Faye Mata

Faye Mata
Profile
Age	32
Birthday	September 2, 1992 (Wisconsin, United States)
Gender
Nationality	American
Occupation	Voice actor, Internet Personality
Genre	Anime, Video Games
Media
JoJo Debut	Diamond is Unbreakable
Website	@FayeMata

Faye Mata is an American voice actor. She is notable for her work voicing the character Yukako Yamagishi in the English dub of Diamond is Unbreakable.

She is also well known for her roles as Aqua in Konosuba, Astolfo in Fate/Apocrypha and A.K.I. in Street Fighter 6.

Biography

Faye Mata was born in Wisconsin, United States. She originally developed her passion for voiceover work during her youth, inspired by fully voiced characters interacting with each other in various videogames, notably Starfox 64. Eventually, Mata would begin to practice impressions, often done for the entertainment of her siblings whenever she would watch over them. During school she spent a brief time in theatre as well. Later in her life, Mata began to join various online fandom communities and collaborate with unnoficial fan-productions that she would act in. Due to a lack of available female voice talent online during the time, she often found roles.

Mata would go on to participate in several idol contests at Anime Expo using her impressions, but was often eliminated in the first round several years in a row. In the end, she eventually moved to California where she began to take voiceover more seriously. This would lead to her eventually meeting her longtime future voice director, Tony Oliver.

Not long after, Mata abandoned her dream of voiceover and instead went on to study a degree in Biology. Upon chance, however, while with some friends at another Anime Expo, she joined a voice acting competition hosted by Bang Zoom Entertainment and unexpectedly came out as one of the winners. She later received a call back from the studio, which resparked her passion.

After several missed opportunities and constant feedback, Mata eventually hit her stride in voiceover and continues to work with various studios and productions to this day.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles

Role

Yukako Yamagishi

Title	Media	Year
Diamond is Unbreakable	Anime	2019
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan	OVA	2021

Role

Naoko's Daughter

Title	Media	Year
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan	OVA	2021

Role

Model Scout

Title	Media	Year
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan	OVA	2021

Trivia

• While Yukako was one of her most challenging roles, Mata also found her the most rewarding to play as it was very outside her usual comfort zone.
  • Mata took a lot of inspiration from the voicework of Cindy Robinson and Allegra Clark, learning from their preformances as "sexy" characters as she believed Yukako dipped into that realm a bit.
  • Mata considers her casting as Yukako to be a turning point in her career, feeling as if she was able to prove herself and the capabilties of her vocal range.
• Despite working in separate booths for recording, Mata and her fellow actor, Zach Aguilar, would often work off of each other's established performances for their own lines due to the nature of their character's relationship.
• After Yukako, Yoshikage Kira is Mata's other favorite character from Diamond is Unbreakable, her favorite Stand being Stray Cat.
• When asked if she were to hypothetically have a Stand, what would its name and ability be, Mata has stated that she would name it "Caravan Palace" and that the Stand's ability would act as a teleportation hub, similar to Coco Jumbo's Stand: Mr.President. Entering "Caravan Palace" would allow the user to relocate themself to any other place on the world, exiting at the desired location.