Trina Nishimura

Trina Nishimura is an American voice actress who has worked primarily with Funimation. She is known for the voice of Mikasa Ackermann on Attack on Titan.

Trina Nishimura
Nishimura at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
EducationAmarillo High School
Alma materUniversity of North Texas
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2006–present
Notable work
Partner(s)Justin Holt[1]

Early life and career

At age 3, her family moved to Amarillo, Texas and began doing plays and performing at the community theater at age 9, and continued acting through high school.[2][3] She graduated from Amarillo High School,[3] and later got her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of North Texas at Denton.[4] She originally intended to go to law school, but was asked by a friend of hers in Amarillo to try auditioning for Funimation.[3]

Her first voice acting role was in Desert Punk as Namiko. She voices Nadie in the girls with guns series El Cazador de la Bruja, and Mari Illustrious Makinami in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.[5] In the hit anime Attack on Titan, she voices the lead female character Mikasa Ackerman.[6]

Personal life

Nishimura is in a relationship with Dallas-based chef Justin Holt who opened a ramen restaurant called Salaryman in September 2019. The restaurant was closed down in November 2020 when Holt was diagnosed with leukemia.[1]

Filmography
Trina Nishimura and Bryce Papenbrook at a convention panel for Attack on Titan

Anime
List of dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2006Desert PunkNamikoDebut role[8][9]
2006Black CatTanya[8]
2006Negima!Chao Lingshen, Motsu (Negima!?)also Negima!?[8]
2006Speed GrapherYui[8]
2007Baccano!Rachel[8]
2007My Bride is a MermaidAkeno Shiranui[8]
2007School RumbleAkira Takano[8]
2007WitchbladeShiori Tsuzuki[8]
2008Baldr Force EXE ResolutionTsukina Sasagiri[8]
2008ClaymoreFlora, Sophia[8]
2008Ghost HuntKiyomi ItōEp. 7[10]
2008Jyu Oh SeiTiz[8]
2008Sasami: Magical Girls ClubAyane[8]
2009Kaze no StigmaMadokaEp. 17[11]
2009Sgt. FrogGhost Girl[8]
2009The Tower of Druaga seriesKaaya[8]
2009Nabari no OuJuji Minami[8]
2009BlassreiterMaifong Liu[8]
2009Kenichi: The Mightiest DiscipleShigure Kosaka[8]
2009El Cazador de la BrujaNadie[8]
2010Bamboo BladeKaren Nishiyama[8]
2010Birdy the Mighty: DecodeCapella Titis[4]
2010Casshern SinsLuna[8][12]
2010Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodLan Fan[8]
2010Oh! Edo RocketO-Riku[8]
2010Sands of DestructionLia Dragonell[8]
2010Soul EaterMizune[12]
2010Strike Witches seriesFrancesca Lucchini[8][13]
2011Baka and Test seriesAiko Kudo[12]
2011Chrome Shelled RegiosShante Laite[14]
2011Ga-Rei: ZeroKiri Nikaido
2011Heaven's Lost Property seriesSohara Mitsuki[12]
2011RidebackSuzuri Uchida[8][15]
2011The Sacred BlacksmithMargot[16]
2012.hack//QuantumSakuya[17]
2012Fairy TailSherry Blendy[18]
2012Okami-san and Her Seven CompanionsSatsuki ShirayukiEps. 9-10[19]
2012FreezingTris McKenzie[20]
2012Shangri-LaKlaris Lutz[21]
2012Steins;GateKurisu Makisealso Steins;Gate 0[22]
2013A Certain Scientific Railgun seriesMii Konori[23]
2013Eureka Seven: AOLerato Food[24]
2013Tenchi Muyo! War on GeminarJozzy[25]
2014-presentAttack on TitanMikasa Ackerman3 seasons, also Attack on Titan: Junior High[8]
2014Ben-ToSen Yarizui[26]
2014Senran KaguraYomi[27]
2014Space DandyMamitasEp. 3[12]
2015Death ParadeMachikoEps. 1-2[28]
2015Blood Blockade BattlefrontChain Sumeragi[29]
2015Mikagura School SuiteAsuhi Imizu[30]
2015The Rolling GirlsYukari Otonashi[31]
2015World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy SwordsmanTokiko Kanzaki[32]
2015Ninja Slayer From AnimationNancy Lee[33]
2015Ultimate Otaku TeacherYokoEps. 1-2[34]
2015Tokyo Ghoul seriesMisato Gori[35]
2015Seraph of the EndMito Jujo[36]
2016Tokyo ESPLin Lianjie[37]
2016-presentDate A Live IIEllen Mira Mathers[38]
2016Rage of Bahamut: GenesisUriel[39]
2016Dimension WMiyabi Azumaya[40]
2016Three Leaves, Three ColorsSei Osakabe[41]
2016-presentMy Hero AcademiaKyōka Jirō[42]
2016And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?Ako Tamaki[43][44]
2016Puzzle & Dragons XEldora[45]
2016Handa-kunSawako Tennōji[46]
2016Monster Hunter Stories: Ride OnNavirou[47]
2016Yuri on IceKenjiro Minami[48]
2017Hand ShakersMasaru Hojo[45]
2017One PieceWadatsumi[49]
2017KanColle: Kantai CollectionKirishima[50]
2017Classroom of the EliteAlice Sakayanagi[51]
2017HyoukaOnoderaEps. 12-13[52]
2017Dies IraeRea Himuro[53]
2017Anime-GatarisBei Bei Yang[54]
2017Garo: Vanishing LineGina[53]
2017Code: Realize − Guardian of RebirthDelacroix II[53]
2018Yamada-kun and the Seven WitchesRin SasakiEps. 1-2, 10[55]
2018 Pop Team Epic Popuko Ep. 2A [56]
2018 Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Meiling Li [57]
2018Junji Ito CollectionJean-Pierreep 4[58]
2018Katana Maidens ~ Toji No MikoYukina Takatsu[59]
2018Black CloverSally[60]
2018Hakyu Hoshin EngiRyukitsu KoshuEp. 7[61]
2018 Steins;Gate 0 Kurisu Makise [62]
2019 Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Asuka Ohtorii [63]
2019 Radiant Hameline [64]
2019Endro!Mather "Mei" Enderstto[65]
2019Boogiepop and OthersMinako Yurihara[66]
2019Fruits BasketAkito Soma (young)2019 reboot [67]
2020Deca-DenceNatsume[68]


Film
List of dubbing performances in feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2011 Trigun: Badlands Rumble Milly Thompson
2011Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) AdvanceMari Illustrious Makinamilimited theatrical release[69][70]
2013Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) RedoMari Illustrious Makinamilimited theatrical and convention release
2015Ghost in the Shell: The New MovieChris[71]
2016 Attack on Titan Mikasa Ackerman
2016 Strike Witches Movie Francesca Lucchini [72]
2016 Rurouni Kenshin Megumi Takani [73]
2016 Godzilla Resurgence Kayoco Anne Patterson
2017 Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno Megumi Takani
2017 Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends Megumi Takani
2017 Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu Makise Kurisu [74]
2018My Hero Academia: Two HeroesKyoka Jirolimited theatrical release[75]
2019 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Kiryu Mikage
2020My Hero Academia: Heroes RisingKyoka Jirolimited theatrical release
List of dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2009Case Closed - Movie: The Last Wizard of the CenturyNatasha Kousaka[8]
2011Trigun: Badlands RumbleMilly Thompson[3]
2012Tales of Vesperia: The First StrikeHisca Aiheap[76]

Other voice-over roles
List of voice performances in other media
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2012EvaNavi San Francisco audio tour guideMariiPhone app associated with J-pop Summit Festival 2012[69][70]

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