Rie Kugimiya
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—Happy (Fairy Tail)
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"Urusai, urusai, URUSAI!" ("Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!") —Lots of her characters listed below.
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If you think of a Tsundere, think of this person. Yes. Rie Kugimiya is a woman very well known for Tsundere roles, moreso if the said character is childlike and has a flat chest. Fans started noticing her after she did Alphonse Elric, but her role as Shana is probably what made her popularity skyrocket. Like Norio Wakamoto, although Tsundere is her forte, Rie is also capable of voicing a lot of character types, including boys, or even Yandere. She's also a skilled baton user, so yeah, she can really kick your butt... but probably she gets dere-dere afterwards in apology.
Unfortunately for Rie, the fact that producers love pigeonholing her as Shana Clones (her best forte), she receives quite some Hype Backlash amongst fans, accusing her to be unable to voice anything outside that. This, for the most part, is untrue as she is quite capable of doing non-Tsundere roles, and in fact has done quite a few. Her Fan Nickname is Queen of Tsundere and TsundeRie, which may either point on how she's pigeonholed in that role, or just how good she is in doing her job in that field. In fact, Shana, Louise, Nagi, and Taiga are collectively known as the Four Tsundere Wonders.[1]
She is also available in GPS form to guide you as Nagi of Hayate the Combat Butler.
She is now also available here.
Her Tsundere characters will almost certainly have a painfully adorable Cry Cute moment in a series that she voice acts in.
She is the first seiyuu to win the Best Actress Seiyu Award the year after winning the Best Supporting Actress Seiyu Award. As of 2021, the only other seiyuu to have matched this accomplishment is Miyuki Sawashiro.
Compare with Satsuki Yukino, for a seiyuu of older/teen-aged Tsundere.
- Agnese Sanctis (A Certain Magical Index)
- Alice Liddell (Heart no Kuni no Alice)
- Alicetia "Alice" Rain and Touka Tennouji (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza)
- Alisa Bannings (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Alphonse Elric and Catherine Elle Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- She also does the panda Shao May in Brotherhood, meaning Rie gets to talk to herself for a few episodes.
- Aria H. Kanzaki (Hidan no Aria) -- Quite possibly the Fifth Tsundere Wonder.
- Atsumi Miyagawa (Recorder and Randsell) -- Non-tsundere and quite mature for her apparent age.
- Ayumi (In the Japanese dub of X-Blades)
- Bakuhatsu Penguin (Kampfer fur de Liebe) -- Yes, it's a Tsundere.
- Cassie Lockhart from (Freezing) -- A definite Playing Against Type.
- Celebi (Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions)
- Celestine (Magna Carta 2), one of her non-Tsundere roles.
- Chika (Hidamari Sketch)
- Claire (Granado Espada)
- Cyberdoll Rena (Hand Maid May) -- Given that this show predates Shana by five years, Kugimiya's tsundere typecasting is Older Than They Think.
- Ein (Riviera: The Promised Land)
- Eliza Cassan (Japanese version of Deus Ex Human Revolution)
- Happy (Fairy Tail) -- Ironically has a crush on the Tsundere.
- Haruka Sawamura (ideoGame/RyuGaGotoku series)
- Hasta/ Hastur the Unspeakable (Nyarko San) -- Another Playing Against Type, as a sweet, effeminate young boy.
- Hotaru Imai (Gakuen Alice)
- Ikuto Noguchi (Digimon Savers)
- Iori Minase (The Idolmaster)
- Kachirou Kato (Prince of Tennis)
- Kagura (Gintama)
- Kaoru Daichi (Ladies versus Butlers!!)
- Koboshi Uematsu (Pita-Ten)
- Kooh (Pangya)
- Kurumi Hazuki/White Angel (Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel)
- Latvia and Liechtenstein (Axis Powers Hetalia) -- Both are as un-tsundere as you can get.
- Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière (The Familiar of Zero)
- Marta Lualdi (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
- Mary Godwin (Xenosaga Game Series)
- Mayu (Nekogami Yaoyorozu Drama CD)
- Miharu Rokujou (Nabari no Ou)
- Melona and Rana (Queen's Blade)
- Mika Kujiin (Kanamemo)
- Mimi (Mnemosyne)
- Mimi Usami (Ookami-san)
- Mithra and The Girl that looks like her (Asura's Wrath)
- Miu Furinji (Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple) -- Replacing the late Tomoko Kawakami for the new OVAs.
- Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire) -- A rare Rei Ayanami Expy.
- Monica Adenauer (Yakitate!! Japan)
- Nagi Sanzenin (Hayate the Combat Butler)
- Nemu Kurotsuchi (Another Rei Ayanami Expy), Karin Kurosaki, Lily (Bleach)
- Nena Trinity and Mena Carmine (Gundam 00)
- Palom & Porom (Final Fantasy IV DS)
- Phantasos (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas)
- Precis F. Neumann (Star Ocean: Second Evolution)
- Ringo Kinoshita (Otogi Juushi Akazukin)
- Riro (G-On Riders) -- A non-tsundere and downright evil little girl role.
- Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4) -- Actually, this role is pegged down as 'Anti-Tsundere'
- Rizel Iwaki (Rizelmine) -- A sort-of-childlike character, but about as far from tsundere as it gets.
- Rose (Dragon Crisis) -- Dere side up this time.
- Ruby Gloom in the Japanese dub of Ruby Gloom
- Peppa Pig in the Japanese dub of Peppa Pig
- Laura Forester (Brooklynn Proulx) in the Japanese dub of Piranha 3D
- Sabato (Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan)
- Shana (Shakugan no Shana) - The originator of "Urusai, urusai, urusai!"
- Shannon (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
- Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!) - the role that won her a Seiyu Award
- Taiki (The Twelve Kingdoms)
- Tio (Gash Bell)
- Toramaru Utsunomiya (Inazuma Eleven) -- Another Playing Against Type, as a friendly Cute Shotaro Boy.
- Touko Matsudaira (Mariasama ga Miteru)
- MMS-Type Santa Claus Tsugaru in Busou Shinki: Battle Rondo
- Tsukuyomi (Mahou Sensei Negima Journey to the Magic World) -- An alternate Playing Against Type.
- Tsuzura (Akai Ito)
- The Unused character (Kill Me Baby)
- Yua Sakurai (Shugo Chara): Again, goes against the type. A lot. Listen towards Secret Princess and be surprised that it's the same voice actor.
- Yuki Kataoka (Saki)
- Yukimura Sanada (gender-flipped and as tiny as the rest) (Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls)
- Yuuhi Katagiri (Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka)
- Yurika Hanayamada (Chocotto Sister)
- Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male: Although Nagi is very subtle on the abuse part. The only exception to the rule, Shana herself.
- A-Cup Angst
- Badass: Several roles but most especially Shana.
- Catch Phrase: Seen above
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Cry Cute: As a result of being a Shana Clone.
- The Ojou: Her signature characters (except Shana) tend to be blue bloods, or at least come from extremely wealthy families.
- Older Than They Look
- Rapunzel Hair
- Shana Clone: Her forte, of which four stand out amongst fans, all of which belonged to shows produced by J.C.Staff and collectively known as the "Four Tsundere Wonders" -- Shana, Louise, Nagi, and Taiga. Aria is also being billed as the "Fifth Tsundere Wonder".
- Zettai Ryouiki: Her tsunderes will always sport this. Bonus points if it is grade S like Nagi, and Aria. Though it's not limited to them.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: The Tsunderes she voices tend to be utter jerkasses who are very abusive. Or really Nena Trinity. The woman behind their voices is a kind-hearted, quiet bookworm.
- Older Than They Look: She was born in 1979, yet she looks younger.
- Pettanko: Surprisingly, she's one in Real Life. Not that she's angsty about it, though.
- Playing Against Type: Anything having her voicing a non-Tsundere character falls into this nowadays (yes, including Alphonse, even though she had this role way before her typecasting).
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: No really, she's the best example when it comes to the Japanese voice acting block.
- Relationship Voice Actor: A lot with Yui Horie, as well as some with Satoshi Hino and Sayaka Ohara.
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: Surprisingly, she's capable of a wide vocal range, ranging from non-Tsundere girls to young boys and even mature women.