Tia Ballard

Tia Ballard
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Born	Tia Lynn Ballard (1986-05-11) May 11, 1986 Paris, Texas
Education	Paris Junior College
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2009–present

Tia Lynn Ballard (born May 11, 1986) is an American actress, artist, comedian, writer, and voice actress for Funimation. Some of her notable roles include Kusano from Sekirei, Rin Ogata in Rideback, Mizore from Rosario + Vampire, and Happy from Fairy Tail.

Biography

Ballard grew up in Paris, Texas. She was inspired to get into voice acting when she attended an anime convention, seeing the panel of voice actors, and learned that Funimation was only two hours from her hometown. In college, she was a participant in the Disney College Program, after which she changed her major to theatre. She completed an associate degree from Paris Junior College with an emphasis on Theatre and Art.

Ballard's first voice acting gig was at Funimation where she worked with Monica Rial. She played Young Asim in Dragonaut: The Resonance. She later had a larger role as Rachel Calvin in Linebarrels of Iron.

Outside of voice acting, Ballard has co-created a Super Mario Bros. themed online comic called Koopasta.

Filmography

Anime

• A Certain Scientific Railgun series – Maaya Awatsuki
• Aquarion Evol – Sazanka Bianca
• Attack on Titan – Hannah
• B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time – Princess Anne
• Baka and Test – Miho Sato
• Bamboo Blade – Kawaguchi
• Ben-To – Ume Shiraume
• Birdy the Mighty Decode – Kanae Kitamura
• Blassreiter – Annika
• Blood-C – Hitomi
• Blood-C: The Last Dark – Hiro "Tsuki" Tsukiyama
• Casshern Sins – Hoti
• Cat Planet Cuties – Eris
• Chaos;Head – Takumi Nishijo (Child, Ep. 3)
• Chrome Shelled Regios – Saya, Zuellni
• Corpse Princess – Nozomi Kasuga
• D-Frag! – Takao
• D.Gray-man – Darna (Ep. 37), Katia (Ep. 43)
• Dance in the Vampire Bund – Nero
• Date A Live – Yoshino
• Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor – Yoko Sawasaki
• Deadman Wonderland – Hibana Daida
• Death Parade – Chisato Miyazaki (Child; Ep. 3)
• The Devil Is a Part-Timer! – Chiho Sasaki
• Dragon Ball Kai – Marron
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' - Marron
• Dragonaut: The Resonance – Asim Jamar (Child)
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo – Midori Kitakami
• Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth – Miwa Hino
• Fairy Tail – Happy
• Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess – Happy
• Free! - Eternal Summer – Chigusa Hanamura
• Freezing – Elizabeth Mably, Ticy Phenyl
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Shao May
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos – Karina
• Gangsta. – Arthur
• Good Luck Girl! – Rika Tsuwabuki
• Guilty Crown – Hare Menjou
• Heaven's Lost Property – Eve, Umami (Forte, Ep.7, 9)
• Hero Tales – Linlin (Ep. 4)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation – Peashy
• Is This a Zombie? – Eucliwood Hellscythe (Fantasy voice, Ep. 2)
• Is This a Zombie? of the Dead – Eucliwood Hellscythe (Fantasy voice, Eps. 5–7)
• Kamisama Kiss series – Nanami Momozono, Yukiji (Season 1)
• Karneval – Eliska
• Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing – Alvis Hamilton
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Lemile Knolles (Ep. 13), Telura
• Linebarrels of Iron – Rachel Calvin
• Little Busters! – Komari Kamikita
• Log Horizon – Nureha
• Lord Marksman and Vanadis – Titta
• Maken-ki! series – Inaho Kushiya
• Nabari no Ou – Shigure
• Nobunagun – Iyo (Young)
• Noragami – Moyu
• No-Rin – Natsumi Bekki
• Oh! Edo Rocket – O-Nui
• Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions – Ami Jizo
• One Piece – Porche
• One Piece Film: Z – Z (Child)
• Prison School – Mari Kurihara
• Red Data Girl – Izumiko Suzuhara (Child)
• Rideback – Rin Ogata
• Robotics;Notes – Akiho Senomiya (Child)
• Rosario + Vampire series – Mizore Shirayuki
• Sands of Destruction – Maya
• Sankarea: Undying Love – Rea Sanka
• Sekirei – Kusano
• Selector Infected WIXOSS – Hitoe Uemura
• Seraph of the End – Taichi Hyakuya
• Sgt. Frog – Melody Honey, Rei Kinoshita (Ep. 61)
• Shakugan no Shana series – Kimiko Nakamura (Seasons 2–3, OVA), Marianne (Season 2, Movie), Domino (Season 3)
• Shangri-La – Tomoka Yamazaki
• Shiki – Megumi Shimizu
• Sky Wizards Academy – Misora Whitale
• Show By Rock!! − Kittsun
• Strike Witches – Amaki Suwa
• Summer Wars – Kana Jinnouchi
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Maria Nanadan
• Tokyo Ghoul √A – Roma Hoito
• Tokyo Ravens – Hokuto
• The Tower of Druaga – Enre
• Ultimate Otaku Teacher — Kōtarō Araki
• Unbreakable Machine Doll – Hotaru/Nadeshiko Akabane
• World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman – Maya Shimon

Video Games

• Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – Geisha Puppets, Hent High Students, "I Love U" (vocals)
• Monster Tale – Priscilla

Web Series

• Death Battle – Tifa Lockhart

References

• Happy time with Tia! on YouTube – podcast interview with Tia Ballard posted January 7, 2012.
• Doty, Terri; Tatum, J. Michael (August 21, 2010). "EP 21, "The Return of Tia Ballard"" (Podcast). That Anime Show. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

External links

• Tia Ballard on Facebook
• Tia Ballard at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Tia Ballard at the Internet Movie Database