In the Japanese version of Gintama, Kagura is voiced by Rie Kugimiya. In the English dubs, Kagura has been voiced by multiple actresses across different releases, including Luci Christian, Jocelyne Loewen, Crystal Lopez, and Kira Vincent-Davis.
Japanese Voice Actor: Rie Kugimiya
Date of Birth
Rie Kugimiya’s full birth date is publicly reported as May 30, 1979. Her agency profile publicly lists her birthday as May 30.
About Rie
Rie Kugimiya is one of the most recognizable voice actresses of her generation, with a long-running career spanning anime, games, dubbing, and radio. For Gintama fans, she is the definitive Japanese voice of Kagura, and her performance has been part of the franchise across the TV anime and related productions for years. Her agency profile also shows how broad her range is, from comic leads and mascots to dramatic supporting parts and major shonen roles.
Hometown
Her agency lists her as being from Kumamoto Prefecture. Some public biographies also report May 30, 1979 as her birth date, but for hometown/origin, Kumamoto Prefecture is the clearest officially published detail.
Career Highlights
Kugimiya’s best-known roles include Kagura in Gintama, Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Happy in Fairy Tail, Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!, Shana in Shakugan no Shana, Nagi Sanzenin in Hayate the Combat Butler, Louise in The Familiar of Zero, and Haruka Sawamura in the Yakuza game series. Industry recognition followed as well: she won at the 2nd Seiyu Awards in the supporting actress category and at the 3rd Seiyu Awards in the lead actress category. Her staying power is also visible in recent agency-listed credits such as Kingdom, FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest, Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc-, and newer Gintama publicity tied to the 2026 film release.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits published on Kugimiya’s current I’m Enterprise agency profile as accessed on April 1, 2026. It is substantial and source-based, but it may not be fully exhaustive of every role in her entire career outside what that profile currently documents.
TV Anime
Kingdom (Karyoten); Chou Kaguya-hime! (FUSHI); Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling / Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta (Mariel); Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- (Sieglinde Sullivan); FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest (Happy); Ramen Akaneko (Hana); Haigakura (Kaka); Science x Adventure Survival! (Kyuri); Mashin Souzouden Wataru (Ryunnryun); Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (Fenrys); Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (Shiratama); Yohane the Parhelion (Chika’s mother); Shadows House (Barbie/Barbara); Kotaro Lives Alone (Kotaro); Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout (Goddess of Love and Beauty); Jujutsu Kaisen (Momo Nishimiya); Gintama (Kagura); Zenshu. (Unio); World Trigger (Kirie Konami); Mewkledreamy (Yuni); The Case Study of Vanitas (Chloé); Banished from the Hero’s Party (Tisse); Cooking with Valkyries II (Kiana Kaslana); Godzilla Singular Point (Jung); Fruits Basket (Sohma Shinra); GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation (Vyrn); Thunderbolt Fantasy series (Chōfū); Fairy Tail (Happy); LISTENERS (Nir); Drifting Dragons (Capella); Blade of the Immortal -IMMORTAL- (Yoshino Hitokoto-A); Fire Force (Haumea); Food Wars! series (Momo Akanegakubo); YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World (Mio Shimazu); Sarazanmai (Haruka Yasaka); Shakugan no Shana series (Shana); Tamagotchi! (Mametchi); KADO: The Right Answer (Kanata Shinawa); GARO -VANISHING LINE- (Sophie); Sengoku Night Blood (Yuzuki); Chronos Ruler (Mina Putin); Convenience Store Boy Friends (Miharu Mishima); Twin Angel BREAK (Milk-chan); Ninja Girl & Samurai Master (Nene); Nyanbo! (Kotora); Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! (Beatrice); Aria the Scarlet Ammo series (Aria H. Kanzaki); Divine Gate (Boy K); Punch Line (Meika Daihatsu); Blood Blockade Battlefront (White/Black/King of Despair); Tokyo Ghoul (Juzo Suzuya); Trinity Seven (Sora); One Piece (Bian); Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero (Licht April); Noragami (Nora); Witch Craft Works (Chronoire Schwarz Six); No Game No Life (Tet); DokiDoki! PreCure (Aguri Madoka/Cure Ace); Land of the Lustrous (Alexandrite); JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Anne); elDLIVE (Drew); The Comic Artist and His Assistants (Sena Kuroi); The Idolmaster (Iori Minase); Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes (Hakua Estoc); Kyousougiga (Koto); Robotics;Notes (Airi); Duel Masters series (Pyonko-hime); Hayate the Combat Butler series (Nagi Sanzenin); Red Data Girl (Satoru Wamiya); Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Hasuta); One Stormy Night: Secret Friends (Mei); Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!! (Kurumi Hazuki); The Familiar of Zero series (Louise); Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan (Melty); Recorder and Randsell (Atsumi Miyagawa); Kill Me Baby (unused character); Persona 4 (Rise Kujikawa); Astarotte’s Toy (Lotte); Inazuma Eleven (Toramaru Utsunomiya); Dragon Crisis! (Rose); Freezing (Cathy Lockhart); A Certain Magical Index II (Agnese Sanctis); Jewelpet Twinkle (Marianne); Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls (Yukimura Sanada); Okami-san and Her Seven Companions (Mimi Usami); Fullmetal Alchemist (Alphonse Elric); Ladies versus Butlers! (Kaoru Daichi); Bleach (Karin Kurosaki, Nemu Kurotsuchi); Kanamemo (Mika Kujiin); Queen’s Blade (Melona); Saki (Yuki Kataoka); Toradora! (Taiga Aisaka); Umineko: When They Cry (Shannon); Basquash! (Flora Skybloom); Maria-sama ga Miteru series (Toko Matsudaira); Kemeko Deluxe! (Misaki Hayakawa); Linebarrels of Iron (Izuna Endo); Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san / Sumeba Miyako no Cosmos-sou equivalent listing on profile (Edelweiss); Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Nena Trinity); Zettai Karen Children (Mio/Momotaro); Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka (Yuuhi Katagiri); Rosario + Vampire series (Mizore Shirayuki); Deltora Quest (Nerida); Mnemosyne (Mimi); Rental Magica (Mikan Katsuragi); selector infected WIXOSS (Ulith); Nabari no Ou (Miharu Rokujou); Mokke (Takatsu); Oh! Edo Rocket (Shunpei); Potemayo (Nene Kasugano); Heroic Age (Mail); Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act (Yan, Alma); Digimon Savers (Ikuto); MÄR (Belle); Ghost Hunt (Masako Hara); Glass Fleet (Ralph Fitzgerald deon de Luck); Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (Ringo Kinoshita); Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! series (Murmo); Zatch Bell! (Tia); Beet the Vandel Buster Excellion (Lion); Hidamari Sketch (Chika); Utawarerumono (Camyu); Yakitate!! Japan (Monica Adenauer); Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Arisa Bannings); Alice Academy (Hotaru Imai); Major (Daisuke Komori); Ninja Nonsense (Miyabi); Rizelmine (Rizel Iwaki); The Twelve Kingdoms (Taiki); Midori Days (Kota Temple role as listed by agency); Pita-Ten (Koboshi Uematsu); Super GALS! (Sayo Kotobuki); Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (Futaba Murata); Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children (Mecchi); Hand Maid May (Rena); Kyorochan (Mentamaru alien); Candidate for Goddess (Ikhny Allecto); Gravion Zwei (Brigitta).
Theatrical Anime
Shinkalion the Movie: The Marvelous Fast ALFA-X That Came From the Future (Young Hokuto); Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- (Haro); HELLO WORLD (Karasu).
Web Anime
Pokémon Legends: Arceus original web anime “Hisuian Snow” (Akio, childhood); Whistle! voice remake edition (Hiromi Noro).
Dubbing
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Egg); Stranger Things (Eleven); Bull (Taylor); American Horror Story: Cult (Winter); Ocean’s 8 (Amita); Coming 2 America (Tinashe); Game Shakers (Kenzie); The Boss Baby (Teddy, story bear); Fathers and Daughters (young Katie Davis); The Hunger Games series (Primrose).
Overseas Animation
The Casagrandes Movie (Ronnie Anne Santiago); The Loud House (Ronnie Anne Santiago); Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Veruca); Barbie Dreamtopia (Chelsea); Ruby Gloom (Ruby).
Games
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Mellore); The Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days (Iori Minase); Guardian Tales (Future Princess).
Radio, Tokusatsu, and Film
Radio: Rie Kugimiya no Itsudatte, Hajime no Ippo. Tokusatsu: Lupinranger vs. Patranger (Jim Carter). Film: Ghostbook: Obakezukan (Zukan-bou).
Critical Reception
Kugimiya’s industry standing is easy to trace through formal recognition and long-term franchise visibility. The Seiyu Awards honored her in back-to-back years, and that kind of recognition matters because those awards are among the most visible voice-acting honors in Japan. More recently, ORICON’s 2026 Gintama coverage emphasized the enduring chemistry of the Yorozuya trio—Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, and Kugimiya—underscoring how central her Kagura performance remains to the franchise’s identity. In practical terms, that is the clearest critical consensus around her Gintama work: she is not just part of the cast, but part of the formula fans and media associate with the series’ comedic rhythm and emotional payoff.
Useful source links:
Seiyu Awards, 2nd awards winners (https://www.seiyuawards.jp/winning/winning_02/index.php)
Seiyu Awards, 3rd awards winners (https://www.seiyuawards.jp/winning/winning_03/index.php)
ORICON interview on the returning Gintama cast chemistry (https://us.oricon-group.com/news/7870/)
ORICON News feature on the 2026 Gintama film and cast interview (https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2438030/full/)
Social Media
Ameba Blog: 釘宮理恵オフィシャルブログ (https://ameblo.jp/kugimiyarie-blog/)
English Voice Actor: Luci Christian
Kagura does not have one single English dub actress across all Gintama releases. The documented English performers most consistently tied to Kagura are Luci Christian for Gintama: The Movie, Jocelyne Loewen for Gintama° and Gintama: The Very Final, Crystal Lopez for the 2019 TV dub listing, and Kira Vincent-Davis in additional English-release cast listings. Because of that, the most accurate English-side continuation is a release-by-release cast profile rather than pretending there was only one English Kagura.
Date of Birth
Luci Christian was born on March 18, 1973.
About Luci
Luci Christian is an American voice actress and ADR script writer with a long career in English-language anime dubbing. She is the best-documented English Kagura for Gintama: The Movie, and she is also widely known for roles such as Nami in One Piece, Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia, Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and Honey in Ouran High School Host Club.
Hometown
Public biographies describe Christian as being from Texas, with IMDb listing Hico, Texas, and general bio summaries identifying her as Texas-born.
Career Highlights
Beyond Kagura, Christian’s most visible anime credits include Nami, Ochaco Uraraka, Hestia, and Medusa Gorgon. Those roles matter because they show the range that made her a natural fit for Kagura’s blend of chaos, comedy, and sudden emotional turns.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits available from the sources cited here and is not exhaustive.
Anime / Animation
- Gintama: The Movie — Kagura
- One Piece — Nami
- My Hero Academia — Ochaco Uraraka
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? — Hestia
- Princess Tutu — Duck / Princess Tutu
- Soul Eater — Medusa Gorgon
- Ouran High School Host Club — Honey
- Full Metal Panic! — Kaname Chidori
- Food Wars! — Yuki Yoshino
- Made in Abyss — Reg
- Fruits Basket — Hiro Soma
- Fullmetal Alchemist — Wrath
Critical Reception
Christian’s reputation in anime dubbing is tied less to one awards narrative than to longevity and marquee roles across major franchises. Her official site presents her as a veteran performer working across both anime and on-camera roles, and reference bios consistently frame her as one of the most recognizable English dub leads of the last two decades. That broad recognition supports why her Kagura casting is still one of the most search-visible English Gintama credits.
Useful source links:
Home | Luci Christian (https://www.lucichristian.com/)
IMDb biography for Luci Christian (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160049/bio/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Kagura in Gintama: The Movie (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Gintama-The-Movie/Kagura/)
Date of Birth
Jocelyne Loewen was born on November 1, 1976.
About Jocelyne
Jocelyne Loewen is a Canadian actress based in Vancouver and one of the clearest English Kagura names attached to later Gintama releases. Behind The Voice Actors lists her as Kagura in Gintama°, and other dub-reference listings also associate her with Gintama: The Very Final.
Hometown
Her public biographies identify Alberta, Canada, as her place of birth, while also describing her as working in Vancouver.
Career Highlights
Outside Gintama, Loewen is best known for Merle in The Vision of Escaflowne, Milfeulle Sakuraba in Galaxy Angel, Yai Ayano in MegaMan NT Warrior, and Penny Ling in Littlest Pet Shop. Those credits make her one of the more established Canadian dub actresses associated with the franchise.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in the cited public biographies and release-specific Kagura pages, and may not be exhaustive.
Anime / Animation
- Gintama° — Kagura
- Gintama: The Very Final — Kagura
- The Vision of Escaflowne — Merle
- Galaxy Angel — Milfeulle Sakuraba
- MegaMan NT Warrior — Yai Ayano
- Popotan — Mii
- Littlest Pet Shop — Penny Ling
Live Action
- Stargate SG-1
- The 4400
- The Dead Zone
- Eureka
Critical Reception
Loewen’s public profile is smaller than Christian’s, but the available sources consistently present her as a reliable Vancouver-based dub performer with recognizable legacy anime roles. For Gintama specifically, the important point is not celebrity visibility but release accuracy: she is the English Kagura attached to Gintama° and at least one later film listing.
Useful source links:
IMDb biography for Jocelyne Loewen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517358/bio/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Kagura in Gintama° (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Gintama-2015/Kagura/)
Wikipedia entry for Jocelyne Loewen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyne_Loewen)
Date of Birth
Crystal Lopez’s full birth date is not publicly documented in the sources I could verify here.
About Crystal
Crystal Lopez is a voice actress whose Behind The Voice Actors page explicitly lists Kagura among her known roles, and the Gintama 2019 TV dub cast listing identifies her as an English voice for Kagura. Compared with Christian and Loewen, her public biography is much lighter, so the safest summary is source-limited.
Hometown
A hometown was not publicly documented in the sources I could verify. IMDb only confirms that she is known for Gintama and a small number of screen credits, while secondary dub-reference material describes her as based in Miami, Florida. Because that latter source is not as strong as IMDb or an official site, I would treat the location detail as tentative.
Career Highlights
Her most search-relevant documented English-anime role is Kagura in Gintama. Behind The Voice Actors also identifies her with Shiro, and dub-reference databases list additional credits in titles such as Captain Tsubasa and Super Shiro.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in the cited public sources and may not be exhaustive.
Anime / Animation
- Gintama — Kagura
- Super Shiro — Shiro
- Captain Tsubasa — Hikaru Matsuyama
- Incarnation — Kaede Misawa
- Anpanman: Twinkle! Princess Vanilla of Ice Cream Land — Princess Vanilla
- The Darwin Incident — Additional Voices
Screen credits
- Gintama
- A Costume for Nicholas
- Enfermeras
Critical Reception
There is very little substantial critical writing about Lopez individually in the sources I could verify. The reliable takeaway is narrower: she is directly associated with Kagura in the 2019 Gintama TV dub listings, which makes her important for franchise-specific crediting even if her broader press footprint is limited.
Useful source links:
Behind The Voice Actors page for Crystal Lopez (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Crystal-Lopez/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Kagura in Gintama (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Gintama/Kagura/)
IMDb page for Crystal Lopez (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6569401/)
Date of Birth
Kira Vincent-Davis was born in 1979, but the full date is inconsistently documented in the sources I reviewed. Behind The Voice Actors lists July 9, while IMDb’s biography snippet only confirms the year and Houston, Texas.
About Kira
Kira Vincent-Davis is an American anime voice actress long associated with Houston-based dubbing. She appears in secondary English-cast references connected to Gintama, though the strongest production-specific Kagura pages surfaced in this search point more directly to Christian, Loewen, and Lopez by release.
Hometown
IMDb’s biography snippet identifies Houston, Texas, as her birthplace.
Career Highlights
Her best-known roles include Lucy/Nyu in Elfen Lied, Ayumu Kasuga in Azumanga Daioh, Chaika Trabant in Chaika the Coffin Princess, Izuna Hatsuse in No Game No Life, and Mio Sakamoto in Strike Witches. Those are the credits that anchor her visibility far more than the murkier Gintama release mapping.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in the cited public sources and is not exhaustive.
Anime / Animation
- Elfen Lied — Lucy / Nyu
- Azumanga Daioh — Ayumu Kasuga / Osaka
- Chaika the Coffin Princess — Chaika Trabant
- No Game No Life — Izuna Hatsuse
- Strike Witches — Mio Sakamoto
- Beyond the Boundary — Mirai Kuriyama
- Air — Minagi Tohno
- Gravion — Mizuki Tachibana
- Release the Spyce — Yuki Hanzomon
- Kandagawa Jet Girls — Rin Namiki
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days — Maki Kasahara
- World’s End Club — Kansai
Critical Reception
Vincent-Davis has one of the deeper English-dub resumés among the actresses associated with English Gintama materials. Even where the Kagura credit trail is less clean than the Luci Christian or Jocelyne Loewen pages, her standing in anime dubbing is well established through major lead and supporting roles across ADV, Funimation, and Sentai-era releases.
Useful source links:
IMDb biography for Kira Vincent-Davis (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1113042/bio/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Kira Vincent-Davis (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Kira-Vincent-Davis/)
Wikipedia entry for Kira Vincent-Davis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kira_Vincent-Davis)
For a single-line answer to the search query, the most accurate version is: Kagura in Gintama is voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese, while the English dub voice varies by release rather than belonging to just one actress.
