Voice Actor Report: Rie Kugimiya 釘宮 理恵

Voice Actor Rie Kugimiya is known best for her "tsundere" roles.

Rie Kugimiya is always the first voice actor that comes to my mind when I think of tsundere characters.

If you don't know what tsundere is, it is basically type of a person who is not very honest with her feelings and usually say the opposite of what she (or he ew) tries to express.

She tends to play roles of young boys, girls and tsundere characters.

The roles she is most famous for is

Louis from Zero no Tsukaima

Shana from Shakugan no Shana

Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku!(this is from the third season and drawing looks different every season because the anime company kept on changing)

Taiga from Toradora

 Aria from Hidan no Aria

so until here is some of her tsundere characters but these are most popular ones I know.
From here its some of different characters she played and I would've never guessed.

Hasta from Haiyore Nyaruko san (this is a fucking dude by the way)

Rise from Persona 4

and finally

Alphonse from FMA series which I never realized.

She didn't play a ridiculous amount of roles but 90 percent of her major roles were so popular.

But since so many of the series has ended, she hasn't been able to come out with another spectacular role lately. I really hope she comes out with another great role that will please the fans.

Personal life story/News

As great and successful of a voice actor she is, she did have lots of trouble and stress to get through where she is currently standing.

She wanted to be voice actor since high school but her parents weren't happy about that. Her house was so strict on animes and manga so she wasn't even able to tell her father that she wanted to be a voice actor. Later her father found out and got into a big fight that caused a very cold situation between the two. Rie didn't give up, and moved to Tokyo(she is not from Tokyo) but the expensive shit in Tokyo as well as the fact that she got sick often was a big trouble she had to get through.
They say the extremely skinny body she currently has is from these debut years.

In the 2000s she gets her regular role and got quite an attention as a debut rookie.
(later her father became a huge supporter of Rie Kugimiya to the point where he starts giving advices)

News

Rie Kugimiya has one of the most maniac fans, nicknamed as "kugimiya virus"

When she visited Taiwan for a fan meeting, it was reported there were fans like zombies infected by the "kugimiya virus" collapsing to the floor.

something like that maybe. (second thought, nothing like this, much more creepy im guessing)

She recently turned 34, unmarried and no kids, That has been her worries lately, after all, everyone has a life and it is her thing to decide.

I personally think she has done a great job in her career as a voice actor and I believe there is more to come to stagger us fans.

Thanks so much for reading, and more stuff to come.