Kari Wahlgren

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Kari Wahlgren
Wahlgren in 2024
Born (1977-07-13) July 13, 1977 (age 47)
Hoisington, Kansas, U.S.
Other names
EducationUniversity of Kansas
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2002–present
Children1
Websitekariwahlgren.com

Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977)[4][5] is an American voice actress who has provided English-language roles for animated movies, TV series, and video games.[6][4] She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko Haruhara in FLCL, and would later land major roles in a number of shows and films: Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Lavie Head in Last Exile, Fuu in Samurai Champloo, Rip van Winkle in Hellsing,[7] Scarlett in Steamboy, Pacifica Casull in the Scrapped Princess, Saya Otonashi in Blood+, Michiru Satomi and Luca in Immortal Grand Prix, Kagami Hiiragi in Lucky Star, Saber in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, and Celty Sturluson in the Durarara!! series.

In American animation, she has provided voices for a number of series including Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Gravity Falls, Fish Hooks, voicing Little Suzy in Phineas and Ferb, Dorothy and Queen Ozma in Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Ben 10, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Bunnicula, The Fairly OddParents, Bunsen Is a Beast, and the Nickelodeon versions of Winx Club and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jessica and Diane in Rick and Morty, and Baby Scrat in the Disney+ miniseries Ice Age: Scrat Tales, produced by Blue Sky Studios.

In video games, she voiced lead characters Ashe in Final Fantasy XII, Shelke in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, and Raine Sage in Tales of Symphonia.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tastes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Kari Wahlgren & Mike Pollock guests at Animenext 2006". Anime Next. February 17, 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2006.
  3. ^ "Hibiya and Kotoko Chat". Chobits. Episode 24.5. 23 minutes in.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference voices kari was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kari Wahlgren [@KariWahlgren] (July 13, 2013). "Wow—waking up to these birthday tweets is pretty wonderful....thanks, everybody!!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 17, 2015 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference scholarship was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Hellsing IV". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 4. October 11, 2014. Adult Swim.