community created to provide resources and support for aspiring voice actors. Her contributions to the industry have made her a frequent guest at anime and comic book conventions. In her personal time, she is known to be a cat enthusiast and owns a 1983 DeLorean.