Romi Paku

Infobox actor voice


name = Romi Paku
birthname = Romi Paku/Park Romi
birth_date = Birth date and age|1972|1|22|mf=y
age = age|1972|1|22
birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
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occupation = Seiyū
alias = Romi Park, Paku Romi
gender = Female
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ethnic = Korean-Japanese
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credits ="Nana"
as Nana Osaki
"Bleach"
as Tōshirō Hitsugaya
"Digimon"
as Ken Ichijouji
"Fullmetal Alchemist"
as Edward Elric
"Naruto"
as Temari
"Shaman King"
as Tao Ren
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kanji=朴璐美
katakana=パク・ロミ
hepburn=Paku Romi
hangul=박로미
hanja=朴璐美
rr=Bak Romi
mr=Pak Romi

Romi Paku or Park Romi (born January 22, 1972) is a Japanese actress and seiyū of Korean descent. Her blood type is AB. Born in Edogawa, Tokyo, she graduated from the Tōhō Gakuen College of Drama and Music, and studied in Yonsei University. At the first Seiyū Awards, she won "Best Main Character (female)" for her portrayal of Nana Osaki. Her most well-known roles are usually tough, calm, and mature preteen or teenage boys (for example, Tao Ren, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Edward Elric, and Natsume Hyūga). Her female roles also fit the "tough/punk lady" archetype (Nana Osaki and Teresa in Claymore). She has a cat named Kogito and a Dachshund named , which means "love" in Korean.

Name

Because the first hanja in her given name, ("ro") doesn't exist as a kanji in most popular Japanese encodings like JIS X 0208, her name is usually written differently by Japanese internet users to avoid using the "gaiji" 璐, which may not display properly on many computers and is cumbersome to input. For example, the Japanese language Wikipedia entry writes her name as 朴ロ美. (See "Japanese language and computers" for more on character encoding problems.)

Voice roles

"Leading roles in bold"

Television animation

* Air Master - Maki Aikawa
* Amatsuki - Kuchiha
* Ashita no Nadja - Alan
* Bleach - Tōshirō Hitsugaya
* Blood + - Kurara
* Blue Dragon - Zola
* Brain Powerd - Kanan
* Claymore - Teresa
* Digimon Adventure 02 - Ken Ichijouji
* Denno Coil - Haraken
* Devil May Cry - "'Elena
* Digimon Frontier - Mole the Trailmon
* - Dark Claw
* Dragon Drive - Reiji Oozora
* Eyeshield 21 (Jump Festa 2004) - Kobayakawa Sena"'
* Fullmetal Alchemist - Edward Elric, Armstrong's Mother (episode 37)
* Galaxy Angel - A (Tsuru)
* Gakuen Alice - Natsume Hyuuga/Hotaru's Mother"'
* Genesis of Aquarion - Chloe & Kurt Klick
* Get Backers - Young Jubei Kakei
* He Is My Master - Seiichirou Nakabayashi
* Innocent Venus - Hijin
* Itazura Na Kiss - Yuki Irie
* Kaiba - Popo
* Lupin III - Elenor
* Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro - X
* Major - Taiga Shimizu
* MapleStory - Giru
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Special Edition only; reprised in "Super Robot Wars") - Nicol Amarfi
* Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - Regene Regette
* Monkey Typhoon - Rarītomu
* Murder Princess - Falis aka Alita"
* Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok - Heimdall/Kazumi Higashiyama
* Nana - Nana Osaki
* Naruto - Temari (Naruto)"'
* New Fist of the North Star - Bista/Dōha
* - Tsubute
* Oh! Edo rocket - O-ise
* Oh My Goddess! - Sentarō Kawanishi
* Ojamajo Doremi Sharp - Majoran
* Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān - Majoran & Baba
* Pecola - Rabisan
* Pokémon - Forest (Japanese: Jirō)
* Princess Princess - Yuujirou Shihoudani
* Samurai 7 - Katsushiro Okamoto"'
* Sekirei - Karasuba
* Shaman King - Tao Ren
* Shion no Ou - Saito Ayumi
* Superior Defender Gundam Force - Shute
* Stellvia of the Universe - Najima Gebour & Masato Katase
* Tenchi Muyo! GXP - Kyo Komachi
* The Law of Ueki - Kosuke Ueki
* Turn A Gundam - Loran Cehack
* Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito - Gargantua (child)
* Yes! Precure 5 - Syrup
* - Tao
* Zegapain - Mao Lu-Shen

Drama CD

* Blaue Rosen - Misaki Doujima
* - Toshiro Hitsugaya
* - Toshiro Hitsugaya
* Gakuen Alice - Natsume Hyuuga
* Kimi to Boku - Kirik
* - Kousuke Ueki
* - Kousuke Ueki
* Amatsuki - Kuchiha
* - Ken Ichijouji
* - Ken Ichijouji
* Number - Toneriko Furoribanda

Video game roles

* Bleach-related - Toshiro Hitsugaya
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* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Series/G Genreation Series - Nicol Amarfi
* Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 - Nicol Amarfi
* Suikoden Tactics - Kyril
* - Mitsuru
* - Zidane Tribal
* - Giorno Giovanna
* - Kameo
* Naruto Ultimate Hero 3 - Temari
* Shining Force EXA - Toma
* Sengoku Basara - Uesugi Kenshin
* Soul Calibur Legends - Iska
* - Kousuke Ueki
* Phantasy Star Universe - Tonnio Rhima
* - Raguna
* Rune Factory Frontier - Raguna
* Persona 4 - Naoto Shirogane

Dubbing roles

* Oblina in "AAAHH!!! Real Monsters"
* Rayne in "Bloodrayne"
* Gerald in ""
* Paula Small, Perry in "Home Movies (TV series)"
* Joan of Arc (voiceover for Milla Jovovich) in ""
* Laguna in ""
* Libby in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)" TV series
* Akasha in "Queen of the Damned (film)"

External links

* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=7021 Romi Paku] at the Anime News Network
* [http://park-romi.com/ Paku Romi official fan club page]
* [http://www.joqr.co.jp/blog/poke/ a blog of one of Romi Paku's projects]