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Kira Tozer | |
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| Born | December 6, 1984 [1] Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Kira Tozer (born December 6, 1984) is a Canadian voice actress for cartoons, anime and video games. Her major roles include Minka Mark on Littlest Pet Shop and Kagome Higurashi in the 2012 anime, Inuyasha: The Final Act . [2] [3] She married in 2013. [4]
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source [5] |
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| 2009 | Barbie and the Three Musketeers | Viveca | [6] | |
| 2009 | Dinosaur Train | Ella Brachiosaurus | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | Sing Along with Barbie | [7] | ||
| 2010 | Guardians of the Power Masks | Annie | ||
| 2012 | Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 | Ambassador Kattrin | [6] | |
| 2009–2011 | Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 | Sage, Grace | [6] | |
| 2010–2015 | The Little Prince | Princess Feng | English dub | |
| 2012–2016 | Littlest Pet Shop | Minka Mark, Sue Patterson, Aunt Christie, Ginny Hues, Minka Mark (Young), Mathelete 2, Olive Shellstein, Tanya Twitchel, Monkey the Monkey, Monkey Fairies, Honey Bee Who Looks Like Minka, Bat Camper, Biskit Mansion Computer, Blog Caller 1, Zapper Woman, Green Songbird | [6] [8] | |
| 2012 | Maya the Bee | Miss Cassandra, Barry, Max | ||
| 2015 | Barbie in Princess Power | Mikalya | [6] | |
| 2015 | Barbie in Rock 'N Royals | Princess Olivia, Stevie | [6] | |
| 2016 | Mack & Moxy | Munch Munch, Penny | ||
| 2016 | Beat Bugs | Gina | ||
| 2016 | Nina's World | Suzy | ||
| 2017 | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Movie Magic | Chestnut Magnifico, Canter Zoom's Personal Assistant | ||
| 2017 | Chuck's Choice | Misha | ||
| 2018 | Polly Pocket | Dr. Merriweather | ||
| 2019 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Fire Flare | Episode: "The Summer Sun Setback" |
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source [5] |
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| 2012–13 | Inuyasha: The Final Act | Kagome Higurashi | English dub | [6] |
| 2020 | Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon | Kagome Higurashi | English dub | [9] [10] |
Inuyasha is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in 56 tankōbon volumes. The series begins with Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old middle school girl from modern-day Tokyo who is transported to the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine, where she meets the half-dog demon, half-human Inuyasha. After the sacred Shikon Jewel re-emerges from deep inside Kagome's body, she accidentally shatters it into dozens of fragments that scatter across Japan. Inuyasha and Kagome set to recover the Jewel's fragments, and through their quest they are joined by the lecherous monk Miroku, the demon slayer Sango, and the fox demon Shippō. Together, they journey to restore the Shikon Jewel before it falls into the hands of the evil half-demon Naraku.
Richard Ian Cox is a Welsh-born Canadian actor, comedian and online radio host. He is best known for his voice work for English language dubs of anime, mainly for Inuyasha. Cox gained prominence for playing the character of Henry Dailey's teenaged traveller and horse rider, Alec Ramsay, in The Family Channel's Adventures of the Black Stallion during the early 1990s. Cox also gained fame for voicing Ian Kelley, the title character in the animated series Being Ian and for voicing Scattershot, one of the Autobots in the CGI-Animated series Transformers: Cybertron. In 2015, he provided the voice of Lofty in the American dubbed version of the 2015 reboot of the British children's animated television series Bob the Builder taking over from both Sonya Leite and Emma Tate. He had a prominent live action role alongside Robin Williams in the 2006 comedy RV. He maintains an active online presence on Tumblr and Twitter as well as Facebook. He hosts his own podcast called The Show.
Inuyasha is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the manga series of the same name, created by Rumiko Takahashi. He is a half-demon, half-human from the Sengoku period of Japan. Inuyasha also appears in the anime-only sequel, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.
Kaoru Wada is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series, including Inuyasha, D.Gray-man, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Samurai 7 and, more recently, Tesla Note.
Willow Johnson is a Canadian actress, voice actress and singer who has worked in Vancouver, voicing characters in English language versions of anime and cartoons. She is best known for voicing Kasumi Tendo in the Ranma ½ series, Lalah Sune in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, Kikyo in the Inuyasha series, and Starlight in the My Little Pony Tales series. Her first role in animation was when she was 12 years old in a Canadian show called Camp Candy. She is married to musician Ken LaTour and has one child.
Kirby Morrow was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. In animation, he was known as the voice of Miroku from InuYasha, its four movies, and Inuyasha: The Final Act, Van Fanel from the Ocean dub of Escaflowne, Cyclops from X-Men: Evolution, Jay from Class of the Titans, Teru Mikami from Death Note, Trowa Barton from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Ryo Takatsuki from Project ARMS, Goku from Ocean's dub of Dragon Ball Z, Hot Shot from Transformers: Cybertron and his main role as Cole from LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. On camera, he was known for the recurring role of Captain Dave Kleinman from Stargate Atlantis.
Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask, known in Japan as Inuyasha: The Cursed Mask, is a role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2 based on the manga and anime series Inuyasha. The player is able to choose to play as a female named Kaname Kururugi or as a male named Michiru Kururugi. Regardless of the chosen gender, the character is referred to using the last name Kururugi. However, in the North American release, the character is referred to using his/her first name.
Moneca Stori is a Canadian former voice actress known mostly for her role as the original voice of Kagome Higurashi in the English version of Inuyasha, as well as her lead role of Laura Haruna from the long running Hamtaro series. She began her career performing for thousands of children in theater for young audience productions and was also seen in the Vancouver TheatreSports' Jessie Award-winning production of Free Willy Shakespeare. Stori is currently retired as an actress.
Samuel Vincent Khouth is a Canadian voice actor working for Ocean Productions. He is best known for his roles as Krypto in Krypto the Superdog, Edd "Double D" in Ed, Edd n Eddy, Lloyd Garmadon in Ninjago, Jerry Mouse in Tom and Jerry Tales, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Tweety in Baby Looney Tunes, and Jordan C. Wilde in Ōban Star-Racers. He is also known for portraying Dr. Maurice in the 2005 sitcom, Hot Properties.
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and is known for her roles as Near in Death Note, Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman in Cybersix, and Spike in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Ian James Corlett is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon. One of his best-known animation roles was the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z in 1996–1997, and the voice of Cheetor in Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines: Transformers.
Pauline Newstone is a Canadian voice actress best known as the voice of Airazor in the computer animated series Beast Wars and as Frieza in the English Ocean and Westwood dubs of Dragon Ball Z.
Kira Buckland is an American voice actress who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime, cartoons, and video games. Some of her major roles are Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, 2B in Nier: Automata, Reimi Sugimoto in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Trucy Wright in the Ace Attorney series, Hiyoko Saionji and Kirumi Tojo in the Danganronpa series, Rebecca Bluegarden in Edens Zero, Celine and Elise Schwarzer in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, Talim in Soulcalibur VI, Beatrice in Re:Zero, Heart Aino from Arcana Heart series in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Falke in Street Fighter V, Edna in Tales of Zestiria, Mary Saotome in Kakegurui, Yung in Godzilla Singular Point, Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld in The Asterisk War, and Kuki Shinobu in Genshin Impact.
The episodes of the Japanese anime series Inuyasha: The Final Act are based on the last twenty-one volumes of the Inuyasha manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, continuing where the first adaptation left off. The series follows the half dog-demon, half human named Inuyasha, the fifteen-year-old junior high school student Kagome Higurashi and their close companions Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara as they search for the last fragments of the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls and approach their final battle with Naraku. Viz Media licensed the series as InuYasha: The Final Act. The original staff and cast from the first Inuyasha anime adaptation were brought back together for the new series. The series premiered on Yomiuri TV on October 3, 2009, where it ran for twenty-six episodes, concluding on March 29, 2010. It is the first series to be produced and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen.
"Change the World" is a song by Japanese boy band V6. It was released on October 25, 2000 through Avex Trax, as the band's seventeenth single. The song was used as the first opening theme for the anime series InuYasha. The single peaked at number 3 on the Oricon singles chart and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks. An English version of the song was covered by Inuyasha's voice actor in the Italian dub of the series, Massimiliano Alto, and it was used as the opening theme song when InuYasha aired in Italy.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is a Japanese anime television series produced and animated by Sunrise. It is a sequel to the Inuyasha anime series, which itself is based on the original manga series of the same title by Rumiko Takahashi. It follows the adventures of Towa Higurashi and Setsuna, Sesshomaru and Rin's fraternal twin daughters, and Moroha, Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi's daughter. The series' first season aired from October 2020 to March 2021; a second season aired from October 2021 to March 2022. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Takashi Shiina, started in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday S in September 2021.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is a Japanese anime television series and the sequel to Inuyasha, produced by Sunrise. It was first announced in May 2020 and was directed by Teruo Sato with main character designs by Inuyasha original creator Rumiko Takahashi. Most of the main cast and staff have returned, with Katsuyuki Sumisawa in charge of the scripts, Yoshihito Hishinuma in charge of the anime character designs and Kaoru Wada composing the music. The sequel series is set after Inuyasha and his allies destroyed Naraku and the Shikon Jewel. The trio of family daughters began their journey keeping all Rainbow Pearls from villainous siblings. It aired from October 3, 2020 to March 20, 2021 on both Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV. The opening theme "New Era" is performed by the male idol group SixTONES, while the ending theme "Break" is performed by Uru. The second opening theme "Burn" is performed by NEWS, while the second ending theme "Kesshō" is performed by Ryokuōshoku Shakai.
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