Janice Hiromi Kawaye is an American actor known for her work in animation, video games, and television. Kawaye was born in Los Angeles, California to parents who are both of Japanese descent. She is fluent in Japanese.
In animation, Janice’s roles include Ami Onuki, Tekirai, and others in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Gi in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Jenny “XJ-9” Wakeman in My Life as a Teenage Robot, Sara in Invader Zim, Taki Tamurai in The Karate Kid, Stacy in Totally Spies!, Kioko, Julia and Serena in All Grown Up!, Kiko in Doc McStuffins, Asami “Sam” Koizumi in Young Justice, Aki in Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, Joy in YooHoo To The Rescue, Pink Lunette in Over The Moon.
In anime, Janice has voiced Yuzu Kurosaki in the Bleach franchise, Shizuku in Hunter x Hunter, Chen and Mui in Blood+, Cocoa Yazawa in Love Live! School Idol Project, Ayumu Kōda, Mikako Kawamoto in March Comes In Like a Lion, Kukuri Yukizome in K: Missing Kings (Season 2), Mumei and Ichinoshin in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Young Giorno in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Olivia Servant in The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Ayumi Yoshida in Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, Shiori in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, and Couchpo in Edens Zero.
In video games, Janice has portrayed Lysithea in the Fire Emblem franchise, Ayane in the Ninja Gaiden franchise, Jenny “XJ-9” Wakeman in Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 1&2, and Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway, Cosette Coalhearth in Valkyria Chronicles II, Xiao Pai in Rune Factory 4, Kusabira in .hack//G.U. Last Recode, Rita Patridge in Detective Pikachu, and Ama-Pal in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.
