Tia Lynn Ballard (born May 11, 1986)[1] is an American voice actress and ADR director affiliated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks.
Some of her notable roles are Kusano in Sekirei, Mizore Shirayuki in Rosario + Vampire, Rin Ogata in Rideback, Happy in Fairy Tail, Eris in Cat Planet Cuties, Nanami Momozono in Kamisama Kiss, Kokomi Teruhashi in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Zero Two in Darling in the Franxx, Itsuki Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets and Yashiro Nene in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.
[3][4][5] She developed an interest in voice acting when she attended a local anime convention, seeing the panel of voice actors, and learned that Funimation was only two hours from her hometown.
[3][6][7] Ballard's first voice acting gig was at Funimation where she worked with Monica Rial.
[3] Outside of voice acting, Ballard has co-created a Super Mario Bros.-themed online comic called Koopasta.