Brina Palencia

Brina Michelle Palencia (born February 13, 1984 in Oklahoma, USA) is an American voice actress, singer and ADR director who works for FUNimation Entertainment/OkraTron 5000 and occasionally Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

She's known for voicing Chiaotzu and Puar in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Hideyoshi Kinoshita in Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts, Juvia Lockser in Fairy Tail, Mikoto Suō in School Rumble, Natsuki Shinohara in Summer Wars, Rei Ayanami in the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Ruiko Saten in A Certain Scientific Railgun, Tamama in Sgt. Frog, Vi Graythorn in Case Closed and Touka Kirishima in Tokyo Ghoul.

Biography
Palencia was born and raised in Oklahoma. As a child, Palencia lived in Honduras until she was 4. Throughout her childhood she went back and forth between La Ceiba, Honduras and Owasso, Oklahoma. Her brother, Gino Palencia, works at Funimation as an ADR engineer and production assistant.

Palencia eventually settled in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from Weatherford High School in 2002. While studying at the University of North Texas (UNT), she was influenced by the anime series, Dragon Ball Z. After graduating from UNT with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2006, she began her career as a voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment. Palencia was also a director, but eventually decided to become a full-time actress.

Apart from her adult female voices, Palencia has been cast in younger male and female roles as well. She was formerly one of the hosts of GameStop TV and was seen in several independent films such as The Ladies of the House and Lumberjack Man. In 2014, she had a starring role as Roman's younger sister Sophia in The CW's science fiction romantic drama Star-Crossed.

Anime

 * Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Georgie Herbert Walker Prescott III (Tōru Kazama), Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995) - Nurse (ep. 73) (Blu-Ray Remaster)
 * B't X (1996) - Young Teppei Takamiya, Annie (Original Dub)
 * Case Closed (1996-present) - Additional Voices
 * Initial D: First Stage (1998) - Natsuki Mogi (FUNimation Dub)
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Tony Tony Chopper, Roronoa Zoro (young), Chocolat, Carmen, Rongo (FUNimation Dub)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Nina Tucker
 * Burst Angel (2004) - Additional Voices
 * Samurai 7 (2004) - Uma, Additional Voices
 * Basilisk (2005) - Young Gyobu, Additional Voices
 * Black Cat (2005-2006) - Eve, Tearju Lunatique
 * Hell Girl (2005-2006) - Ai Enma
 * Mushi-Shi (2005-2006) - Biky (ep. 2), Shige (ep. 23) , Additional Voices
 * Solty Rei (2005-2006) - Meryl Tyler (eps. 4, 24), Girl (ep. 5) , Chinese Girl (ep. 25) , Additional Voices
 * Speed Grapher (2005) - Kikukawa
 * Trinity Blood (2005) - Elisa Wasmayer
 * Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006-2007) - Yuka Izumi, Young Natsu Tanimoto, Hibiki (eps. 38-39)
 * Ouran High School Host Club (2006) - Shirō Takaoji
 * xxxHOLiC (2006) - Moro-dashi, Zashiki Warashi, Additional Voices
 * Black Butler (2008-2009) - Ciel Phantomhive, Rachel Phantomhive
 * Rosario + Vampire (2008) - Kurumu Kurono
 * Rosario + Vampire Capu2 (2008) - Kurumu Kurono
 * Soul Eater (2008-2009) - Yumi Azusa
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009-2011) - Chiaotzu, Puar, Additional Voices
 * Fairy Tail (2009-present) - Juvia Loxar
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2011) - Nina Tucker
 * The Sacred Blacksmith (2009) - Elsa
 * Black Butler II (2010) - Ciel Phantomhive
 * Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010) - Akane Sasanuma (ep. 1), Anna (eps. 4 & 12) , Additional Voices
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) - Cowper (ep. 3B), Mika (ep5B) , Additional Voices
 * The Future Diary (2011-2012) - Yuno Gasai
 * Kamisama Kiss (2012-2015) - Additional Voices
 * Lupin the 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - Louise (ep. 3)
 * Robotics;Notes (2012-2013) - Nae Tennōji, Yoshiro (ep. 12)
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters (2014-2015) - Chiaotzu, Puar
 * Dragon Ball Super (2015-2018) - Chiaotzu, Puar, Arale Norimaki (eps. 43 & 69), Professor's Wife (ep. 43) , Party Girl (ep. 68) , Gatchans 1 & 2 (ep. 69) , Lingerie Clerk (ep. 71) , Grandmother (ep. 72) , Barry's Groupie (ep. 73) (FUNimation Dub)
 * Durarara!!x2 (2015-2016) - Varona, Max Female Assistant (eps. 1, 18), News Anchor (ep. 1) , Shop Clerk (ep. 5) , Girl (ep. 15) , Boy B (ep. 18) , Store Clerk (ep. 26)
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015) - Additional Voices
 * Yamada-kun & the Seven Witches (2015) - Additional Voices
 * My Hero Academia (2016-present) - Minoru Mineta, Additional Voices
 * Orange (2016) - Additional Voices
 * Black Clover (2017-present) - Kahono
 * Pop Team Epic (2018) - Pipimi (ep. 2a)

OVAs & Specials

 * One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace's Death! Luffy's Pledge to His Friends (2014) - Tony Tony Chopper
 * One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia (2015) - Tony Tony Chopper
 * One Piece: Episode of Sabo (2015) - Tony Tony Chopper
 * One Piece: Episode of East Blue (2017) - Roronoa Zoro (young)

Anime Films

 * Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) - Puar (FUNimation Dub)
 * Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) - Rei Ayanami
 * One Piece: The Desert Princess & the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta (2007) - Tony Tony Chopper, Additional Voices
 * Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - Rei Ayanami
 * One Piece: Strong World (2009) - Tony Tony Chopper
 * Summer Wars (2009) - Natsuki Shinohara
 * Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo (2012) - Rei Ayanami
 * One Piece Film: Z (2012) - Tony Tony Chopper
 * Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) - Puar, Chiaotzu
 * Appleseed Alpha (2014) - Iris, Hitomi
 * One Piece Film: Gold (2016) - Tony Tony Chopper
 * Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017) - Ciel Phantomhive
 * Napping Princess (2017) - Kokone/Ancien
 * Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) - Young Broly, BA
 * One Piece: Stampede (2019) - Tony Tony Chopper

Voice Direction

 * xxxHOLiC

Music

 * Dragon Ball GT (Vocals; Blue Velvet)
 * One Piece (Vocals; Memories - Closing 1 / Vocals; Bon Voyage - Opening 4)

Musical Direction

 * Dragon Ball Z Kai