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Lore & Background

Eri Kitamura's career spans over two decades, with her earliest listed role being in the 2004 Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch songs "Before the Moment", "Beautiful Wish", and "Birth of Love". Her breakout anime role came as Saya Otonashi in Blood+, and she quickly became a fixture in major franchises. She voiced Sayaka Miki in the critically acclaimed Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, appearing in the original television anime, the film trilogy (2012–2013), and the upcoming Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising (2025). In the fighting game world, she has been the voice of Juri Han since Super Street Fighter IV (2010), reprising the role across Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Project X Zone (2012), Street Fighter V (2016), Street Fighter 6 (2023), and Teppen (2025). Her video game work is extensive, including major roles in the Senran Kagura series as Homura, the Hyperdimension Neptunia series as Uni, and the Corpse Party series as Yuka Mochida. She voiced Keqing in Genshin Impact (2020) and Papalymo in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. In the rhythm game world, she provided the voice for the Vocaloid voicebank CUL. Beyond acting, she is known to be an amateur manga artist in Japan in her spare time, a fact that distinguishes her among her peers.

In Their Own Story

The recording booth is dim, the script open to a page where Sayaka Miki's world is about to shatter. Eri Kitamura has been here before — in the role since the first episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, through the film trilogy, and now for Walpurgisnacht Rising, set for 2025. She knows the character's arc: the hopeful girl who becomes a witch, the tragedy that fans still debate years later. Across town, another director cues her for Juri Han in Street Fighter 6 — a completely different energy, all taunts and high kicks and chaotic laughter. She switches between them the way she switches between genres: seamlessly, professionally, with the same focus she brings to her amateur manga drawing at home. Her filmography lists over a hundred roles. She has voiced characters in everything from Fresh Pretty Cure! (as Miki Aono/Cure Berry) to My Hero Academia (as Mina Ashido across three films). She has sung character songs for Toradora!, Kodomo no Jikan, and Working!!. She has dubbed live-action films like Train to Busan and Fantastic Beasts. And through it all, she has remained a freelancer since leaving Early Wing, building a career on versatility and sheer volume of work.

Reader's Guide

Role in the narrative: Eri Kitamura is a voice actress and singer who has been active since at least 2004. She is known for voicing prominent roles in anime and games such as Sayaka Miki in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Saya Otonashi in Blood+, Keqing in Genshin Impact, Shizuku in New Game!, Darjeeling in Girls und Panzer, Uni/Black Sister in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Ranko Honjō in My First Girlfriend Is a Gal, Yuka Mochida in Corpse Party, Bea in Pokémon: Twilight Wings, and Miki Aono/Cure Berry in Fresh Pretty Cure!. Key franchises: She has voiced Juri Han in six Street Fighter games (Super Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, Project X Zone, Street Fighter V, Street Fighter 6, Teppen). She voiced Homura in four Senran Kagura games (Burst, Shinovi Versus, 2: Deep Crimson, Estival Versus). She voiced Sayaka Miki in the original Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime, the film trilogy, and the upcoming Walpurgisnacht Rising (2025). Other work: She provided the voice for the Vocaloid voicebank CUL. She is known to be an amateur manga artist in Japan in her spare time. She was previously affiliated with Early Wing, but is now a freelancer. Discography: Her earliest listed songs are from 2004 for Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. She has performed numerous character songs for series including Toradora!, Kodomo no Jikan, Working!!, and Mayo Chiki!.

Did You Know?

• Eri Kitamura provided the voice for the Vocaloid voicebank CUL.
• She has voiced Juri Han in six different Street Fighter games from 2010 to 2025.
• She is known to be an amateur manga artist in Japan in her spare time.
• She voiced Sayaka Miki in Puella Magi Madoka Magica across the original anime, the film trilogy (2012–2013), and the upcoming Walpurgisnacht Rising (2025).
• Her earliest listed voice work is from 2004, singing songs for Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.