Jenya

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Jenya
ジェーニャ
Jenya shinjuku.jpg
Born
Yevgeniya Davidyuk (Russian:Евгения Давидюк)

(1981-03-22) March 22, 1981 (age 43)
Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other namesItsuki Akiba (秋葉いつき)
Alma mater Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
  • radio personality
Years active2009–present
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse
unknown
​
(m. 2016)​
Children1
Musical career
InstrumentVocals
Years active2002–present

Yevgeniya Ivanovna Davidyuk (Russian:Евгения Ивановна Давидюк, born March 22, 1981), [1] known professionally as Jenya (Japanese: ジェーニャ, Hepburn: Jēnya), is a Russian voice actress, singer, and radio personality based in Japan. [2]

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Early life

Yevgeniya Davidyuk was born at Novosibirsk, Soviet Union on March 22, 1981, and spent most of her childhood at Gorky. [3] [4] Her father was a military officer who taught his subordinates the ideologies of the Communist Party. She has a younger brother. [5] At the age of eight, her family moved to Czechoslovakia for a five-year stay due to her father's work, but they returned to the Soviet Union a year later and lived in Kaliningrad for almost two years before moving back to Novosibirsk. [6] [5] At the age of 16, she became interested in voice acting after watching the Japanese animated series Sailor Moon in 1997, which she described as the "anime that changed my life". She majored in information technology at Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management in 1998. While studying, she frequently visited the Siberia-Hokkaido Cultural Center where she founded an anime club and learned Japanese. [5] She moved to Japan in 2005, where she worked part-time in Akihabara. [4]

Career

Jenya created an anime fan website (kawaii.otaku.ru) [5] in 2000, where she posted anime songs she performed in Japanese. [7] She became known as "the Russian anime singer who sings in Japanese" in 2002 and was invited by the Japanese broadcast channel Mondo2 (now Mondo TV) to appear on a show. She arrived in Tokyo for the first time with her father for a week to be filmed. [8] [7] In 2007, she was hired as a Russian language coach for anime productions, [8] including Black Lagoon . [9] She made her voice acting debut as an operator at NERV's Bethany Base in the 2009 anime film Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance . [7]

In 2013, Jenya was a finalist for CanCam 's model audition. [10] In 2014, she returned to Russia to host and sing in a Game Symphony Japan concert, where an orchestra performs music from games and anime, after an invitation from conductor Kenichi Shimura. [7] She performed again with the orchestra in Tokyo in July 2016, [11] in Russia in April 2018, [7] and in Yokohama in November. [12]

In 2015, she was announced as the voice of Klara, an original character specifically created by director Tsutomu Mizushima for her, [7] in Girls und Panzer der Film . [13] She met Mizushima after the production team found her tweet stating her lack of role in Girls und Panzer despite the appearance of Russian-based characters in the series. [8]

Jenya is currently a freelancer. She previously worked under Media Force  [ ja ] (September 2008–September 2010), [14] [15] 81 Produce (November 2010–May 2014), [16] [17] K Hive (March 2015–2018), [18] Wave Master  [ ja ] (July 2018–October 2020), [19] [20] and New Gate Tokyo (January 2021–July 2022). [21] [22]

Personal life

Jenya passed the N1 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test and scored 935 points on the TOEIC. [3] In 2016, Jenya announced on her blog that she had married and was pregnant. [23] On March 20, 2017, she gave birth to a girl. [24]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNote
2007TV Champion 2Herself TV Tokyo Variety show; finalist in "King of Foreign Otaku" segment [25]
2009 Cheburashka Arere? Rariska TV Tokyo Voice in anime
2014 Mysterious Joker Lady Doubt Kids Station Voice in anime; second season [3]
2015Fūfu JapanHerself Fuji TV Regular [3]
2015Nandemo World Ranking Nepu & Imoto no Sekai BantsukiHerself NTV Variety show regular [3]
2015 World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman Elena Arshavina TV Tokyo Voice in anime (Russian dialect only)
2016 Yuri on Ice Woman D TV Asahi Voice in anime; Russian language supervisor [3]
2017Russia-go Suki?Herself NHK E-TV Regular [3]
2017 Hina Logi: from Luck & Logic Additional voices Tokyo MX Voice in anime; Russian language supervisor [3]
2022 Akiba Maid War Zoya Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, SUN Voice in anime [26]
TBA Magical Girl Raising Project Restart Nonako MiyokataTBAVoice in anime [27]

Anime films

List of voice performances in anime films
YearTitleRoleRef.
2009 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance NERV's Bethany Base operator [7]
2015 Girls und Panzer der Film Klara [13]
2017 Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 [28]
2021 Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Kud Wafter TASA spokesperson [3]
2012 Time Travelers Female friend of Mikoto, Yulia [3]
2015 Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Desna [29]
2022 Girls' Frontline AK74M [30]

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  4. 1 2 Davidyuk, Yevgeniya (December 25, 2021). ソ連は「進撃の巨人」の壁内 声優ジェーニャさんが見た崩壊「前夜」 [The Soviet Union is within the walls of Attack on Titan and the "eve" of the collapse as seen by voice actress Jenya] (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Kazuhiro Sekine. The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
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  30. ↑ ドールズフロントライン公式 [@GirlsFrontline] (September 8, 2022). 【CV実装予告】下記の戦術人形に、 豪華声優陣による魅力的なボイスを「9月9日(金)メンテナンス後」より実装いたします。AK74M:ジェーニャ 動画も用意しましたので是非お聞きください！▼高画質版はYouTubeにて https://youtu.be/HBbQ6szf6dU #ドルフロ #声優 [[CV implementation notice] The following tactical dolls will be equipped with attractive voices by a splendid voice cast from "September 9 (Friday) After Maintenance". AK74M: Jenya We've even prepared a video for you to listen to! ▼High-quality version on YouTube https://youtu.be/HBbQ6szf6dU #Dolflo #Seiyū] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022– via Twitter.
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