Brittney Karbowski

Brittney Karbowski
Karbowski at the 2008 Anime Supercon
Born Brittney Marie Karbowski
(1986-06-26) June 26, 1986[1]
Sugar Land, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater University of Houston
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 2005–present[2]
Spouse(s)
Matthew Hernandez (m. 2013)
[3]
Children 1

Brittney Marie Karbowski (born June 26, 1986)[1] is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series for ADV Films, Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks, most notably Black Star from Soul Eater which aired on Adult Swim.

Career

In Houston, Texas, Karbowski had been working in theater productions such as Little Shop of Horrors, Seussical, and Pirates of Penzance. She got into the anime business from a director contact when she played Janet in a local stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.[4] She voiced in Yumeria, Madlax, and Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick. Her first leading role with ADV Films came in Gilgamesh where she played Fuko.[5][6] She attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater.[6] In 2006, she had starring voice roles as Himeko Katagiri in Pani Poni Dash and as Aoba Tsuzaki in Jinki: Extend.[6][7] In 2008, she voiced the lead heroine Ayu Tsukimiya in Kanon.

In 2007, she began voicing for Funimation with a starring role as Mai in Itsudatte My Santa! and as Apis in a One Piece storyline. In 2008, she had starring roles in ensemble casts as Anri Misugi in Sasami: Magical Girls Club, Ku Shiratori in Shattered Angels and Sia in Shuffle![7] In 2009 she voiced the lead role Nina Yamada in Save Me! Lollipop.[8]

In 2010, she landed the starring voice role of Black Star in the Funimation English dub of Soul Eater, which would broadcast on Adult Swim in 2013. She also voiced Selim Bradley/Pride in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Ryou Fujibayashi in Clannad. In 2011, she voiced starring characters including Yuri Nakamura in Angel Beats!, Ikaros in Heaven's Lost Property, Nanami Nishijo in Chaos;Head, and Eve Neuschwanstein in Needless.

She continued to voice main characters in 2012 such as Yamada in B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time, Chizuru Yukimura in Hakuoki, and Mikoto Misaka in the A Certain Magical Index series. She joined the Fairy Tail cast as the tween character Wendy Marvell. In 2013, she played starring characters Rin Natsume in Little Busters!, Himiko in Btooom!, and Manami Kinjou in Cat Planet Cuties.[9] In 2017, she voiced her first video game as mascot character Pinkun in Akiba's Beat.[10][11]

Outside of voice acting, Karbowski has had roles in films such as Celie in Up & Down, Susie in Puncture, and a backpack girl in the parody film The Starving Games. She was slated to be a lead character Zax in an upcoming sci-fi movie Code of Evil. She also starred in the 2015 horror film Atrocity.[12]

Personal life

Karbowski was briefly hospitalized with a broken neck in 2010 due to a car accident.[13]

She married Matthew Hernandez on October 11, 2013.[3]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2005Chrono CrusadeSister AnnaEps. 14–26Resume
2005GilgameshFuko Omuro[6]
2005MadlaxNakhl[6]
2005YumeriaMone[6][14]
2006Air GearRen FaPress[14]
2006Le Chevalier D'EonAnna RochefortPress[14]
2006Jinki: ExtendAoba Tsuzaki[6]
2006Pani Poni Dash!Himeko KatagiriPress[14]
2007KanonAyu[15]
2007Coyote Ragtime ShowFrancaPress[14]
2007Hell GirlMinami ShibuyaPress[14]
2007Itsudatte My Santa!Mai[16]
2007MushishiIto TozawaResume
2007One PieceApis, othersFunimation dubPress[14][17]
2007Red GardenRose SheedyPress[17]
2007Shin-ChanRyuukoFunimation dubResume
2007Xenosaga: The AnimationM.O.M.OPress[14]
2008Best Student CouncilMayura IchikawaResume
2008ClaymoreRifulPress[14][17]
2008Darker than BlackKiko Kayanuma[18]
2008Ghost HuntThanatEps. 12–13[19]
2008KanonAyu Tsukimiya2006 series[9][14][20]
2008Ouran High School Host ClubHinako TsuwabukiPress[14]
2008Sasami: Magical Girls ClubAnri MisugiPress[14]
2008Shattered AngelsKu ShiratoriResume
2008Shuffle!SiaResume
2008Tokyo MajinKyoko "Anko" TohnoResume
2008The WallflowerLaseineResume
2009Kenichi: The Mightiest DiscipleKaede TanimotoResume
2009KibaRoyaResume
2009Murder PrincessMilano[21]
2009Negima!?AnyaResume
2009Save Me! LollipopNina YamadaResume
2010ClannadRyou FujibayashiPress[9]
2010–11Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodSelim Bradley/PridePress[9]
2010Halo LegendsSister (Odd One Out)Resume
2010Master of Martial HeartsYu DaimonjiResume
2010SekireiHikari[22]
2010Soul EaterBlack Star[23][24]
2011Angel Beats!Yuri NakamuraPress[9]
2011Blue DropTsubaelResume
2011Chaos;HeadNanami[22]
2011Heaven's Lost Property seriesIkarosPress[9]
2011Highschool of the DeadAlice MaresatoPress[17]
2011Maken-ki!Furan Takaki[25]
2011NeedlessEve NeuschwansteinPress[17]
2011Night Raid 1931Yukina SonogiResume
2011Phantom ~Requiem for the PhantomCal "Drei" DevensResume
2011Summer WarsYuhei Jinnouchi[26]
2012A Certain Magical IndexMikoto Misaka, Last Order[27][9]
2012B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First TimeYamada[28][29]
2012Ef: A Fairy Tale of the TwoKei Shindou[17]
2012-presentFairy TailWendy MarvellPress[9]
2012FreezingIngrid Bernstein[22]
2012Gintama: The MovieTetsuko Murata, Yagyu Jubei[22]
2012HakuokiChizuru Yukimura[22]
2012–2014Infinite StratosCecilia Alcott2 seasons + OVAs[30][31]
2012The World God Only KnowsKanon Nakagawa, Chihiro Kosaka (Season 2)Press[9]
2013A Certain Scientific RailgunMikoto Misaka[32]
2013AKB0048Orine Aida[33]
2013AnotherYukari Sakuragi[34]
2013Bodacious Space PiratesMami EndoPress[9]
2013Cat Planet CutiesManami KinjouPress[9]
2013Kokoro ConnectRina Yaegeshi[22]
2014A Certain Scientific Railgun SMikoto Misaka[32][35]
2014Jormungand seriesSchokolade[36]
2014Psycho-PassChikaEp. 1[37]
2014Rozen Maiden ZurücksplenSuiseiseki[38]
2015Akame ga Kill!Aria[39]
2015Beyond the BoundaryAi Shindo[40]
2015Black BulletYuzuki Katagiri[41]
2015Dog & ScissorsMaxi Akizuki[42]
2015Love, Chunibyo & Other DelusionsSanae Dekomori[43]
2015Magical WarfareFutaba Ida[44]
2015Muv-Luv Alternative: Total EclipseInia Sestina[45]
2015–16ParasyteMigi[46]
2015Selector Infected WIXOSSPiruluk[47]
2016The Boy and the BeastJiromaru (Young)[48]
2016Cross AngeVivian[49]
2016Den-noh CoilFumie Hashimoto[50]
2016HanayamataSachiko Yamanoshita[22]
2016Wizard BarristersCecil Sudo[22]
2016Monster Hunter Stories: Ride OnLute[22]
2017KanColleSendai[22]
2017GateLelei La Lalena[51]
2017Monster MusumePapi[52]
2017Gamers!Karen Tendō[53]
2017Food Wars!: Shokugeki no SomaHisako Arato[22]
2018Haikyu!!Hitoka YachiSeason 2[54]
2018Made in AbyssNanachi[55]
2018The Seven Heavenly Virtues Metatron[56]


Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[7]
2017Akiba's BeatPinkunFirst major video game role[10][11]

Live action

List of acting performances in film
YearTitleRole NotesRefs[7]
2010 Up & Down Celie [57][58]
2011 Garage Band: The Mini-Musical Patti Grouped under Additional Vocals
film produced by Chuck Norfolk		 [59]
2011 Puncture Susie Resume
2012 Abel's Field Stacy [60]
2012 Code of Evil Zax In production, lead role [7][61]
2012 Conjecture Reporter Short feature film Resume
2013 The Starving Games Backpack Girl   [62]
2015 Atrocity directed by Jeff S. Chimenti [63][64]

References

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  2. ↑ Funimation (May 8, 2012). Cat Planet Cuties – Available on BD/DVD Combo on 5.15.12 – Cast Interview. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Interview with Tia Ballard and Brittney Karbowski
  3. 1 2 "Karbowski-Hernandez Engagement". Fortbend Southwest Star Newspaper. August 14, 2013. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
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  10. 1 2 Madsen, Hayes (March 29, 2017). "Akiba's Beat Gets a Release Date Along With a Stylish New Trailer". Twinfinite. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
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  32. 1 2 Funimation Reveals A Certain Scientific Railgun's English Cast Archived June 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. by Egan Loo, Anime News Network, February 7, 2013.
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