Kate Higgins

=Kate Higgins= From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search{| cellspacing="3" class="infobox biography vcard" style="width: 22em; border-spacing: 3px;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold;"|Kate Higgins ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Born (1969-08-16) August 16, 1969 (age 43) Charlottesville, Virginia ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Residence ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Other names ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Occupation ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Years active 1990-present (voice actress) ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Agent ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Notable credit(s) as Sakura Haruno Eureka Seven as Talho Yūki Fate/Stay Night as Saber Sonic the Hedgehog (series) as Miles "Tails" Prower ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Home town ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Spouse(s) ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Children ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Relatives ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|Website Catherine Davis "Kate" Higgins (born August 16, 1969) is an American voice actress, singer, and jazz pianist. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia and grew up in Auburn, Alabama. She is best known as the English voice of Sakura Haruno in the hit anime series Naruto, Talho Yūki in Eureka Seven, C.C. in Code Geass and Saber in Fate/stay Night. In 2010, she is the new voice of Miles "Tails" Prower in the SEGA video game series Sonic the Hedgehog.[1 ] She is also known as Kate Davis. {| class="toc" id="toc"
 * Catherine Davis Higgins
 * class="label"|Auburn, Alabama and Los Angeles, California
 * class="nickname"|Kate Davis
 * class="role"|Voice actor, singer, jazz pianist
 * 1992–present (musician)
 * class="agent"|William Morris Agency
 * Naruto
 * Auburn, Alabama
 * Jess Lofland
 * 2
 * Christine Schnittka (sister)
 * colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|http://www.katehiggins.com
 * }
 * }

Contents
[hide] *1 Music career
 * 2 Filmography
 * 2.1 Anime roles
 * 2.2 Non-Anime Roles
 * 2.3 Video Games
 * 2.4 Documentary
 * 2.5 Staff credits
 * 2.6 Discography
 * 3 Production
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links
 * }

[edit] Music career
Higgins earned a degree in music from Auburn University. She is a trained pianist who studied with the jazz one, Bob Richardson with voice acting, Higgins pursued her music career in jazz. She plays piano and has worked as a sideperson for many musicians. She released the first jazz album by her own name The Tide is Low in 2002. The second jazz album is Stealing Freedom. Her style of hard-bop is expressed in her jazz albums and she has played with other musicians like Katisse Buckingham, Justin Robinson, Roy Hargrove, Steven Bernstein, Tom Harrell, Eric Alexander, Marc Johnson, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, Bobby Previte, Vic Juris, Jesse Davis, Mike Fahn, Greg Osby, Joe Lovano, Josh Roseman and many others. She is also in a band called Upperstructure. This features the same lineup as Melissa Fahn's R&B band in her album Avignon. They released one album called 6 by 5. Her piano idols are Thelonious Monk, Wynton Kelly and Horace Silver.

[edit] Anime roles
Leading roles in Bold
 * Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Denbo
 * Bleach - Karin Kurosaki, Nanao Ise, Retsu Unohana, Lilynette Gingerback, Lily, Miyuki, Nemu Kurotsuchi (eps. 172)
 * Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion - Yin
 * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - C.C., Additional Voices
 * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 - C.C., Additional Voices
 * Digimon Data Squad - Miki Kurosaki
 * Disgaea - Etna (trailer)[citation needed]
 * Eureka Seven - Talho Yūki, Linck
 * Fate/stay night - Saber
 * Eyeshield 21 - Mamori Anezaki
 * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Additional Voices
 * Great Teacher Onizuka - Girl
 * GunXSword - Vivian (Ep. 10)
 * Stitch! - Angel (Experiment 624)
 * Hare+Guu - Yumi (deluxe)
 * IGPX Immortal Grand Prix - Jessica Darlin
 * Initial D - Simone
 * Karas - Homura
 * Kekkaishi - Ms. Aoki
 * Last Exile - Dunya Scheer
 * Lucky ☆ Star - Nanako Kuroi
 * Marmalade Boy - Meiko
 * Mars Daybreak - Ester Ein Astrada
 * Marvel Anime: Wolverine - Yukio
 * Naruto - Sakura Haruno, Udon
 * Naruto: Shippuden - Sakura Haruno, Udon
 * Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto: Shippūden the Movie - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto Shippuden 2: Bonds - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto Shippuden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire - Sakura Haruno
 * Nodame Cantabile - Megumi "Nodame" Noda
 * Planetes - Eldegard Rivera
 * Scrapped Princess - Zefiris
 * Samurai Champloo - Yuri, Seyama
 * Stellvia - Akira Kayama
 * Saiyuki Reload - Kinkaku
 * Tekkonkinkreet - Kimura's Wife
 * Tenjho Tenge Emi Isuzu
 * Tsukihime - Hisui
 * Yukikaze - Additional Voices
 * Zatch Bell! - Megumi Oumi, Kolulu, Laila, Additional Voices

[edit] Non-Anime Roles

 * The Amazing World of Gumball - Anais Watterson as a adult
 * Animalia - Allegra Alligator, Melba Micely
 * Rugrats/All Grown Up! - Angelica (2001) and Leslie (2003)
 * Dibo the Gift Dragon (2007) - Annie
 * Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (2009) - Inhabitants of Midgar Edge
 * El Chavo - Popis, Doña Florinda, Godinez (English Dub: Phoebe, Mrs. Worthmore, and Gordon)
 * The Legend of Korra - Toph Bei Fong (adult)
 * Monster High - Frankie Stein (2010-) and the Green Twisted Pigtailed Goblin (2011)
 * Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Principal Quinlan, Mayor Janet Nettles, the Vampire Waitress, and Randy's Mom
 * Wolverine and the X-Men - Scarlet Witch, Pixie
 * Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse - Barbie

[edit] Video Games

 * APB Reloaded - Akiko X, Female Citizen
 * Armored Core 4 - P. Dam, Hilarios
 * Armored Core: For Answer - Additional Voices (uncredited)
 * Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - Cloche Leythal Pastalie (uncredited)
 * Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel - Akane (uncredited)
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Imperator Librarius/Saya, Torakaka (uncredited)
 * Bleach: The 3rd Phantom - Shiyo, Retsu Unohana
 * Bleach: Soul Resurrección - Lilynette Gingerback
 * Clive Barker's Jericho - Wilhelmina "Billie" Church
 * Cross Edge - Marie
 * Culdcept Saga - Rilara
 * Dead or Alive 5 - Tina Armstrong
 * Dead or Alive: Dimensions - Tina Armstrong
 * Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 - Tina Armstrong
 * Dead or Alive Paradise - Tina Armstrong [1 ]
 * Destroy All Humans! - Miss Rockwell
 * Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten - Fuka Kazamatsuri
 * Dragon's Dogma - Madeleine
 * Final Fantasy XIII - Cocoon Inhabitants
 * Final Fantasy XIV - Various
 * Fire Emblem: Awakening - Lissa
 * Gods Eater Burst - Alisa
 * Hyperdimension Neptunia - IF
 * MadWorld - Naomi / RinRin
 * Magna Carta 2 - Rue
 * Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis - Jessica Philomele (uncredited)
 * Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Announcer
 * Naruto: Clash of Ninja series - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series - Sakura Haruno, Mei Terumi
 * Naruto: Ninja Council series - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - Sakura Haruno
 * Naruto: The Broken Bond - Sakura Haruno
 * Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - Momiji, Obaba
 * Ninja Gaiden 3 - Momiji, Obaba
 * Project Sylpheed - Natalie Kong
 * Resident Evil 6 - Deborah Harper
 * Resonance of Fate - Additional Voices
 * Rumble Roses XX - Candy Cane, Becky (uncredited)
 * Saints Row 2 - Additional Voices
 * Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love - Subaru Kujo (uncredited)
 * Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Michelle Valdez (uncredited)[2 ]
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (series) - Miles "Tails" Prower, Wave the Swallow and Classic Tails (2010–present)[1 ]
 * Soulcalibur V - Natsu
 * Suikoden V - Miakis (uncredited)
 * Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together - Narrator
 * Tales of Graces - Asbel Lhant (Child), Pascal
 * Tales of the Abyss - Arietta the Wild (uncredited)
 * Tales of Vesperia - Sodia, Khroma (uncredited)
 * The World Ends with You - Uzuki Yashiro and Raimu "Rhyme" Bito
 * Trinity Universe - Tsubaki
 * Valkyria Chronicles - Cordelia gi Randgriz, Martha Lipponen, Freesia York
 * Wild Arms 4 - Yulie Ahtreide (uncredited)
 * Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman - Etranger
 * Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles - Megumi Oumi, Laila
 * Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury - Megumi Oumi, Kolulu, Laila
 * Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition - Deadra

[edit] Documentary

 * Adventures in Voice Acting - Herself

[edit] Staff credits

 * AnimeTV - Theme song performance "I'm On My Way"

[edit] Discography

 * The Solid Rock (1998) - Concord Records
 * The Tide is Low (2002) - Concord Jazz - with Eric Alexander and Steven Bernstein
 * Upper Structure 6 by 5 (2004)
 * Bigger than Love (2006) - Concord
 * Jazz Standards
 * Christmas
 * Stealing Freedom (2009) - Concord Jazz - with Eric Alexander and Steven Bernstein
 * Little Parts (2009) - Produced by Joel Alpers

[edit] Production
Higgins had been cast for English voice of four characters for voice actress Ayako Kawasumi:
 * Saber in Fate/Stay Night
 * Megumi Noda in Nodame Cantabile
 * Rue in MagnaCarta II
 * Yulie Ahtreide in Wild Arms: The 4th Detonator

[edit] References

 * 1) ^ a b http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2010/07/15/out-of-the-mouths-of-hedgehogs/
 * 2) ^ http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7852/katehiggins.png

[edit] External links

 * Official website
 * Kate Higgins at MySpace
 * Kate Higgins at the Internet Movie Database
 * Kate Higgins at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia