Wiz, the gentle, terrifyingly powerful lich who somehow ended up running a magic item shop that steadily loses money, is voiced in Japanese by Yuka Iguchi and in the English dub by Mela Lee. Both actresses bring a warm, soft-spoken quality to a character whose terrifying undead nature is entirely at odds with her gentle personality.
Yuka Iguchi — Japanese Voice of Wiz
Date of Birth
July 11, 1988
About Yuka
Yuka Iguchi is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, affiliated with Office Osawa. Active since 2002, she is best known internationally for voicing Index in A Certain Magical Index, a role that established her as one of anime’s most recognizable voices. As Wiz, she brings a soft warmth and gentle sincerity to a character who is simultaneously a former general of the Demon King’s army and the most commercially incompetent shopkeeper in Axel — a contrast that requires an actress who can make absolute kindness feel entirely believable at all times.
Hometown
Tokyo, Japan
Career Highlights
- KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! – Wiz
- A Certain Magical Index – Index
- The Familiar of Zero – Illococoo / Tabitha
- Ro-Kyu-Bu! – Tomoka Minato
Full Current Filmography
Below is a structured list of verifiable roles based on available sources (may not be exhaustive):
Television Anime
- 2008–present – A Certain Magical Index — Index
- 2016–present – KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! — Wiz
Note: This list reflects documented credits from cited sources and may not be exhaustive.
Critical Reception
Iguchi’s portrayal of Wiz is praised for making the character’s contradiction — powerful undead mage / hopelessly gentle shopkeeper — feel completely natural. Her soft, unhurried delivery ensures Wiz comes across as genuinely sweet rather than cloying, and her scenes with Masakazu Nishida’s Vanir are consistently highlighted as some of the most enjoyable in the series due to the contrast between her earnestness and his gleeful cynicism.
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Mela Lee — English Voice of Wiz
Date of Birth
Not publicly disclosed
About Mela
Mela Lee is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles who graduated from Pepperdine University. Known for her work across anime, animation, and video games, she has built a career on warm, expressive performances with considerable emotional range. As Wiz in the Bang Zoom! English dub, she captures the character’s characteristic softness with a natural, unhurried delivery that makes Wiz’s complete lack of business sense feel like an endearing personality trait rather than a narrative device.
Hometown
Los Angeles, California, USA
Career Highlights
- KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! – Wiz
- Fate/stay night – Rin Tosaka
- Vampire Knight – Yuki Cross
- Durarara!! – Erika Karisawa
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir – Tikki
Full Current Filmography
Below is a structured list of verifiable roles based on available sources (may not be exhaustive):
Television Anime
- 2006–2010 – Fate/stay night — Rin Tosaka
- 2008 – Vampire Knight — Yuki Cross
- 2010–present – Durarara!! — Erika Karisawa
- 2019–present – KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! — Wiz
Note: This list reflects documented credits from cited sources and may not be exhaustive.
Critical Reception
Lee’s English performance as Wiz is appreciated for its consistency and warmth. The role requires a voice that reads as genuinely harmless regardless of context — including context that reveals Wiz to be a former demon general — and Lee delivers that quality with natural authority. Dub fans note her scenes opposite Robbie Daymond’s Vanir as particularly effective, their vocal chemistry matching the dynamic in the original Japanese production.
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Social Media
Official website: MelaLee.com
