Kimlinh Tran

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Kimlinh Tran
Born (1989-12-12) December 12, 1989 (age 34)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesHnilmik, Kimlinh P. Tran
OccupationVoice actor
Years active2008–present

Kimlinh Tran (born December 12, [1] 1989), [2] also known by the online pseudonym Hnilmik, is an American voice actor from California. She [lower-alpha 1] has done voice work for various anime and video games, as well as several online anime parody fandubs, most notably as Chi-Chi in TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

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Career

Tran is best known for her voice acting work on various video games, especially for her role of Fidget from Dust: An Elysian Tail and Ms. Fortune from Skullgirls . She has recorded voices for video game developers such as Winter Wolves (Always Remember Me, Loren The Amazon Princess) and Wadjet Eye Games (Gemini Rue). She also voiced over 200 Internet projects. [3]

Personal life

Tran identifies as asexual and non-binary (specifically demigirl), [4] [5] and uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. [5] She is of Vietnamese descent. [4]

Filmography

Animation

Video games

Crew member

Notes

  1. Tran uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for clarity and consistency.

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  5. 1 2 Tran, Kimlinh [@KimlinhTran] (October 23, 2022). "I am nonbinary. My brain gives me the happy chemicals whenever people get mildly confused or are at a loss on how to address me. Even being called "him/he" is fine because of this, though my pronouns are she/her/they/them. Demigirl: 3/4ths lady, 1/4th "whatever"" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022 via Twitter.
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