Michelle Ruff

Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym.^[2] Some of her roles include Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yoko Littner in Gurren Lagann, Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third, Chi in Chobits, Aoi Sakuraba in Ai Yori Aoshi, Elie in Rave Master, Nat in The Promised Neverland, and Sinon in Sword Art Online.^[5] In video games, she is the voice of Jill Valentine in the Resident Evil series, Yukari Takeba and Sadayo Kawakami in the Persona series, Cream the Rabbit in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Crimson Viper in the Street Fighter series.^[6]

Michelle Ruff
Ruff at Animate! Raleigh in 2024
Born	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1]
Other names	Georgette Rose[2] Sophie Roberts[3]
Education	Michigan State University[4]
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1997–present
Agent	The Osbrink Agency
Notable credits	Bleach Chobits Gurren Lagann Lupin III The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Street Fighter Sonic the Hedgehog Sailor Moon
Spouse	Eddie Correa ​ (m. 2017)​
Website	michelleruff.com

Career

Ruff grew up in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. While she was there, she worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked her first venture into the voiceover business.^[7] In Chicago, she studied with Second City, Players Workshop and Improv Olympic.^[2][8]

After moving to Los Angeles, she worked with some directors on looping and voice work for films and TV shows. In an Anime Dream interview, Ruff credits Richard Epcar, Steve Kramer and Michael Sorich for training her to dub anime.^[9] In the Digimon series, she was referred by director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to audition for Lopmon and Antylamon in Digimon Tamers, and in Digimon Frontier, she landed the lead role of Zoe Orimoto. Ruff said that it was her first show that made it to TV, and a show that let her "work my acting muscle".^[2] She played tomboy-ish characters Miyao in Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran and Kiki Rosita in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.^[9]

In 2007, Ruff received two nominations for the American Anime Awards, one for Best Actress for her work in Bleach and Lupin the 3rd, and one for Best Actress in a Comedy for Lupin the 3rd, but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively.^[10] In 2009, the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation gave her an SPJA Industry Award for Best Voice Actress (English) for her work as Rukia Kuchiki in the Bleach movie Memories of Nobody.^[11]

Personal life

Ruff is married to ADR Engineer Eddie Correa.^[12][13]

Filmography

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1997	Speed Racer X	Speed's Mom, Newscaster		Press[9]
1999	Ninja Cadets	Yume		[14]
	Jungle de Ikou!	Nami
2000	Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure	Mitsuki Sanada	As Georgette Rose
	The Legend of Black Heaven	Yoshiko Tanaka	As Georgette Rose
	Trigun	Lina
2001	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team	Kiki Rosita		Press[2][9]
	Hand Maid May	Kasumi Tani	As Georgette Rose	[14]
	Metal Fighter Miku	Miku, Nana		[14]
	Gate Keepers	Kaoru Konoe		[14]
	Saint Tail	Ryoko		[15]
	Zenki	Chiaki Enno		[14]
2001–02	Digimon Tamers	Antylamon, Lopmon		[16]
2002	Great Teacher Onizuka	Urumi Kanzaki		[17]
	Vandread	Belvedere Coco		[14]
	Mahoromatic	Miyuki Sakura		[14]
	Digimon Frontier	Zoe Orimoto, Kazemon, Zephyrmon, Lopmon		[14]
	Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran	Miyao		Press[2][9]
	Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School	Hitomi Yuuki		[18]
	X	Kotori Monou	TV series	[14]
	X (Episode 0)	Kotori Monou	OVA
2003	Lupin the Third Part II	Fujiko Mine	Pioneer/Geneon dub	[14][19][7][17]
2003–04	Ai Yori Aoshi series	Aoi Sakuraba		[14][20]
2003	Chobits	Chi	As Georgette Rose	[2][7][21][14]
	.hack//Liminality	Mai Minase		[14]
	Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety	Safety / Mrs. Adachi		[22][14]
	Witch Hunter Robin	Yurika Doujima		[14]
	IGPX	Suzaku	Microseries	[16][23]
	A Little Snow Fairy Sugar	Saga Bergman		[14]
	Love Hina	Nyamo Namo
	Please Teacher!	Koishi Herikawa
	Scrapped Princess	Winia Chester, Celia		[24]
	Last Exile	Alvis E. Hamilton, Tatiana Wisla		Press[2][14]
2004	Angel Tales	Ran (Goldfish)		[14]
	Gad Guard	Aiko Mary Harmony
	Stellvia	Yayoi Fujisawa
	Tsukihime, Lunar Legend	Arcueid Brunestud
	Marmalade Boy	Miki Koishikawa		[25][14]
2004–05	Rave Master	Elie		[26]
2004	SD Gundam Force	Sayla		[16]
	Gungrave	Maria Asagi		[14]
	Mobile Suit Gundam F91	Cecily Fairchild, Berah Ronah
	Paranoia Agent	Tsukiko Sagi
2005	Hanaukyo Maid Team	Konoe Tsurugi		[14]
	Rumiko Takahashi Anthology	Ms. Kobato, Yukari
	Mermaid Forest	Nanao's mother
	Daphne in the Brilliant Blue	Shizuka Hayama
	Koi Kaze	Kaname Chidori
	The Melody of Oblivion	Melody of Oblivion
	DearS	Miu
2005–06	Idaten Jump	Yuki		[16]
2005	Thru the Moebius Strip	Young Jac
2005–06	IGPX	Elisa Doolittle	TV series
2005	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette	Cossette d'Auvergne		[14]
	Di Gi Charat	Rabi~en~Rose (Hikaru Usada)
	Zatch Bell!	Naomi		Press[7]
	Girls Bravo series	Miharu Sena Kanaka		[27][28]
2006–07	Haré+Guu	Addy		[29]
2006	Kannazuki no Miko	Chikane Himemiya		[30]
	Gun X Sword	Carmen 99		[14]
	Boys Be...	Aki Mizutani		[31]
	MÄR	Princess Snow, Koyuki		[16]
2006–14	Bleach	Rukia Kuchiki	Also films	[10]
2007	Disgaea	Etna		[14]
	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Yuki Nagato
2008	Naruto	Sasame Fuma		[16]
2008–10	Blue Dragon	Kluke and Phoenix		[16]
2008–09	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion	Euphemia li Britannia, Lelouch vi Britannia (Young), Arthur the Cat, Mutsuki Minase		[16]
2008	Lucky Star	Tsukasa Hiiragi, Minami Iwasaki, Minori Chihara (cameo), Yuki Nagato (cameo)		[32]
	Gurren Lagann	Yoko Littner		[5][33]
2010	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn	Mihiro Oiwakken		[14]
2011	Durarara!!	Anri Sonohara		[5][34]
2012	Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine	Fujiko Mine	[19][7][17]
2013–15	Digimon Fusion	Sparrowmon		[35]
2014	K	Sumika Inaba
2014–19	Sailor Moon	Luna	Viz Media dub	[36][37]
2015–16	Durarara!!x2	Anri Sonohara		[5][38]
2014–present	Sword Art Online	Sinon, Akiyo Sada	2 seasons and movie	[39]
2015	Lupin the Third Part IV: The Italian Adventure	Fujiko Mine	TV series	[19][7][17]
	The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan	Yuki Nagato		[40]
	BlazBlue Alter Memory	Carl Clover		[35][41]
	A Lull in the Sea	Manaka Mukaido		[42][43]
	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	Erina Pendleton		[35]
2015–17	Sailor Moon Crystal	Luna		[37]
2016	The Asterisk War	Haruka Amagiri		[44]
2016, 2019	Hunter × Hunter	Kikyo Zoldyck, others	2011 series	[45][46][47]
2016–17	Erased	Young Satoru Fujinuma		[48]
2016	Pokémon Generations	Gabby		Tweet[49]
2016–17	God Eater	Sakuya Tachibana		[50]
2017	Kakegurui	Kirari Momobami
	Occultic;Nine	Ririka Nishizono		[51]
	Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day	Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki (Child)		[52]
2018	Sword Gai	Arnys, Sayori
	Lupin the Third Part V	Fujiko Mine	TV series	[19][7][17]
	Naruto: Shippuden	Itachi Uchiha (young)
2019	Ingress: The Animation	Sarah
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Takeo Kamado		[53]
2020	Pokémon	Manager	Ep. "A Talent for Imitation!"; Credited under Additional Voices
2021	Sakura Wars the Animation	Sumire Kanzaki		[54]
2022	Lupin the Third: Part 6	Fujiko Mine
	Kakegurui Twin	Kirari Momobami		[35]
2022–present	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War	Rukia Kuchiki

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2001	The Oblongs	Yvette Ann Rebee Debbie		[16]
2003	Tutenstein	Amisi		[19]
2009	Little Nick	Nick's Mom		[16]
2010	Respect the Pouch	Luna Balloona
2010–11	Wild Animal Baby Explorers	Ms. Sally, Skip		[55]
2012	Lego Friends	Stephanie, Lacy	Credited as Sophie Roberts	[3][16]
2014	Judge Dredd: Superfiend	Kid Sydney		[56]

Films

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2003	Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo	Fujiko Mine	CA
2004	What the Bleep Do We Know!?	Voice Over Talent		[57]
2006	Over the Hedge	Talking Doll, Telephone Toy		[16]
2008	Kung Fu Panda	Additional voices	Uncredited[a]	[5][19]
2011	Hop	Fluffy the Pink Beret, Additional Voices	Credited under "ADR Voice Actors"	Press[5]
2017	Sailor Moon R: The Movie	Luna	Viz dub	[58]
2018	Lupin the Third: Legend of the Gold of Babylon	Fujiko Mine		[19][7][17]
	Sailor Moon S: The Movie	Luna	Viz dub
	Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie	Luna
2019	Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid	Fujiko Mine	(Special)	[19][7][17]
	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Additional Voices		Closing credits
2020	Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner	Fujiko Mine	(Special)	[19][7][17]
	Lupin III: The First	Fujiko Mine		[59]
2021	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train	Takeo Kamado		[16]
	Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night	Akiyo Sada	Theatrical release
2022	The Bob's Burgers Movie	Additional Voices
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Mayday Parker		[60]
TBA	Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse		In production

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2001	Akira	Kaori	Pioneer dub	[16]
2003	WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3	Noa Izumi		[61]
	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Sumire Kanzaki		[14]
	Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card	Tomoyo Daidouji		[35]
2005	Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon	Zoe Orimoto
2008	Resident Evil: Degeneration	Rani Chawla		[6]
2010	The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya	Yuki Nagato		[62]
2011	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters	Village Bunny		[16]
2012	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Saber		[63]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1998	Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu	Mahbu	as Georgette Rose	[16]
2003–04	.hack//Liminality series	Mai Minase
2003–present	Disgaea series	Etna, Desco		[64][65][16]
2004	Seven Samurai 20XX	Jodie		[66]
2005	Rave Master	Elie		[35]
2006	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Incidental characters		[67]
2007	Rogue Galaxy	Norma Kissleigh		[35]
2007–10	Bleach series	Rukia Kuchiki		[16]
2007	Digimon World Data Squad	Yuma Kagura, Rosemon, Digivice		[35]
2007–18	Persona series	Yukari Takeba	Uncredited[b]	Press[5]
2008	Tales of Vesperia	Rita Mordio		[5][35]
2009–14	Street Fighter IV series	Crimson Viper		[16]
2009–present	BlazBlue series	Carl Clover	Uncredited[b]	Facebook[35]
2009	Magna Carta 2	Zephie		[35]
2010–present	Sonic the Hedgehog series	Cream the Rabbit		[16]
2011	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Crimson Viper	Also Ultimate
	Catherine	Katherine McBride	NAVGTR Award for Supporting Performance in a Drama	[65][68]
	Saints Row: The Third	Pedestrians		[69]
2012	Dragon's Dogma	Aelinore, Quina		[35]
	Resident Evil: Revelations	Jill Valentine		[6]
	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	Jill Valentine		[6][35]
	Growlanser Wayfarer of Time			[16]
	Divina	Clarisse, Claudia		[70]
	Skullgirls	Eliza	DLC character	[71]
2012–present	Lego Friends	Stephanie, Lacy	Credited as Sophie Roberts	[3]
2013	Fire Emblem Awakening	Female Avatar, Noire		[35]
2014	Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed	Toko Sagisaka		Tweet[72]
2015	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls	Jataro Kemuri, Yuta Asahina		[73]
	Resident Evil: Revelations 2	Jill Valentine	Raid Mode only
	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Additional voices		[74]
2016	Street Fighter V	Juni, C. Viper		[35]
2017	Nier: Automata	Additional voices		[75]
	Persona 5	Sadayo Kawakami		Tweet[35][76]
	Fire Emblem Heroes	Soleil, Noire		[35][77]
2019	Catherine: Full Body	Katherine McBride		[78]
	Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown	Húxiān		Tweet [79]
2020	Persona 5 Royal	Sadayo Kawakami		[35]
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV	Scherazard Harvey
2021	Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139...	Additional voices		[80]
	Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed	Mana Kitada		[81]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles	Takeo Kamado		[82]
2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes	Additional voices		[83]
2023	Street Fighter 6	Juni		[35]
	Trinity Trigger	Additional voices		[84]
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie	Scherazard Arnor, citizens		[35]
2024	Granblue Fantasy: Relink	Additional voices		[85]
2025	Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter	Scherazard Harvey		[86]

Other

List of appearances in other media

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2007	Adventures of the ASOS Brigade	Herself	Web series	[87]
2008	Adventures in Voice Acting		Documentary	[88]

Notes

1. At the Anime Banzai convention in Utah in 2009, Ruff mentioned how she was initially cast in the looping, but the movie used her voice part for Young Tai Lung.
2. The closing credits do not list the voice actors involved.