Rumiko Varnes

Rumiko Varnes
Born	Rumiko Varnes Los Angeles, California, United States
Other names	Rumiko Barnes
Education	University of California, Los Angeles
Alma mater	International Christian University
Occupations	Voice actress singer
Years active	1985–present
Children	1
Website	www.rumikovarnes.com

Rumiko Varnes is an American voice actress of Japanese descent and is known to speak fluent Japanese. ^[1] She is best known for her work in video games franchises such as Clock Tower , Tekken series , Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance , Tekken 5 , Chaos Break , Hard Edge , Shining Force Neo , Tekken 6 , Blaster Master: Blasting Again and Pokkén Tournament . ^[2]

Early life

Rumiko was born in Los Angeles, California and she attended University of California, Los Angeles later she majored in linguistics. ^{[1] [3]} Then she went to Japan as a foreign exchange student to study at International Christian University at Tokyo and studied linguistic psychology. ^[1]

Career

She was a student when she made her debut in The Dagger of Kamui as Chiomapp. ^[4] Rumiko also voices commercials along with radio shows in Japanese and she is associated with Funimation. ^[1]

Personal life

Rumiko lives at Los Angeles, California and Rumiko is half-Japanese also she works as a bilingual narrator. Rumiko is married and has a daughter who also did the motion capturing for Laura in Konami's popular horror video game Silent Hill 2 . ^[4]

Filmography

Anime series

List of English dubbing performances in anime series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Soar High! Isami	Isami Hanaoka		[5]
2003	Doraemon's English World	Nobita Nobi / Shizuka Minamoto / Tamako Nobi / Emily / Female Worker		[6] [7] [8] [9]
2011	Case Closed	Minerva Glass		[9]
2012	Little Charo: Tohoku-hen	Sachi
	Arashi no Yoru ni	Mii		[10]
2014	My Neighbor Seki	Singer		[11]
2019	Ultra Galaxy Fight	Ultrawoman Grigio		[12]
2020	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy	Ultrawoman Grigio / Ultraman Justice		[13] [14]
2021	Phantasy Star Online 2 Comic	Makino / Nekonomiya		[15]
2022	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad	Sora / Ultraman Justice / Ultrawoman Grigio	7 episodes
2023	Ultraman Regulos: First Mission	Sora		[16]

Animation series

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Fastening Days	Kei / Girl 1	[17] [18]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1985	The Dagger of Kamui	Chiomapp		[4]
1996	Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai	Bully Queen / Cecil Telinger / Milk / Milkypai / Patient / Pinzu Monster / Shiho Katagiri		[19]
2011	Red Riding Hood	Village lady	Credited as Rumiko Barnes
2017	Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis	Shimajiro Shimano	English version

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Clock Tower	Jennifer Simpson	PlayStation	[20]
1998	Hard Edge	Rachel Howard
1999	Countdown Vampires	Alicia S. Tiller / Automated System Voice / Female Casino Patron / Additional Voices
2000	Chaos Break	Mitsuki
	Shenmue	Others / Additional voices	Dreamcast	[21]
	Blaster Master: Blasting Again	Elfie Frudnick	PlayStation
	Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance	Trill / June Baby	PlayStation 2
	Silpheed: The Lost Planet	Ship Dispatcher / Computer voice
2001	Fatal Frame	Miku Hinasaki		[22]
	Beach Spikers	Female Volleyball Player	GameCube
2002	Bloody Roar Extreme	Shina 'Marvel' Gado
2003	Mega Man X7	Alia	PlayStation 2	[23]
	Spy Fiction	Alice Coleman / Kelly Wong
	Glass Rose	Ayako Yoshinodou / Tsuyako Sawamatsu		[24]
	Bloody Roar 4	Alice Nonomura		[25]
2004	Firefighter F.D.18	Emilie Arvin	English version
	Graffiti Kingdom	Pixel	PlayStation 2
	Michigan: Report from Hell	Paula Orton / Carrie Graham
	Taiko: Drum Master	Drum Master / Drummer / Announcer / Additional voices
	Tekken 5	Christie Monteiro / Jane		[26] [27]
2005	Shining Force Neo	Meryl		[28]
	The Rub Rabbits!	Genius Girl	Nintendo DS
	Musashi: Samurai Legend	Clochette	PlayStation 2	[29]
	Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection	Christie Monteiro	PlayStation 3
2006	Elebits	Ana / Mom	Wii
2007	Tekken 6	Christie Monteiro	Xbox 360	[30]
	Mega Man ZX Advent	Pandora	Nintendo DS	[31]
2009	Arc Rise Fantasia	Adele Nevanlinna	Wii [3]
2011	Tekken Tag Tournament 2	Christie Monteiro	Xbox 360
2013	Tekken Revolution	Christie Monteiro	PlayStation 3
2015	Pokkén Tournament	Chloe	Nintendo Switch
	BlazBlue: Central Fiction	System Voice	PlayStation 4
2017	Pokkén Tournament DX	Chloe	Wii U
2019	Last Cloudia	Dabourne / Leena	PC
2021	Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls	Enemies	macOS
2025	Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road	Antonia Felicier	PlayStation 5 [2]

References

1. "ルミコ・ヴァルネス". rumikovarnes.com. January 23, 2025.
2. "Rumiko Varnes (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
3. "Rumiko Varnes". Anime News Network. November 19, 2025.
4. "The Dagger of Kamui (movie)". Anime News Network. December 19, 2024.
5. "Soar High! Isami (TV)". Anime News Network. February 1, 2025.
6. "Voice of Nobita Nobi - Doraemon's English World | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved March 3, 2017.
7. "Voice of Shizuka Minamoto - Doraemon's English World | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved February 4, 2017.
8. "Voice of Tamako Nobi - Doraemon's English World | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved January 26, 2017.
9. "Case Closed (TV)". Anime News Network. March 28, 2025.
10. "Arashi no Yoru ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi (TV)". Anime News Network. February 10, 2025.
11. "Hear the English Version of Tonari no Seki-Kun's Opening". Anime News Network. May 22, 2024.
12. "Voice of Ultrawoman Grigio - Ultra Galaxy Fight | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved August 24, 2019.
13. "Voice of Ultrawoman Grigio - Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved April 2, 2019.
14. "Voice of Ultraman Justice - Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved September 9, 2019.
15. "Phantasy Star Online 2 Comic (ONA)". Anime News Network. April 14, 2024.
16. "New Ultraman Regulos: First Mission Special Coming in 2023". The Tokusatsu Network. July 28, 2025.
17. "Voice of Kei - Fastening Days | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved June 15, 2017.
18. "Voice of Girl 1 - Fastening Days | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved November 6, 2017.
19. "Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai (OAV)". Anime News Network. November 24, 2024.
20. "Voice of Jennifer Simpson - Clock Tower | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved June 25, 2019.
21. "Shenmue (2000 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
22. "Project Zero ending and credits Xbox". Youtube. March 31, 2021.
23. "Voice of Alia - Mega Man X7 | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved February 27, 2014.
24. "Voice of Ayako Yoshinodou - Glass Rose | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved May 10, 2012.
25. "Voice of Alice Nonomura - Bloody Roar 4 | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved December 27, 2016.
26. "Voice Compare: Tekken - Jane | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved May 5, 2018.
27. "Voice of Christie Monteiro - Tekken 5| Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved July 12, 2018.
28. "Voice of Meryl - Shining Force Neo | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved November 28, 2016.
29. "Voice of Clochette - Musashi: Samurai Legend | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved July 3, 2020.
30. "Voice of Christie Monteiro - Tekken 6 | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved October 18, 2020.
31. "Voice of Pandora - Mega Man ZX Advent | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved August 22, 2014.

External links

• Rumiko Varnes at IMDb