Trina Nishimura

Trina Nishimura
Nishimura at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Born	Trina Marie Nishimura August 8, 1983 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Education	Amarillo High School
Alma mater	University of North Texas
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2006–present
Partner	Justin Holt

Trina Marie Nishimura (born August 8, 1983) is an American voice actress. She is known for the voice of Mikasa Ackerman on Attack on Titan, Kurisu Makise on Steins;Gate and Etie on Fire Emblem Engage.

Early life and career

Trina Marie Nishimura was born on August 8, 1983, in Sacramento, California. At age 3, her family moved to Amarillo, Texas, and began doing plays and performing at the community theater at age 9, and continued acting through high school. She graduated from Amarillo High School, and later got her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of North Texas at Denton. She originally intended to go to law school, but was asked by a friend of hers in Amarillo to try auditioning for Funimation.

Her first voice acting role was in Desert Punk as Namiko. She voices Nadie in the girls with guns series El Cazador de la Bruja, and Mari Illustrious Makinami in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. In the hit anime Attack on Titan, she voices the lead female character Mikasa Ackerman.

Personal life

Nishimura is in a relationship with Dallas-based chef Justin Holt, who opened a ramen restaurant called Salaryman in September 2019. The restaurant was closed down in November 2020 when Holt was diagnosed with leukemia.

Filmography

Anime

Film

Other voice-over roles