Hekiru Shiina (椎名 へきる Shīna Hekiru) (born March 12, 1974 in Higashikurume, Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is known for voicing a variety of anime and films over the course of her career. She provided the supporting role of Miles "Tails" Prower in the Japanese dub of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, and she portrayed the main character Asami in Seirei Tsukai.
She provides the voice of Pastel in most of her appearances along the TwinBee PARADISE multimedia series. She also provides Pastel's singing voice in numerous music albums.
Career
Shiina debuted as a singer at age 17 in 1991. Her first voice role was Tenshiko in K.O. Beast in 1992. Some of her major voice roles include Hikaru Shidō in Magic Knight Rayearth, Alpha in Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō, Ami Chono in Girls und Panzer, Tenjōin Katsura in YAT Anshin! Uchu Ryokou, and Celestia in Danganronpa: The Animation.
In video games, she provided the voice for famous Capcom mascot Mega Man in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, and Pastel in the TwinBee series.
Shiina is associated with Arts Vision, a major agency for talent in Tokyo, and was working under Sony Music Records, her record label until 2009, when she changed over to Lantis.
Works in the TwinBee series
Video games
- TwinBee Taisen Puzzle-Dama (1994)
- TwinBee Yahho! (1995)
- TwinBee PARADISE in Donburi Shima (1998)
- TwinBee RPG (1998)
- TwinBee (pachislot) (2007)
- Otomedius Excellent (2011)
Radio dramas
- TwinBee PARADISE (1993-99)
Music albums
- Paradise of Happiness: WinBee (1994)
- TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventure (1994)
- Idol Legend: WinBee (1995)
- TwinBee Karaoke Paradise (1995)
- TwinBee PARADISE 3: Vocal Festival! Wasshoi Edition (1996)
- TwinBee PARADISE Pastel Best Songs: Pastel Color (1998)
Gallery
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Anime News Network
- Behind the Voice Actors
- Hekiru Shiina at Castlevania Wiki
- Hekiru Shiina at Danganronpa Wiki
- IMDb
- MyAnimeList
- Twitter (Japanese)
- Wikipedia