Anya Hirai

Anya is a mischievous yet sweet girl. She’s playful, and definitely clever. She is really caring, and when given the opportunity to help someone, especially someone she's close to, she will take it. Anya's mostly a selective mute, avoiding speaking due to insecurity and being bullied growing up due to her accent, instead resorting to text-to-speech on her phone. (Screenager). To make up for her lack of expressiveness through her voice, she’s expressive through body language, and just DOESN’T have ANY respect for personal space. It’s clearly not in a harmful way though. She’s just expressive and sometimes doesn’t have the confidence to speak, due to her first language being Thai. However, she is working to improve her confidence in public. This insecurity is due to a past of being picked on as a kid for her grammatical mistakes and accent in general. However, around people she's close with, she will speak gladly.

Vocal Direction: We're looking for a medium-medium high pitched voice that's both sweet and soft, yet having a hint of mischief at certain times.

Southeast Asian/Thai accent required. Strength can vary, however not to the point of it being stereotypical, but it's definitely there.

Thai/Southeast Asian VA preferred, but not required.

Pitch and Range reference: https://youtu.be/h5ZnasKS2Gc?si=tvigDRmI3sUXc8-o (I know, I know. Pretty far from her character. I just think the voice fits!)

Voice lines not in official script, but are in character to bring the most characterization out of Anya as possible.

While she has an accent, she can write, speak, and comprehend Japanese/English fluently.