Brina Palencia

Brina Palencia is one of those voice actors whose versatility quietly amazes me. Chopper in One Piece, Touka in Tokyo Ghoul, Ai Enma in Hell Girl: completely different characters, all convincingly hers. Beyond dubbing she works in theater, television, film directing, and audiobook narration, a breadth that usually signals a dabbler but here signals genuine craft. There's something moving about Japanese anime crossing the ocean and coming to life through her voice. I admire performers who refuse to be boxed in, and Palencia clearly belongs in that category.

Name (English)

Brina Palencia

Name (Japanese)

ブライナ・パレンシア

Reading

ぶらいな・ぱれんしあ

Born

February 13, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

Origin

Oklahoma, United States

Occupation

stage actor / television actor / voice actor / film director / audiobook narrator

High school

Weatherford High School

University

University of North Texas

• Official sitehttp://www.marycollins.com/brina-palencia
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/brinakins/
• Xhttps://x.com/BrinaPalencia
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brina%20Palencia
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4968175

Tags

• Oklahoma
• stage actor
• television actor
• voice actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.