Lisle Wilkerson

2011 Bio

Lisle Wilkerson grew up in Tokyo, Japan and moved to the US towards the end of 2008. She speaks fluent Japanese, and has been hosting radio and television shows in Japanese and English ever since she was 19 years old. She performed in the Academy Award winning Sofia Coppola film "Lost in Translation" and, a few years later, played a principal role in the award winning indie film "Kamataki".

She has been doing voice for video games since the early 90's and has been featured in such big franchises as Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, Virtual Fighter, and Gitaroo Man. She is probably most well-known for her work in the Tekken franchise where she is the voice of Nina Williams, Christie Monteiro, and Zafina. She currently lives in LA and does freelance voiceover work as an interpreter, as well as being a local correspondent for the Academy Awards and the Grammys for Japan.