Seira Ryū
Seira Ryū | |
|---|---|
劉セイラ | |
| Born | Liu Jingluo (劉婧犖) November 25, 1985 Beijing, China |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Agent | Aoni Production |
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Liu Jingluo (Chinese: 劉婧犖; pinyin: Liú Jìngluò; born November 25, 1985), known professionally as Seira Ryū (劉セイラ, Ryū Seira), is a Chinese voice actress based in Japan. She is affiliated with Aoni Production.[1]
Life and career
Liu Jingluo was born on November 25, 1985 in Beijing. In kindergarten, she developed an interest in the Japanese language through the opening and closing songs for the series Saint Seiya, through which she also developed a love for anime. When she was in sixth grade, she watched Neon Genesis Evangelion with Chinese subtitles, and was impressed by the performances of the Japanese voice actors, which led her to aspire to become a voice actress in Japan.[2]
In high school, she participated in the creation of doujin games and drama CDs, and participated in voice actress/singer-related activities under the name of "kkryu".[3] In 2006, she became a student of Beijing Foreign Studies University's Japanese language institute[4] and in 2008 graduated from the university. During her time at BFSU, she was an exchange student in Japan, studying at Aichi Bunkyo University[4] for ten months.
After graduation, she studied again at the Nippon Engineering College (NEEC) for two years. While studying, she appeared as a 7th grader in the show Dream · Dream · Party.
In an interview in 2016, Ryu said that she was influenced by the success of Romi Park in the seiyu scene, and realized that voice actors of non-Japanese heritage could have a successful career (not knowing that Park was a Zanichi Korean who was born and raised in Japan, a fact she was shocked to learn later).[4][2]
Filmography
Television animation
2012
- Kingdom as Gong's mother (ep 24)
- Code:Breaker as Boy With Superpowers
- Blast of Tempest as TV Announcer
2014
- Dragon Collection as Tarte
- Medamayaki no Kimi Itsu Tsubusu? as Chinatsu
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal as Shingo Tsukino[5]
2016
- Idol Memories as Minato Yasukawa
- Soul Buster as Lingyun (Ryō Un)
2017
- KADO - The Right Answer as Airport announcer (ep 1)
2018
- Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! as Rin Karin
- To Be Heroine as Tōichi Tōin
2023
- The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist as Megumi Otsuki
Theatrical animation
2011
- Kuiba as Manji and Yuan
- The Tibetan Dog as Tianjin
2014
- Expelled from Paradise as Administration Public Relations[6]
2023
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos as Shingo Tsukino
OVA
2013
2014
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal OVA as Shingo Tsukino
Video games
2014
2015
- Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth as Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio[7]
2016
- The King of Fighters XIV as Meitenkun[8]
- Grobda Remix as Shitsuki Reihara
2017
- Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory as Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio[7]
2018
- Food Fantasy (2018) as Sashimi, Sandwich
2019
- Samurai Shodown (2019) as Wu-Ruixiang[9]
2022
- The King of Fighters XV as Meitenkun[10]
Other
References
- ^ "Seira Ryu". Aoni Production. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Aspiring To Become A Japanese Voice Actor in Evangelion, She Achieved Her Dream By Practicing 100 Times". Asahi Shimbun. July 6, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
- ^ "10 Anime Characters Not Voiced by Japanese Voice Actors". 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Giving Voice to a Dream | April 2016 | Highlighting Japan".
- ^ "Sailor Moon Crystal Cast Adds Misa Watanabe, Daisuke Kishio, Kousuke Toriumi, More". Anime News Network. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Expelled From Paradise Film's 2nd Trailer Previews Elisa's Theme Song". Anime News Network. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Seira Ryu (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com (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 September 1, 2023.
- ^ "明天君 - THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV | PlayStation®4 | SNK". game.snk-corp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "SAMURAI SPIRITS 公式サイト | キャラクター 呉瑞香 - SNK". snk-corp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ KOF XV｜MEITENKUN｜Character Trailer #2 (4K). January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Sina Visitor System" 言和声源@kkryu_k 签售会，KK签售辛苦啦 (in Simplified Chinese). @言和PROJECT. July 14, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
External links
- Official Aoni Productions profile
- Seira Ryū at Anime News Network's encyclopedia