Jenny Yokobori
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Born | [1][2][3] | February 11, 1997
Occupation | Voice actress |
Years active | 2013–present |
Jenny Yokobori (born February 11, 1997) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing Kumiko Albertson in The Simpsons[4] and Kuromi for Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures.
Career[]
In 2014, Yokobori made began her voice acting career when she voiced the character known as the Lady of the Sea Discordia in the online video game Smite.
Yokobori provided the US voice of Dashi in the children's animated series Octonauts, which aired on Netflix in 2020.
In 2020, Yokobori provided the English voice of Yoimiya in the video game Genshin Impact.[citation needed] The same year, she replaced Tress MacNeille as the voice of Kumiko in The Simpsons, starting with the thirty-second season in response to the George Floyd protests and Harry Shearer being recast as the voice of Dr. Hibbert.[5][6]
Filmography[]
Film and TV[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Sterling Silver | Young Sterling's Classmate | |
2016 | All In | Partier | |
Vinyasa Flow | Yoga Student | ||
2017 | Campus Catwalk | Nina Takahashi | |
2019 | The Stranded | Jan (voice) | |
2020 | Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls | Nakayama (voice) | |
Central Park | Japanese Girl (voice) | Episode: "Rival Busker" | |
Pokémon | Horace (voice) | English dub Episode: "Celebi: A Timeless Promise" | |
Octonauts and the Caves of Sac Acturn | Dashi | US dub | |
Baby | Aurora | English dub | |
The School Nurse Files | Radi, Gweong-Hwa | English dub | |
Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef | Dashi (voice) | ||
Rainbow High | Jade Hunter/Ainsley (voice) | ||
Akudama Drive | Execution Division Pupil | English dub | |
Sweet Home | Additional voices (voice) | ||
Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures | Kuromi | ||
2021 | Edens Zero | Xiaomei[7] | English dub |
2021–present | The Simpsons | Kumiko Albertson | Succeeding Tress MacNeille |
2022 | Blue Period | Umino | English dub[8] |
Odd Taxi | Shiho Ichimura | English dub[9] | |
The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Laser Baby | Episode: "Laser Baby's Day Out" |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | XCOM: Chimera Squad | Terminal | |
2020 | Fire Emblem Heroes | Eleonora Yumizuru, Elice | [10] |
2020 | Ghost of Tsushima | Additional Voices | |
2020 | Wasteland 3 | Lt. Connie Zeng | |
2020 | NBA 2K21 | Lower Bowl crowd | |
2020 | Demon's Souls | The Phalanx | |
2021 | Genshin Impact | Yoimiya | [11] |
2021 | Mary Skelter Finale | Gallows | [12] |
Writer/Director[]
Year | Project | Role |
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2020 | Rainbow High | Director |
Gods School | Writer |
References[]
- ^ N, Gabe (Aka ProjectPikachu1) [@Projectkylo] (January 14, 2020). "When is your birthday?" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@Jenny Yokobori] (January 14, 2020). Yokobori/status/1217294404941008897 "It's February 11! ♒" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
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value (help) - ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (January 18, 2015). "I'm turning eighteen in 24 days and I have no idea how to birthday" (Tweet). Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Schwarz, John (March 1, 2021). "Tress MacNeille Steps Down As The Voice Of Comic Book Guy's Wife "Kumiko Albertson"". www.bubbleblabber.com. Bubble Blabber. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Porter, Rick (February 22, 2021). "'The Simpsons': Harry Shearer to Stop Voicing Black Character". www.thehollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 11 Review: The Dad Feelings-Limited". www.japanfm.fr. JapanFM. January 4, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ @JennyYokobori (August 26, 2021). "Hello there ~ My name is Xiaomei; you'll find out who I am eventually. Happy to announce that I voice Xiaomei in the English dub of "Edens Zero" now on Netflix! Thank you to @mummynyan, @BangZoom, and @brookchalmersvo for having me" (Tweet). Retrieved August 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Blue Period (2022)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 28, 2022. 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ @JennyYokobori (February 14, 2022). "The #ODDTAXI dub is finally here! I'm honored to voice Shiho Ichimura ✨ this show is truly something special and I'm so happy to be a part of it. Thank you so much to @BillMillsap, @mummynyan, @BangZoom, and @Crunchyroll!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (January 14, 2020). "Well, well, well! Look how just got announced! Starting January 19, you can now hear me as #Eleonora in #FireEmblemHeroes ! Eleonora is from #TokyoMirageSessions , which is coming soon to the Nintendo Switch. I voice her in Fire Emblem Heroes and can't wait for you to summon her!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Jenny Yokobori (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 5, 2021. 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Yokobori, Jenny [@JennyYokobori] (September 30, 2021). "#MarySkelterFinale is out today and I play Gallows! I've never gotten to play a character like her before and it was a total blast to help bring her to life. Thank you to @BangZoom, @mummynyan, and @TonyOliverVA!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
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- Living people
- Actresses of Japanese descent
- American actresses of Japanese descent
- American video game actresses
- American voice actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- 1997 births