Kira Buckland

Kira Buckland
Profile
Age	37
Birthday	July 16, 1987 (Anchorage, Alaska, USA)
Gender	Female
Nationality	American
Occupation	Voice actor
Genre	Anime, Video Games
Media
JoJo Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
Website	kirabuckland.com @KiraBuckland

Kira Buckland is an American 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 Nier: Automata, 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. She became president of the anime club at University of Alaska Anchorage and founded the first anime convention in Alaska, Senshi-Con.

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.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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

• She has had a Joestar Birthmark tattoo since 2013, and cosplayed as various characters from the series including Jolyne, Reimi, and Irene. She also got her navel pierced for her Jolyne cosplay.
• She often runs 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.
• Her favorite non-Stand user is Reimi Sugimoto.
• Her favorite Stand is Killer Queen.
• As of 2019, Great Days was her favorite opening.

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.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles

Role

Girl A

Title	Media	Year
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (SC Episode 2)	Anime	2017

Role

Reimi Sugimoto

Title	Media	Year
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable	Anime	2019

Role

Woman A

Title	Media	Year
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (DU Episode 35)	Anime	2019

Role

Girl C

Title	Media	Year
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (GW Episode 29)	Anime	2020

Role

Jolyne Cujoh

Title	Media	Year
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean	Anime	2021

Gallery

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  Kira Buckland with Yong Yea (Enrico Pucci) at a voice over workshop

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  Kira Buckland with Matthew Mercer (Jotaro Kujo)

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  Kira Buckland with Phillip Reich (Giorno Giovanna)

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  Kira Buckland among her fellow Stone Ocean voice actors

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.
• 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.