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Valkyrie Profile

General Information:

Released: 29.08.2000
Published By: Enix
Developed By: Tri–Ace
Platform: PlayStation
Genre: Action, Adventure, Role–Playing (RPG), Strategy
Perspective: 3rd-Person Perspective, Side-Scrolling

Tri Ace Staff:

Game Designer: Masaki Norimoto
Lead Programmer: Shigeru Ueki
Battle Programmer: Yoshiharu Miyake
Sound Programmer: Hiroya Hatsushiba
Map Graphic Designers: Kenichi Kanekura, Kouji Minagawa, Yoshiaki Inagaki
Character Graphic Designers: Naoyoshi Tachibana, Naoto Sasaki, Jun Satoh
Director: Yoshiharu Gotanda
Music Composer: Motoi Sakuraba
Character Designers: Kou Yoshinari, You Yoshinari

Enix Japan Staff:

Sales/Marketing Directors: Hajime Kanie, Kouji Taguchi
Artwork Managers: Naoki Oishi, Takashi Kamimura
Assistant Producer: Takamasa Shiba
Producer Yoshinori: Yamagishi
Executive Producers: Yukinobu Chida, Keiji Honda
President :Yasuhiro Fukushima

Enix America Staff:

Localization Manager: Mitsuru George Torii
Product Manager: John Laurence
Intern: Naomi Tsukada
Quality Assurance Testers: Jerry Vorhies, Rei Nakazawa, Ryan Cleland, Tony Kimmons
Sales/Marketing Manager: Andrew Stein
Accounting/Credit Manager: Misuzu McMillan
Administrative Assistant: Yuri Kato
President: Paul Handelman
Special Thanks Jeremy Blaustein (IMAGIC), Haruhiko Inaba (IMAGIC), TAJ Productions

English Voice Actors:

Megan Hollingshead (as Lenneth Valkyrie/Lorenta)
Veronica Taylor (as Freya/Jayle/Aelia)
Tara Jayne (as Llewelyn/Yumei/Shiho/Nanami)
Jimmy Zoppi (as Kashell/Suo/Badrach)
Eric Stuart (as Grey/Lucian)
Rachael Lillis (as Jelanda/Lysaria/Mystina)
Scottie Ray (as Janus/Jun)
Ed Paul (as Gandar/Benelus/Loki)
Ken Gates (as Odin/Brahms)
Kayzie Rogers (as Iseria Queen)
Adam Blaustein (as Arngrim/Lezard/Lawfer)
Cathy Cavadini (as Frei/Platina)
Edie Mirman (as Genevive/Hrist)

Japanese Voice Actors:

Naomi Amamiya (as Princess Shierad)
Hiroko Emori (as Yumeru)
Toshio Furukawa (as Jake Linnias)
Banjo Ginga (as Gannos)
Mitsuaki Hoshino (as Badluck)
Mai Hosho (as Shinho)
Tetsuya Iwanaga (as Kashel)
Ami Kawai (as Eimi)
Maria Kawamura (as Frei)
Takehito Koyasu (as Rezard Valis)
Takeshi Kusao (as Lofar)
Mitsuaki Madono (as Loki)
Naoko Matsui (as Rolenta)
Hiroshi Matsumoto (as Odin)
Rica Matsumoto (as Rory)
Katsue Miwa (as Freya)
Tatsuya Nagatomo (as Grei)
Natsumi Nanase (as Nanami)
Kenji Nomura (as Brams)
Masaya Nosaka (as Jun)
Yutaka Ouyama (as Bellinas)
Rei Sakuma (as Iselia Jo’o)
Emi Shinohara (as Celia/Miriya)
Machiko Soga (as Ryselia)
Koji Sueyoshi (as Lucio)
Reiko Tajima (as Arlie)
Rei Takano (as Jewel)
Ukou Takese (as Sohou)
Yumi Touma (as Lenneth Valkyrie)
Hiroki Touchi (as Aryuze)
Wakana Yamazaki (as Meltina)
Kazuko Yanaga (as J.D. Warris)
Sayaka Yoshino (as Platina)

Staff Information:

Megan Hollingshead
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth Valkyrie/Lorenta
Other Productions: (Anime) Pokemon, (Plays) Baptizing Adam, Restoration, Spacegrrrls, The Duchess of Malfi, Vinegar Tom, Women Beware Women, The Shooting Gallery, Wit.
Additional Information: Megan is more a broadway actress than a voice actress, is one of the founders of Adirondack Theatre Festival, and a graduate of William Esper Studios. In Pokemon, she does the voices for Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny.

Tara Jayne
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Llewelyn/Yumei/Shiho/Nanami
Date of Birth: September 20th, 1982
Place of Birth: Hartford CT
Other Productions: (Anime) Ah! My Goddess the Movie, Angel Sanctuary, Berserk, Geobreeders, Patlabor: The Mobile Police - The TV Series, Photon, Pokemon (including the movies), Revolutionary Girl Utena, Shamanic Princess, Sprite: Between Two Worlds, The Slayers Try, Yu–Gi–Oh!
Additional Information: Tara already has an impressive record for such a young actress. She is mostly famous for her anime work, and Valkyrie Profile was the only game she did. She grew up in New Jersey, studied theatre at hofstra university and takes various classes and voice lessons now. She’s been doing voice–over work (commercials mostly) since high school.

Veronica Taylor
Date of Birth: 1968
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Freya/Jayle/Aelia
Other Productions: (Anime) Pokemon, Slayers, Cubix–Robots for Everyone, Tama and Friends, Grave of the Fireflies, Poltergeist Report, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Harlock, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (Games) Shadow Hearts.
Additional Information: Veronica plays Ash, Ash’s mother, Delia and Diglet is the Pokemon series. Veronica started acting at the age of five, finished high school and college and studied voice: speech and singing. Veronica has been in many animes, and even has her own site at www.veronicataylor.net.

Jimmy Zoppi
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Kashell/Suo/Badrach
Date of Birth: March 8, 1954
Place of Birth: West Long Branch, New Jersey
Other Productions: (Anime) Fighting Foodons, Pokemon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Slayers, Slayers TRY (U.S), Utena, Yu–Gi–Oh!
Additional Information: Jimmy’s started playing in band when he was in High School, and performed at The Great Gildersleeves in 1979 when he met future band mate Carter Cathcart. Since 1981, he is a bassist and vocalist in the Carter Cathcart Band. He fist started with voice acting when Carter was doing the music for the ABC Weekend Special. He first started in a number of commercials, including a Kit Kat candy bar one. Jimmy later auditioned for several roles in the then new and unknown series Pokemon, and became the voice of Gary Oak, as well as Ratata, Raticate, Grimer, Muk, Shellder, Quagsire, Spearow, Snubble, Tomo the jungle boy, Todd the photographer, and others in the series.

Eric Stuart
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Grey/Lucian
Date of Birth: October 18, 1967
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Other Productions: (Anime) Fighting Foodons, Funky Cops, Kirby: Right Back at Ya, Pokemon, Slayers, Ultimate Muscle, Yu–Gi–Oh! (Games) Shadow Hearts (Music) Curiosity, Picture Perfect World, Eric Stuart, Blue, Dressed In Black, Bombshellshocked
Additional Information: Eric Stuart is a successful singer/guitarist who plays mostly rock and blues, and is famous for being the voice actor of James and Brock on the Pokemon shows. His own website has a full biography as well as additional information on his band and voice acting projects.

Rachel Lillis
Date of Birth: July 8, 1978
Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, New York, USA.
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Jelanda/Lysaria/Mystina
Other Productions: (Anime) Pokemon, Knights of Ramune, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Slayers, Voltage Fighters! Gowcaizer: The Movie, HyperMon, Rayearth OAV, Now and Then, Here and There, Geobreeders, Bleached, Twin Signal and The Irresponsible Captain Tylor.
Additional Information: In Pokemon, Rachel did the voices for Misty, Jesse, Jesse Belle, Perfume Girl, Violet Williams, Pikachu (In Episode 1), Togepi, Jigglypuff, Abra, Clefairy, Ditto, Gengar, Gloom, Goldeen, Horsea, Oddish, Venonat, Vileplume and Voltorb.

Scottie Ray
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Janus/Jun
Other Productions: (Anime) Fighting Foodons, Ninja Turtles, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Now and Then, Here and There, The Slayers Try

Ed Paul
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Gandar/Benelus/Loki
Other Productions: (Anime) Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His & Her Circumstances (Kare Kano), Pokemon, Pokemon Magical, the Slayers

Ken Gates
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Odin/Brahms
Other Productions: (Anime) Pokemon, Pokemon Magical, Pokemon Movies

Kayzie Rogers
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Iseria Queen
Other Productions: (Anime) Pokemon, Pokemon Magical, Pokemon Movies

Adam Blaustein
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Arngrim/Lezard/Lawfer
Other Productions: (Anime) Pokemon, Pokemon Magical, Pokemon Movies, The Slayers
Additional Information: There is a lot of dispute on wether this voice actor is male or female, due to the fact that he/she is named as Adam, Addia, Maddie and later Madelaine Blaustein. An interview with Rachel Lillis however, to refer to the voice actors as Adam, so its most likely that he is a male, and not a female like some people may think. If you have any additional information regarding this, please me.

Cathy Cavadini
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Frei/Platina
Other Productions: (Anime) An American Tail, An American Tail:2, Fievel’s American Tails, Justice League, Powerpuff Girls (as Blossom), My Little Pony the Movie, Rugrats

Edie Mirman
Characters in Valkyrie Profile: Genevive/Hrist
Other Productions: (Anime) Lensman, The Prince of Light, The Professional: Golgo 13, Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City