Alison Viktorin

Alison Ruth Viktorin (née Retzloff; born February 1, 1981)[4][5] is an American voice actress who has worked with Funimation, her most notable role being Conan Edogawa in the detective series Case Closed. She also voices as Kuroko Shirai in A Certain Magical Index and its spinoff, A Certain Scientific Railgun and QT in Space Dandy.

Alison Viktorin
Born	Alison Ruth Retzloff[1] February 1, 1981 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Education	California Lutheran University[2]
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2004–present
Agent	Mary Collins Agency[3]
Spouse(s)	Dustin Viktorin ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	1[4]

Early life

Alison Ruth Retzloff was born on February 1, 1981,[1] to Sally (née Simonsen) and Albert Retzloff.[2] In 2003, she graduated from California Lutheran University earning a BA in Drama.[2][6] Alison married Dustin Kayne Viktorin of Euless, Texas, on August 27, 2005, in Fredericksburg, Texas.[2]

Career

Viktorin has provided voices for English-language versions of many anime dubs, such as the title character Sasami Iwakura in Sasami: Magical Girls Club, Shelia in Fairy Tail, Shingo Jinnochi and Ame in the Mamoru Hosoda anime films Summer Wars and Wolf Children, and Gasper in the High School DxD series.

She has also done commercials and modeling in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.[6]

In video games, she voices Jing Wei, a playable God in Smite.[7][8][9]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[10][11]
2004	Kiddy Grade	Viola	Debut role, As Alison Retzloff	CA
2004–09	Case Closed	Conan Edogawa	First starring voice-over role, also related English-dubbed films and specials, video games. Credited as Alison Retzloff, later Viktorin.	[12]
2004	Spiral	Little Boy	As Alison Retzloff	CA
2004	Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy	Bucky	As Alison Retzloff	CA
2005	Burst Angel	Amy	as Alison Retzloff	[13]
2006	Black Cat	Adam		Resume
2006	Desert Punk	Tsumiko		CA
2006	Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar	Spirit Guide	As Alison Retzloff	CA
2006–08	Negima! series	Fuka Narutaki, Fumika Narutaki	Also specials	CA
2006	Rumbling Hearts	Hotaru Amakawa		CA
2007	Mushishi	Maho, Isana	Eps. 3, 22	CA
2007	School Rumble	Haruki Hanai (Child)	Ep. 13	CA
2008	Hell Girl	Nina	Ep. 17	[14]
2008	Witchblade	Yuki Sasaki	Ep. 16	[15]
2008	Ghost Hunt	Kenji Nagano	Eps. 12–13	[16]
2008–09	Sasami: Magical Girls Club	Sasami Iwakura	2 seasons	[17]
2009	Blassreiter	Sepp	Ep. 14	Resume
2010	Ouran High School Host Club	Little Boy		CA
2010	Sands of Destruction	Reve Urshela (Young)	Ep. 12	CA
2010	The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk	Acra		Resume
2011	Sgt. Frog	Karara	Eps. 64–65, 77	Resume
2011–	Heaven's Lost Property series	Tomoko	2 seasons	[18]
2011	Summer Wars	Shingo Jinnouchi		[12]
2011	Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor	Suo Pavlichenko		Resume
2012	Shakugan no Shana Movie	Yukari Hirai		[12]
2012–present	A Certain Magical Index series	Kuroko Shirai		[19]
2013	Wolf Children	Ame (Child)		[12]
2013–14	A Certain Scientific Railgun series	Kuroko Shirai		Resume[12]
2013–14	Haganai series	Kobato Hasegawa		[20]
2014	High School DxD series	Gasper Vladi	New and BorN	[21]
2014	Karneval	Kiichi		[22]
2014	Space Dandy	QT		[23]
2015	Gangsta.	Heather	Eps. 11–12
2015	Nobunagun	Lemon/Geronimo		[24]
2015–19	Fairy Tail	Shelia Blendi
2016	Dimension W	Deborah Eastriver	Eps. 7–12	[25]
2016	Three Leaves, Three Colors	Yū Takezono		Tweet[26]
2016	Barakamon	Naru Kotoishi		[27]
2016	Puzzle & Dragons X	Lance (Young)		[28]
2016	Strike Witches: The Movie	Rosalie de Hemricourt de Grunne		[12][29]
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Kūsuke Saiki (Young)	Ep. 21	[30]
2016	Chaos Dragon	Kai		[31]
2016	Show by Rock!!#	Balt	Ep. 5	[32]
2016	Trickster	Kensuke Hanasaki (Young)		[33]
2016	Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Nakigitsune		[33]
2016	Keijo!!!!!!!!	Tae Yokosugi		[33]
2017	Aquarion Logos	Tinoa	Eps. 18, 23, 25	[12][34]
2017	Akiba's Trip: The Animation	Suidōbashi		[28]
2017	Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas	Furball		[28]
2017	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	Shōta Magatsuchi		[28]
2017	The Royal Tutor	Leonhard von Glanzreich (Young)	Ep. 3	[35]
2017	Alice & Zōroku	Daiki Miho	Ep. 8	[35]
2017	KanColle: Kantai Collection	Yayoi		[12][36]
2017	Hyōka	Rie Zenna		[37]
2017	My First Girlfriend Is a Gal	Yui Kashī		[38][39]
2017	Convenience Store Boy Friends	Akira Mishima		[40]
2017	Tsuredure Children	Kana Ījima		[41]
2017	New Game!	Ren Ījima		[38]
2017	In Another World With My Smartphone	Renee	Ep. 8	[42]
2017	Anime-Gataris	Arisu Kamiigusa		[43]
2018	Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches	Aya	Eps. 2, 4	[44]
2018	The Ancient Magus' Bride	Ethan Barklem	Eps. 16-17	[45]
2018	Hakyū Hōshin Engi	Ko Tensho		[46]
2018	Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito	Ruth		[47]
2018	Concrete Revolutio series	Furota		[48]
2018	Chio's School Road	Chiharu Ando		[12][49]
2019	Endro!	Mao		[50]
2019	Fruits Basket	Kyo Soma (young)	2019 reboot	[51]
2019	Sarazanmai	Haruka Yasaka		[52]
2019	RobiHachi	Gras		[53]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2009	Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation	Conan Edogawa		[12]
2014	Smite	Jingwei		[54]

Live-action dubbing

List of voice performances in live action

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2016	Rurouni Kenshin series	Myōjin Yahiko		[55]

References

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2. "Retzloff-Viktorin (wedding announcement)". The Facts. Brazoria County, Texas. 2005-08-21. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
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6. "Alumni News". California Lutheran University Magazine. 16 (1): 33. Summer 2008.
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13. Johnston, Chris (2005). "City of Angels". Newtype USA. 4 (4): 34–35.
14. "Glass Scenery". Hell Girl. Season 1. Episode 17. Event occurs at Closing credits.
15. "Relaxation". Witchblade. Episode 16. 2007. Event occurs at Closing credits.
16. "File 5: Silent Christmas Part 1". Ghost Hunt (TV series). Episode 12. 2008.
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18. "Off We Go To My Bathhouse Paradise". Heaven's Lost Property. Season 1. Episode 11 – via Netflix.
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    • @SpacemanHardy (June 5, 2016). "@alisonviktorin Hey Alison, is that you I hear in the new episode of Three Leaves, Three Colors?" (Tweet). Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Twitter.
    • Alison Viktorin [@alisonviktorin] (June 5, 2016). "@SpacemanHardy You betcha!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Twitter.
    • @oldskoolking87 (June 11, 2016). "@alisonviktorin U did great as Yu Takezono from Three Leaves, Three Colors. We're on episode 5 on Sunday" (Tweet). Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Twitter.
    • Alison Viktorin [@alisonviktorin] (June 11, 2016). "@oldskoolking87 Thanks, Yu is a fun one to voice 😘" (Tweet). Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Twitter.
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37. "Have Found the Identity". Hyōka. Episode 7. 2017. Event occurs at Closing credits.
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40. "Funimation Announces Simuldub Casts for A Centaur's Life, Hina Logic, Gamers!, Convenience Store Boy Friends". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
41. "Funimation Announces Tsuredure Children Simuldub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
42. "Daily Life, and Onward to Eashen". In Another World With My Smartphone. Episode 8. 2017. Event occurs at Closing credits.
43. "Funimation Reveals English Dub Casts for Anime-Gataris, A Sister's All You Need, Recovery of an MMO Junkie Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
44. "Kiss Me, Okay". Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches. Episode 2. 2018. Event occurs at Closing credits.
45. Funimation. "The Ancient Magus' Bride English cast & crew". www.funimation.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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47. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 3, 2018). "planetarian Film's English Dub Cast Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
48. "The Witch Girl from Tokyo". Concrete Revolutio. Episode 1. Event occurs at Closing credits, English voice cast. Retrieved September 11, 2018 – via Funimation.
49. "Funimation Summer 2018 SimulDub lineup". www.funimation.com. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
50. "Jad Saxton on Twitter". Twitter. February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
51. "Fruits Basket Master Thread". www.funimation.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
52. Funimation. "[Master Thread] Sarazanmai (Dubbed)". www.funimation.com. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
53. "[Master Thread] RobiHachi (Dubbed)". Funimation. April 9, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
54. @StarZeroGame (14 January 2017). "@alisonviktorin Since peacing together that you were the voice of Jing Wei in smite I've made it a point to master her!" (Tweet). Retweeted by Alison Viktorin. Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via Twitter.
55. "Funimation Reveals Dub Casts For Overlord, Shimoneta, 1st Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film, 6th Hetalia Season". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 12, 2016.

External links

• Official agency profile
• Alison Viktorin at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Alison Viktorin at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Alison Viktorin at IMDb