Jenny Yokobori

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Jenny Yokobori
Born
Jennifer N Yokobori

(1997-02-11) February 11, 1997 (age 27) [1] [2] [3]
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2013–present

Jenny Yokobori (born February 11, 1997) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Yoimiya in Genshin Impact [4] and Kuromi in Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures .

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Career

In 2018, Yokobori began her voice acting career when she voiced the character known as Elice in the online video game Fire Emblem Heroes .

Yokobori provided the US voice of Dashi in the children's animated series Octonauts , which premiered on Netflix in 2020.

In 2021, Yokobori provided the English voice of Yoimiya in the video game Genshin Impact . [5] The same year, she replaced Tress MacNeille as the voice of Kumiko in The Simpsons , starting with the thirty-second season in response to the George Floyd protests and Harry Shearer being recast as the voice of Dr. Hibbert. [6] [7] She is currently the youngest voice actor in the main voice cast and the only one born after the series started airing in 1989.

Filmography

Film and TV

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Sterling SilverYoung Sterling's Classmate
2016All InPartier
Vinyasa FlowYoga Student
2017Campus CatwalkNina Takahashi
2020Tamayomi: The Baseball GirlsNakayama (voice)
Central Park Japanese Girl (voice)Episode: "Rival Busker"
Pokémon Horace (voice)English dub
Episode: "Celebi: A Timeless Promise"
Octonauts and the Caves of Sac ActunDashiUS dub
Baby AuroraEnglish dub
The School Nurse Files Radi, Gweong-HwaEnglish dub
Octonauts and the Great Barrier ReefDashi (voice)
Akudama Drive Execution Division PupilEnglish dub
Sweet Home Additional voices (voice)English dub
Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute AdventuresKuromi, Cinnamoroll
Droners Mina / Mawu / Lion Lilly / Chameleon Crab / Piranicus (voice)
2020–present Rainbow High Jade Hunter (voice)Main role; seasons 1-2
Ainsley Slater (voice)seasons 1-2
2021 Edens Zero Xiaomei (voice)English dub
Seal Team Geraldo's Watch, Additional voices (voice)
2021–present The Simpsons Kumiko Albertson (voice)Succeeding Tress MacNeille
2022 Blue Period Umino (voice)English dub [8]
Odd Taxi Shiho Ichimura (voice)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical Laser Baby (voice)Episode: "Laser Baby's Day Out"
Spriggan Yoshino Somei (voice)English dub [9]
Romantic Killer Saki (voice)English dub [10]
2024 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid Rio Futaba (voice)Film; English dub [11]
The Grimm Variations Scarlet (voice)ONA; English dub, Episode 2: Little Red Riding Hood

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Smite "Jenny" XJ-9 Wakeman, other characters
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Elice, Eleonora Yumizuru [12]
2020 XCOM: Chimera Squad Terminal [12]
Ghost of Tsushima Additional Voices
Wasteland 3 Lt. Connie Zeng
NBA 2K21 Lower Bowl crowd
Demon's Souls The Phalanx
2021 Genshin Impact Yoimiya [5]
Mary Skelter FinaleGallows [13]
2022 Relayer Venus [14]
Ghostwire: Tokyo Erika, Koomote, Girl A, Boy A [15]
Paladins Kasumi
Goddess of Victory: Nikke Diesel, Maiden [16]
2023 Honkai: Star Rail Xueyi [17]
Street Fighter 6 Yua [5]
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Martina Electro [5]
Neptunia: Sisters vs SistersAnri [5]
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Nier [18]
Arknights Projekt Red, Deepcolor [19] [20]
Fortnite Evie [21]
Cookie Run: Kingdom Black Lemonade Cookie-
Omega Strikers Finii [22] [22] [23]
Rune Factory 3 Special Marian [5]
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless Additional voices [24]

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2021 Death Battle Ryūko Matoi Episode 141: "Shadow VS Ryūko"
Pokémon Evolutions MikiEpisode 7: "The Show" [5]

Writer/Director

YearProjectRole
2020 Rainbow High Director
Gods SchoolWriter

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    Thanks to @FortniteGame, @EpicGames, and @thejbblanc for having me!
    See you out there ✌🏻#FortniteChapter4Season2 #FortniteMEGA #Fortnite #FortniteChapter4"
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