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Tony Oliver

Puerto Rican performer Tony Oliver has spent decades voicing and directing English-language anime dubs, most famously as Rick Hunter in Robotech; on Gurren Lagann's English dub he served as voice director while also voicing supporting characters.

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi is a Japanese voice actor represented by Ken Production, best known in the Gurren Lagann fandom for voicing Kamina, Simon's fiery mentor and the anime's breakout character.

Brett Weaver

Brett Weaver is an American voice actor who built his career dubbing Japanese anime into English, working extensively with ADV Films during the era that produced Gurren Lagann's original English-language version.

Doug Stone

Doug Stone is a voice actor who voiced Dayakka Littner and Guame in Gurren Lagann.

Jessie James Grelle

Jessie James Grelle works in English-dubbed anime as both a voice performer and an ADR script adapter, building one of the more prolific careers in the field; credited as Josh Grelle, they recorded the lead role of Simon for ADV Films' unfinished English dub of Gurren Lagann.

Luci Christian

Luci Christian has spent her career in American anime dubbing, working as both a voice actress and an ADR scriptwriter across a long list of English releases. She recorded the role of Nia Teppelin for the unreleased 2007 ADV Films dub of Gurren Lagann, a production that was later finished by a different studio and cast.

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue, affiliated with Aoni Production, is best known internationally as Yoko Littner's Japanese voice in Gurren Lagann. She broke through as a singer-actress in the mid-2000s, winning a nationwide Sony Music audition for the lead in Le Portrait de Petit Cossette.

Monica Rial

Monica Rial has spent more than two decades voicing English-language anime, working as both a performer and an ADR script writer, and her credits include Boota and Kiyoh Bachika in the original, unfinished ADV Films dub of Gurren Lagann.

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality whose battle-cry-heavy delivery made him a go-to choice for heroic mecha leads, including two roles in Gurren Lagann.

Shizuka Itō

Shizuka Itō, born in 1980, is a Tokyo-based Japanese voice actress and singer represented by Ken Production, known for Akeno Himejima in High School DxD and Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon Crystal, including a role in Gurren Lagann's original Japanese cast.

Takahiro Mizushima

Born in 1976, Takahiro Mizushima has worked as a Japanese voice actor and singer for decades, more recently performing under the adjusted stage name Daichu Mizushima. In Gurren Lagann he provides the Japanese voice of Tetsukan Littner, the Dai-Gurren crew member who keeps watch over the ship's condition.

Takako Honda

Born in 1972, Takako Honda has spent her career as a Japanese voice actress and narrator best known outside anime as the regular dubbing voice of Halle Berry and Milla Jovovich. In Gurren Lagann she voices two members of Team Dai-Gurren's inner circle: Gimmy Adai and chief engineer Leite Jokin.

Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara is a Japanese voice actor and recording artist who gives voice to Simon, the series' young protagonist, in the original Japanese version of Gurren Lagann.

Tiffany Grant

American actress Tiffany Grant built her career dubbing anime into English, most famously voicing Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon Genesis Evangelion; for Gurren Lagann she was cast as Yoko Littner in an ADV Films dub that never saw release.

Yukari Fukui

Yukari Fukui, nicknamed Yukarin, works in Japan as an actress, voice actress, and gravure idol; her breakout role was voicing Nia Teppelin in Gurren Lagann.

Julie Ann Taylor

Julie Ann Taylor is an American voice actress recognized for roles including Mutsumi Otohime in Love Hina and Taiga Fujimura in the Fate/stay night franchise; in the English dub of Gurren Lagann she voices Boota, Simon's pig-mole companion.

Akio Suyama

Voice actor Akio Suyama, born in Toyonaka, Osaka in 1968, has worked with the Sigma Seven talent agency since the early 1990s and is part of the Japanese voice cast for Gurren Lagann, the Gainax-produced mecha anime.

Amber Lee Connors

Amber Lee Connors is an American voice actress and dubbing director active since 2010 who has contributed to Gurren Lagann's English-language voice work, alongside a broad career in anime and video game dubbing.

Bridget Hoffman

Bridget Hoffman has worked for decades in English-language anime dubbing as a performer, voice director, and script writer, and within Gurren Lagann she is the voice behind Nia Teppelin.

Brittney Karbowski

Brittney Karbowski is an American voice actress from the Houston area who has voiced numerous English-dubbed anime characters since 2004, and who lent her voice to Gurren Lagann's English-language cast as well.

Chris Patton

Chris Patton is an American voice actor active in English-dubbed anime since 1998, an ADV Films alumnus whose extensive credits include a part in Gurren Lagann's English-language voice cast.

Crispin Freeman

An American voice actor and director, Crispin Freeman appears in Gurren Lagann's credits, though he is better known elsewhere for a string of major English-dub roles across other long-running anime franchises.

Cutter Garcia

Cutter Garcia is an American actor whose outside credits include Torn from the Jak and Daxter game franchise. In Gurren Lagann, he plays Kidd Coega.

Daiki Nakamura

Daiki Nakamura is a Japanese voice actor, born in Tokyo in 1962, who appears among the credited talent associated with Gurren Lagann alongside a career built mainly in tokusatsu shows and video games.

Daisuke Kirii

Daisuke Kirii is a voice actor who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Dan Woren

Dan Woren is an American voice actor and audiobook narrator whose anime dub career stretches back to the 1980s. He voices Zorthy Kanai in Gurren Lagann.

Dave Mallow

Dave Mallow was an American voice actor who worked on the Gurren Lagann anime series.

Derek Stephen Prince

Derek Stephen Prince, now credited professionally as Steve Prince, is an American voice actor connected to Gurren Lagann's dub cast whose broader resume spans Power Rangers, Digimon, Bleach, Naruto, Kingdom Hearts and more.

Doug Erholtz

Doug Erholtz is an American voice actor recognized for major English-dub roles across long-running anime and game franchises. In Gurren Lagann he voices Iraak Coega.

Go Shinomiya

Go Shinomiya is a voice actor who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres, born in 1968, is an American voice actor whose long career centers on English-language anime dubbing, including a role in Gurren Lagann's dub cast.

Haruhi Terada

Haruhi Terada is a voice actor who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Hilary Haag

Hilary Haag is an American voice actress known for a run of lead performances in English-dubbed anime. Her naturally youthful vocal quality frequently earns her casting as younger female characters, and she lent her voice to Gurren Lagann's English dub.

Hynden Walch

Hynden Walch is an American voice actress widely recognized for two signature roles, Starfire on Teen Titans and Princess Bubblegum on Adventure Time; in the English dub of Gurren Lagann she voices Nia Teppelin during the character's childhood years.

Jamieson Price

Jamieson Price is an American voice actor known for a deep, commanding delivery that has carried numerous anime and video game roles; in the official English dub of Gurren Lagann he voices Lordgenome, the towering Spiral King.

Jason Douglas

Jason Douglas is an American actor recognized for playing Tobin on The Walking Dead and voicing Beerus across the Dragon Ball Super franchise; he also voiced Kittan Bachika in the unreleased ADV Films dub of Gurren Lagann.

Joe Ochman

Joe Ochman is an American voice actor with a long resume across animation, games, and film; he stepped into the role of Gabal Docker partway through Gurren Lagann's English dub after original actor Steve Schatzberg's death during production.

John Gremillion

John Gremillion works as a stage performer and English-dub voice actor from the United States, with an anime resume built on commanding, often villainous characters; his credits include voicing Dayakka in ADV Films' unreleased English dub of Gurren Lagann, recorded before a new distributor rebuilt the cast for the show's eventual release.

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata is a Japanese voice actor known for a run of imposing villain roles across anime and games; in the original Japanese version of Gurren Lagann he voices Magin, the secretive chief of Adai Village.

Kana Asumi

Kana Asumi is a Japanese voice actress and singer who started her career in the mid-2000s and later spent time with the girl group Lisp; in the original Japanese version of Gurren Lagann she voices Kiyal Bachika, the youngest of the Black Siblings.

Kana Ueda

Japanese voice actress and singer Kana Ueda voices Kinon Bachika, a member of the Bachika family who joins Team Dai-Gurren, in Gurren Lagann.

Keith Silverstein

American voice actor Keith Silverstein provided multiple Beastman voices in the English dub of Gurren Lagann, part of a career built largely around English-language anime and video game dubbing.

Kira Vincent-Davis

American voice actress Kira Vincent-Davis recorded the character Kiyal Bachika for ADV Films' English dub of Gurren Lagann, a version that was ultimately shelved before release.

Kishō Taniyama

Voice actor, singer, and lyricist Kishō Taniyama, affiliated with Ken Production, voiced Kittan Bachika, the hot-headed eldest of the Bachika siblings, in Gurren Lagann.

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Kiyoshi Kawakubo (1929-2019) was a Japanese voice actor affiliated with 81 Produce who voiced Guame, one of Lord Genome's four generals, in Gurren Lagann.

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kiyoyuki Yanada (1965-2022) was a Japanese voice actor who voiced Thymilph, one of the four generals serving Lord Genome, in Gurren Lagann.

Kouzou Douzaka

Kouzou Douzaka is a Japanese voice actor represented by 81 Produce who voices Balinbow Bakusa, one of the towering twin brothers of Team Dai-Gurren, in Gurren Lagann.

Kyle Hebert

Kyle Hebert is an American voice actor whose anime and game work spans three decades. In the Gurren Lagann English dub he plays Kamina, joining a resume that includes Gohan in Dragon Ball, Aizen in Bleach, and Ryu in Street Fighter.

Liam O'Brien

Liam O'Brien has built a long American voice acting career and works as a writer and director too, with tabletop fans knowing him best for several characters on Critical Role. In the Gurren Lagann English dub he voices Guinble Kite, one entry in a career built largely on major anime and video game casting.

Mari Devon

Mari Devon is a retired American voice actress whose long resume includes lead roles across the Digimon and Doraemon franchises. In the English dub of Gurren Lagann she voiced two supporting characters, Cybela Coutaud and the schoolboy Naakim.

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