Cynthia Cranz
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Cynthia Jane Cranz (Born March 3, 1969 in Grapevine, Texas) is an actress best known for her voice work portrayals of Chi Chi, in all three of the Dragonball series, Botan, in Yu Yu Hakusho, Mitch, in Case Closed and most recently Mitzi, in Shin Chan. She also plays Fei Ku, in Negima and Hisae, in Kodacha.
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[edit] Biography
A native of Texas, Cynthia graduated from Grapevine High School in 1987 and The University of Mississippi, in Oxford in 1991, where she studied acting, and received a degree in History. She moved back to Fort Worth, Texas, a city she dearly loves and still resides in, where she has performed in local theater, as well as been featured in numerous commercials, print ads, industrial videos, music videos, and independent films. She got her start in the entertainment industry working as a stand in and body double for Penelope Ann Miller, the lead actress in Disney's The Gun In Betty Lou's Handbag.
[edit] Voice Acting Career
In 1999, her friend, Warren Nash urged her to go to an open call at FUNimation. She was cast as Chi Chi, in Dragon Ball Z, which was her break into the Anime voiceover scene. Recent Anime, TV and Movie credits include Full Metal Alchemist, as Paninya, Spiral, as Reiko, Fruits Basket, as Mii, Kiddy Grade, as Marianne, Lupin III, as Diana, and Desert Punk, as Dog Woman. She has also appeared in Gunslinger Girl, Galaxy Railways, Moon Phase, Samurai 7, Beck, Black Cat and Speed Grapher.
[edit] Currently
She can currently be seen on the sketch comedy show The Booby Jack Pack Show on Dallas Cable and will soon be heard again on the Cartoon Network as Mitzi in Shin Chan. Her other interests include cooking, gardening and a lifelong hobby of riding horses and competing in equestrian events. She is also working on Beet The Vandel Buster and B't X, as Arin and Gaku. One of her closest friends is Wendy Powell, whose many Anime credits include the unforgettable Envy on Fullmetal Alchemist and Fever Demon on Shin Chan. She also had a small role as Lillith Sahl on Trinity Blood.
[edit] Credits
- B'tX as Gaku
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad as Additional Voices
- Beet the Vandel Buster as Arin
- Black Cat as Additional Voices
- Case Closed as Mitch; Angie Sebastian; Announcer (Ep. 9); Kimmie (Ep. 17)
- Case Closed The Movie: The Time Bombed Skyscraper as Mitch
- Crayon Shin-chan as Mitzi Nohara
- Desert Punk as Dog Woman
- Dragon Ball as Chi-Chi (Teen)
- Dragon Ball GT as Chi-Chi
- Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure as Agent Mai
- Dragon Ball Z as Chi-Chi
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming as Baby Broly
- Dragon Ball Z Movie 12 as Chi-Chi
- Dragon Ball Z: The Deadzone as Chi-Chi (Uncut)
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest as Chi-Chi (Uncut)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might as Chi-Chi (Uncut)
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge as Chi-Chi
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13 as Chi-Chi
- Dragon Ball Z: The Legendary Super Saiyan as Chi-Chi; Baby Broly; Mrs. Briefs
- Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound as Chi-Chi
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks as Chi-Chi
- Fruits Basket as Aunt; Kisa's Mother; Mii
- Fullmetal Alchemist as Paninya
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa
- Gunslinger Girl as Ferro
- Kiddy Grade as Marianne; Reporter
- Kodocha as Hisae Kumagai
- Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure as Diana
- MoonPhase as Hazuki's Mother
- Negima! as Fei Ku
- Rumbling Hearts as Additional Voices
- Speed Grapher as Additional Voices
- Spiral as Reiko Hatsuyama
- The Galaxy Railways as Additional Voices
- Trinity Blood as Lillith Sahl (Ep. 24)
- Yu Yu Hakusho as Botan
[edit] External links
- Cynthia Cranz at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Cynthia Cranz at the Internet Movie Database
