Kira Buckland

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Kira Buckland is an American voice actress and cosplayer. She is credited for her work as the voice actor for the character Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean's English dub. Prior to that, she also voiced Reimi Sugimoto in Diamond is Unbreakable's dub, as well as a few minor characters in Stardust Crusaders, Diamond is Unbreakable, and Golden Wind.

She is also known for her other dubbing roles in anime and video games such as 2B in Nier: Automata, Marie in Skullgirls, Edna in Tales of Zestiria, Falke in Street Fighter V, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Hiyoko Saionji and Kirumi Tojo in the Danganronpa series, Zushi in Hunter × Hunter, Beatrice in Re:Zero, Izuko Kamiki in Blue Exorcist, Mary Saotome in Kakegurui, and Honoka in the Dead or Alive series.

Biography

Kira Buckland was born in Anchorage, Alaska on July 16, 1987. She originally wanted to be a singer after finding her passion for performing in middle school. However, she learned about voice actors after getting into Japanese animation and video games at age sixteen. She started participating in various online communities and Flash animations that required voices. Soon Buckland founded the Voice Acting Club which is currently an active online community.[1] She became president of the anime club at University of Alaska Anchorage and founded the first anime convention in Alaska, Senshi-Con.[2]

Buckland began voice acting professionally after studying with an acting coach and winning a contest hosted by Bang Zoom! Entertainment in 2007. She eventually moved to southern California in 2011 where she landed several big roles in anime and video games.[1]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Buckland's favorite manga and anime series is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, having read it since 2013.[3]

She has had a Star Birthmark tattoo since 2014,[4] and cosplayed as various characters from the series including Jolyne, Reimi, and Irene. She also got her navel pierced for her Jolyne cosplay.[5]

Buckland often runs JoJo panels at anime conventions. She revealed that her favorite JoJos are Jolyne Cujoh and Giorno Giovanna, her favorite villains are Yoshikage Kira and Diavolo, her favorite character from La Squadra Esecuzioni is Melone, her favorite non-Stand user is Reimi Sugimoto, and her favorite Stand is Killer Queen.[6] As of 2019, Great Days was her favorite opening.[6] As of 2022, it is Heaven's falling down.[7]

On December 1, 2021, Buckland officially announced her role as the voice of Jolyne Cujoh in the anime adaptation of Stone Ocean during its premiere on Netflix. It had been her dream to voice Jolyne for eight years.[8]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles

Title Media Year
Diamond is Unbreakable Anime 2019
Title Media Year
Stone Ocean Anime 2021-2022
Title Media Year
Stone Ocean Anime 2021-2022
Minor Roles
Role
Title Media Year
Stardust Crusaders
(SC Episode 2)
Anime 2017
Role
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Woman A
Title Media Year
Diamond is Unbreakable
(DU Episode 35)
Anime 2019
Role
Title Media Year
Golden Wind
(GW Episode 29)
Anime 2020
Role
Title Media Year
Stone Ocean Anime 2022
Title Media Year
Stone Ocean Anime 2022

Interviews

# Interview Type Media Published
1 Kira Buckland (December 2021)
Interview
Website/Online
December 16, 2021
2 Stone Ocean Anime Interviews (February 2023)
Interview
Home Media
November 30, 2022

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Trivia

  • Buckland is a fan of 70s and 80s rock music, especially David Bowie. JoJo inspired a lot of her taste in music due to the numerous references in the series.[10]
  • When asked if she were to hypothetically have a Stand, what would its name and ability be, Buckland has stated that she would name it "Insomniac" (after the Green Day album of the same name) and that the ability would be to turn any liquid substance into hot coffee.[11]

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