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About 釘宮理恵
Rie Kugimiya (釘宮 理恵 Kugimiya Rie, born May 30, 1979 in Osaka) is a seiyū employed by I'm Enterprise. Her bloodtype is B and tall 159cm. Kugimiya's most famous roles include Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Happy in Fairy Tail, Kagura in Gintama, Nagi Sanzenin in Hayate no Gotoku!, Shana in Shakugan no Shana, Louise in Zero no Tsukaima, Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!, and more recently Lotte in Astarotte no Omocha and Aria H. Kanzaki in Aria the Scarlet Ammo. She is typecasted to tsundere loli roles due to her voicing of tsundere characters Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku!), Shana (Shakugan no Shana), Louise (Zero no Tsukaima), and Aisaka Taiga (Toradora), all of those anime aired around the same time. Due to her popularity in such roles, some of her fans have named her as the Queen of Tsundere. She has also contributed her voice to various merchandise such as with Mugen Puchi Puchi Moe, a virtual bubble-wrap popping game, and voiced various characters on a set of moe Karuta cards. She was nominated for Best Actress in Leading Role in the first Seiyu Awards for the role of Louise in Zero no Tsukaima, and jointly won Best Actress in a Supporting Role with Mitsuki Saiga at the second Seiyu Awards. Kugimiya won Best Actress in the third seiyu awards for the role of Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!. Notable voice roles Shana in Shakugan no Shana Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière in Zero no Tsukaima Nagi Sanzenin in Hayate no Gotoku! Taiga Aisaka in Toradora! Yuuhi Katagiri in Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka Alisa Bannings in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist Brigetta in Gravion Hotaru Imai in Gakuen Alice Ikhny Allecto in Candidate for Goddess Ikuto in Digimon Savers Kachiro Kato in Prince of Tennis Kagura in Gintama Karin Kurosaki and Nemu Kurotsuchi in Bleach Koboshi Uematsu in Pita-Ten Kota Shingyoji in Midori Days Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière in Zero no Tsukaima Mary Godwin in Xenosaga Mulu in Mirmo! Nyanko in the 2003 remake of Astro Boy Rena in Hand Maid May Rizel Iwaki in Rizelmine Sabato-chan in Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Sayo Kotobuki in Super GALS! Taiki and young Kaname Takasato in The Twelve Kingdoms Tio in Konjiki no Gash Bell! Tickle Selvatlos in Elemental Gelade Touko Matsudaira in Maria-sama ga Miteru Maya Jingu in Burn Up Scramble Rise Kujikawa in Shin Megami Tensei:Persona 4 (Japanese) Mika Kujiin in Kanamemo