Kira Buckland

Kira Buckland is an voice actress and cosplayer. She is notable for voicing Reimi Sugimoto and Jolyne Cujoh in the TV anime adaptation of Diamond is Unbreakable and Stone Ocean respectively.

She is also known for her other roles such as 2B in, Edna in , Falke in , Mitsuri Kanroji in , Hiyoko Saionji and Kirumi Tojo in the series, Zushi in , Beatrice in , Izuko Kamiki in , Mary Saotome in , and Honoka in the  series.

Biography
Kira Buckland was born in 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. She became president of the anime club at and founded the first anime convention in Alaska,.

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

Buckland's favorite manga and anime series is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and she also has her own Joestar Birthmark tattoo. She would often run JoJo panels at anime conventions. Her favorite JoJos are Jolyne Cujoh and Giorno Giovanna, and her favorite villains are Yoshikage Kira and Diavolo. Her favorite character from La Squadra Esecuzioni is Melone. She has also cosplayed as various characters from the series including Jolyne, Reimi, and Irene.

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.

Trivia

 * Buckland is a fan of 70s and 80s rock music, especially . JoJo inspired a lot of her taste in music due to the numerous references in the series.
 * 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 album of the same name) and that the ability would be to turn any liquid substance into hot coffee.