Seira Ryū Explained

Seira Ryū
Native Name:	劉セイラ
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Liú Jìngluò (Chinese: {{linktext|劉|婧|犖)
Birth Date:	25 November 1985
Birth Place:	Beijing, China
Occupation:	Voice actress
Years Active:	2011–present
Agent:	Aoni Production
Height:	163 cm

is a Chinese voice actress based in Japan and affiliated with Aoni Production.^[1]

Biography

Born in Beijing, she longed to become a voice actor from a young age. In high school she participated in the creation of doujin games, original drama CD, etc. and participated in voice actress/singer-related activities under the name of "kkryu".^[2]

In 2006, she became a student of Beijing Foreign Studies University's Japanese language institute^[3] and in 2008 graduated from the university. During her time at BFSU, she was an exchange student in Japan, studying at Aichi Bunkyo University^[3] for ten months.

After graduation she studied again at the Nippon Engineering College (NEEC) for two years. While studying, she appeared as a 7th grader in the show Dream · Dream · Party.

In an interview in 2016, Ryu said that she was influenced by the success of Romi Park in the seiyu scene and realized that voice actors of non-Japanese heritage could have a successful career.^[3]

Filmography

Television animation

2012

• Kingdom as Gong's mother (ep 24)
• as Boy With Superpowers
• Blast of Tempest as TV Announcer

2014

• Dragon Collection as Tarte
• Medamayaki no Kimi Itsu Tsubusu? as Chinatsu
• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal as Shingo Tsukino^[4]

2016

• Idol Memories as Minato Yasukawa
• Soul Buster as Lingyun (Ryō Un)

2017

• KADO - The Right Answer as Airport announcer (ep 1)

2018

• Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! as Rin Karin
• To Be Heroine as Tōichi Tōin

2023

• The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist as Megumi Otsuki

Theatrical animation

2011

• Kuiba as Manji and Yuan
• The Tibetan Dog as Tianjin

2014

• Expelled from Paradise as Administration Public Relations^[5]

2023

• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos as Shingo Tsukino

OVA

2013

• Vassalord as Child
• Voice provider of VOCALOID YANHE

2014

• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal OVA as Shingo Tsukino

Video games

2014

• Magica Wars Zanbatsu

2015

• as Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio^[6]

2016

• The King of Fighters XIV as Meitenkun^[7]
• Grobda Remix as Shitsuki Reihara

2017

• as Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio^[6]

2018

• Food Fantasy (2018) as Sashimi, Sandwich

2019

• Samurai Shodown (2019) as Wu-Ruixiang^[8]

2022

• The King of Fighters XV as Meitenkun^[9]

Other

• VOCALOID3 sound library YANHE sound source^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seira Ryu. Aoni Production. 25 October 2015. 1.
2. Web site: 10 Anime Characters Not Voiced by Japanese Voice Actors. 2 August 2021.
3. Web site: Giving Voice to a Dream | April 2016 | Highlighting Japan.
4. News: Sailor Moon Crystal Cast Adds Misa Watanabe, Daisuke Kishio, Kousuke Toriumi, More. 25 October 2015. Anime News Network. 30 June 2014.
5. News: Expelled From Paradise Film's 2nd Trailer Previews Elisa's Theme Song. 25 October 2015. Anime News Network. 21 October 2014.
6. Web site: Seira Ryu (visual voices guide). behindthevoiceactors.com. September 1, 2023. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
7. Web site: 明天君 - THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV | PlayStation®4 | SNK|website=game.snk-corp.co.jp. ja. January 20, 2021.
8. Web site: SAMURAI SPIRITS 公式サイト | キャラクター 呉瑞香 - SNK|website=snk-corp.co.jp. ja. May 9, 2019.
9. KOF XV｜MEITENKUN｜Character Trailer #2 (4K). YouTube. January 20, 2021. January 20, 2021.
10. Web site: Sina Visitor System. zh:言和声源@kkryu_k 签售会，KK签售辛苦啦. @言和PROJECT. July 14, 2013. May 13, 2019. zh-hans.