Hekiru Shiina (born March 12, 1974) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. Beginning her career in 1991, she initiated the third voice actor boom along with Megumi Hayashibara and Mariko Kouda. Shiina is perhaps best remembered for starring as Hikaru Shidou in the Magic Knight Rayearth series.
While she kind of vanished at the Turn of the Millennium, she slowly made her return as a recurring character in the third season of Hell Girl and later as Yuyuko Saigyouji in the fangame-lovechild of Touhou Project and Castlevania — Koumajou Densetsu. This is eventually topped during The New '10s in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and its anime adaptation where she plays someone on the opposite spectrum of Hikaru: Celestia Ludenberg, quite possibly her second most known role (or the first for modern watchers).
Also, she got married in 2014.
In October 31, 2021, Hekiru debuts as Virtual YouTuber or VTuber under her name, "Hekiru" on King Amusement Creative's Youtube channel. Her debut video can be found here
. Though by 2022, she graduated from her vtuber persona.
Notable roles by Hekiru Shiina:
- Alpha Hatsuseno in both Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou OVAs
- Professor Bellis in Pokémon Masters
- Celestia Ludenberg real name Taeko Yasuhiro in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Chiho Masuda in Advanced Variable Geo (first game only; replaced by Yōko Asada in the sequel)
- Dortin in Sorcerer Stabber Orphen
- Elektra in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
- Faerie & Fairy Familiar in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (As an Easter Egg, she can sing the insert song Nocturne if you have the latter (Fairy) active while Alucard sits down on a chair for a long time, only in the Sega Saturn version and Dracula X Chronicles)
- Fam in Ruin Explorers
- Hikaru Shidou in Magic Knight Rayearth (Reprises the role in the Super Robot Wars series starting with T)
- Honami in Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
- Kotomi Takanashi in DNA²
- Mega Man in Mega Man: The Power Battle and The Power Fighters
- Memphis in Azur Lane
- Mitsuka Kaguya in Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure
- Pastel in the Twinbee series
- Princess Shiina in Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman
- Ruri in the first InuYasha movie
- Yamawaro in Hell Girl
- Yoshiko Tsushima's mother in Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Yui Itou in GTO: The Early Years
- Yuyuko Saigyouji in Koumajou Densetsu II
- Usahana in Usahana: Yumemiru Ballerina and Sanrio Pokoapoko series
- Chiaki Ichinomiya in the Genei Tougi duology
