Mari Kirimura
Description
Mari Kirimura is a female voice actress born on June 26 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She is currently affiliated with the talent agency futurum LLC. Until 2010, she worked under the name Kishiwada Mari. She has also used the alias Waou Kirika for her work in adult content.
Kirimura began her entertainment career in 2006 as a member of the idol voice actor unit Koetama, which remained active until 2008. Before joining futurum LLC, she was affiliated with the agency Gadget Link until the end of July 2015.
Kirimura is best known for her role as Shinobu Kawanishi in the Girls und Panzer franchise. Shinobu Kawanishi is the driver of the Type 89 I-Go for Team Duck (Ahirusan Team) at Ooarai Girls Academy, and her position on the volleyball team is attacker. Kirimura has voiced this character across numerous installments of the series, including the original television series, the 2015 theatrical film Girls und Panzer der Film, all four parts of Girls und Panzer das Finale released between 2017 and 2023, and various original video animations. She also reprised the role for the 2018 PlayStation 4 game Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match and its 2019 Nintendo Switch port, Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match DX.
Beyond Girls und Panzer, Kirimura has built an extensive portfolio across anime, games, and dubbing. Her other anime voice roles include Haruka's mother in the 2008 series CLANNAD ~After Story~, Risa in the 2012 web anime Busou Shinki: Initium, and Kris's mother in the 2025 television anime Grisaia: Phantom Trigger.
Her work in video games is particularly prolific. She voiced the character Shizuka Gozen in the 2013 online game Kemonomichi. In 2016, she played Kazumi Tachibana in Hinata no Ama and Monika Constin and Marco Ruka in Valiant Knights. Subsequent game credits include Marduk in the 2018 title Destiny Child, Shinju Aoyumi in the 2019 romance visual novel Aikiss and its 2021 sequel Aikiss 2, and Natori and Z2 in the 2019 naval strategy game Super Dimensional Navy D. In 2020, she voiced Satsuki in Criminal Girls X. More recent roles include Celesia in the 2023 game Mist Sequence and Milla in the 2024 edition of the same title, as well as St. Honoré Cookie in the 2024 mobile game Cookie Run: Kingdom.
Kirimura has also worked extensively in dubbing for foreign television series. Her credits in this field include Alex Fisher on the 2008 series The Women, a role on CSI: Miami in 2010, and a role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2011. She also voiced Yogi in the 2011 animated film Vicky the Viking. In the field of audio dramas, she has performed in drama CDs for the Girls und Panzer franchise, as well as for the series Symphonic Gear Hibiki. Her narration work includes television commercials for the game Kemonomichi.
Kirimura began her entertainment career in 2006 as a member of the idol voice actor unit Koetama, which remained active until 2008. Before joining futurum LLC, she was affiliated with the agency Gadget Link until the end of July 2015.
Kirimura is best known for her role as Shinobu Kawanishi in the Girls und Panzer franchise. Shinobu Kawanishi is the driver of the Type 89 I-Go for Team Duck (Ahirusan Team) at Ooarai Girls Academy, and her position on the volleyball team is attacker. Kirimura has voiced this character across numerous installments of the series, including the original television series, the 2015 theatrical film Girls und Panzer der Film, all four parts of Girls und Panzer das Finale released between 2017 and 2023, and various original video animations. She also reprised the role for the 2018 PlayStation 4 game Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match and its 2019 Nintendo Switch port, Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match DX.
Beyond Girls und Panzer, Kirimura has built an extensive portfolio across anime, games, and dubbing. Her other anime voice roles include Haruka's mother in the 2008 series CLANNAD ~After Story~, Risa in the 2012 web anime Busou Shinki: Initium, and Kris's mother in the 2025 television anime Grisaia: Phantom Trigger.
Her work in video games is particularly prolific. She voiced the character Shizuka Gozen in the 2013 online game Kemonomichi. In 2016, she played Kazumi Tachibana in Hinata no Ama and Monika Constin and Marco Ruka in Valiant Knights. Subsequent game credits include Marduk in the 2018 title Destiny Child, Shinju Aoyumi in the 2019 romance visual novel Aikiss and its 2021 sequel Aikiss 2, and Natori and Z2 in the 2019 naval strategy game Super Dimensional Navy D. In 2020, she voiced Satsuki in Criminal Girls X. More recent roles include Celesia in the 2023 game Mist Sequence and Milla in the 2024 edition of the same title, as well as St. Honoré Cookie in the 2024 mobile game Cookie Run: Kingdom.
Kirimura has also worked extensively in dubbing for foreign television series. Her credits in this field include Alex Fisher on the 2008 series The Women, a role on CSI: Miami in 2010, and a role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2011. She also voiced Yogi in the 2011 animated film Vicky the Viking. In the field of audio dramas, she has performed in drama CDs for the Girls und Panzer franchise, as well as for the series Symphonic Gear Hibiki. Her narration work includes television commercials for the game Kemonomichi.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Girls und Panzer