The Voice Actresses
A little information about the voice actresses (English and Japanese) who portray Ryoko.
Ai Orikasa
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Born December 12, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan, Ai Orikasa is a Japanese voice actress (seiyuu) and singer. Her debut anime series was Shoukoushi Cedie (or "Little Lord Fauntleroy") back in 1988. Some of her more popular roles in anime include Ryoko (of course) of the entire Tenchi Muyo! series (OVA, Universe, GXP, Ryo-Ohki, Tenchi in Love, Daughter of Darkness, Tenchi Forever, and Mihoshi Special), Jakotsu in Inuyasha, and Sealand from Hetalia: Axis Powers.
Mona Marshall
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Mona is a very popular English voice actress in the world of anime, typically playing the voice of younger boys in contrast to her American cartoon resume which affords her more female roles. Her date and place of birth are August 31, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Her voice skills when it comes to Ryoko come into play in the Tenchi series "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA 3" and "Tenchi Muyo! GXP". The other Tenchi characters she plays in the aforementioned Tenchi series are Rea Masaki, Ryo-Ohki, Noike Kamiki Jurai and Suiren.
Petrea Burchard
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Petrea plays the classic voice of Ryoko that most of us know and love, from such early series and movies as Tenchi Muyo!, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, Tenchi in Love, Tenchi Muyo: Daughter of Darkness, Tenchi Forever, and Pretty Sammy: Magical Girl. Other than being the original voice actress for Ryoko before Mona Marshall took her place, she also did some voice acting in Serial Experiments Lain; she's mostly done American live-actions shows such as Fracture and Callback. She born on March 23rd, 1955 in Lawrence, Kansas.