Describe Romi Park here, or I'll cut off your feet and stick them on your head!
One word: Tough.
Besides voicing tough ladies (and many angry young boys), Romi Park (born January 22, 1972) also enjoys Shaolin Kempo and swimming. Frequently compared to Megumi Ogata, as both women have rather deep voices and the tendency of voicing young boys. Tite Kubo has apparently taken notice of this, and has arranged for the two to eventually face off in the animation, as Hitsuguya and Halibel. She's so badass that Even the Girls Want Her. In more recent years, she has also voiced older women such as Sada in Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan or Alma in Radiant.
She's also notable for being a seiyuu of Korean descent, which is not terribly common. Her last name (박) may be romanized as "Pak" or "Park"; she is also sometimes known as Romi Paku, based on the romanisation of her name spelled in katakana (パク・ロミ). Also, the Korean hanja for the "ro" (璐) in her name causes trouble in the Japanese community, since it doesn't exist in Japanese kanji, and so is also hard to type on a Japanese keyboard.
On January 22, 2020, it was announced
that she got married to Kazuhiro Yamaji on her birthday, regardless of their age gap.
Notable roles by Romi Park:
- Abdiel in Shin Megami Tensei V
- Abe Boland in Spice and Wolf II
- Akasha (Aaliyah) in the Japanese dub of Queen of the Damned
- Akane Owari in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
- Alma in Radiant
- Amanda Valenciano Libre in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Black Knight/Apollonia Vaar in Granblue Fantasy
- Broomhilda von Shaft (Kerry Washington) in the Japanese dub of Django Unchained.
- Cathleen Bate/Star and Stripe in My Hero Academia
- Cyllene in Pokémon: Hisuian Snow
- Daisy Fitzroy in the Japanese dub of BioShock Infinite
- Dark Enchantress Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom
- Dayu Usukawa in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and finally goes in front of camera as she plays Dayu's human form!
- Dilly in Ninja Kamui
- Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Ema Guzmán GARO: The Animation
- Seimei in GARO: Crimson Moon
- Martin Hennes and Queen in GARO: Vanishing Line
- Falis in Murder Princess
- The Female Knight in Guardian Tales (only in the Global and Korean mobile releases, as the Japanese, Chinese, and Switch releases replace her with Natsumi Takamori)
- Finn the Human in the Japanese dub of Adventure Time
- Gali Nuva in the Japanese dub of BIONICLE: Mask of Light
- Gamora (Zoe Saldaña) in the Japanese dub of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films
- Gana in Tweeny Witches: The Adventures
- Ganta Igarashi in Deadman Wonderland
- Getter Robo series:
- Raikou Minamoto in New Getter Robo
- Queen Meldusa in Getter Robo Āḥ
- Giorno Giovanna in the Jojos Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind PS2 video game (succeeded by Daisuke Namikawa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle who was himself succeeded by Kensho Ono in the anime)
- Koichi Hirose in All-Star Battle (succeeded by Yūki Kaji in the anime)
- Gundam series:
- Loran Cehack in ∀ Gundam
- Nicol Amalfi in Gundam SEED (from Special Edition on, after Nichol's original actress Mami Matsui retired)
- Regene Regetta in Gundam 00
- Shanalua Mullen in Gundam AGE
- Lucas Nemesis in Gundam Build Fighters Try
- Hamyuts Meseta in Book of Bantorra
- Yuigaoka Headmistress in Love Live! Superstar!!
- Hange Zoe in Attack on Titan
- Helen/Kolin in Street Fighter V
- Helena in Pluto
- Helena Kyle/Huntress in the Japanese dub of Birds of Prey (2002)
- Jin Kanzaki (young) in Zetman
- Jiro (Forrest) in Pokémon
- Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) in the Japanese dub of The Jungle Book (2016)
- Kanzaki in Senran Kagura
- Karasuba in Sekirei
- Katsuki Shima in CLANNAD
- Kazumi Higashiyama (aka Heimdall) in Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
- Keizo Amano in Yo-kai Watch
- Ken Ichijouji in Digimon Adventure 02
- She also reprises her role as Ken in his appearance in Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
- Kim Wexler in the Japanese dub of Better Call Saul
- Komatsu in Toriko
- Koumori Kuroko and Witch Yurisha in Grimms Notes
- Kousuke Ueki in The Law of Ueki
- Kuchiha in Amatsuki
- Kujireika in Xam'd: Lost Memories
- Kuromitsu in Kurozuka
- Lila in the Japanese dub of Barbie of Swan Lake
- Lucille Verneuil in Karakuri Circus
- Lux (Ellie Chidzey) in the Japanese dub of Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
- Luz (Michelle Rodriguez) in the Japanese dub of Machete
- Lyon in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Madam Red in Black Butler
- Madame Shyarly/Shirley/Sharley in One Piece
- Tamamo-no-Mae (darrined by Chifuyu and Shin-ichiro Miki) and one face of the Sōgenbi in Onmyoji
- Majoran and Baba in Ojamajo Doremi (as well as various other roles throughout the series)
- Maki Aikawa in Airmaster
- Marlene in the Japanese dub of The Last of Us
- Mirei Park in Yakuza 5
- Mistral in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Miyabi Shikimori in Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
- Nana Osaki in Nana
- Naoto Shirogane and Izanami (shared with Daisuke Namikawa) in Persona 4 and all proprietaries thereof.
- Natsume Hyuuga in Gakuen Alice
- Neko Megid in Kamen Rider Saber
- Nel in Fire Emblem Engage
- The Nobushi in the Japanese dub of For Honor
- Padparadscha in Land of the Lustrous
- Pakunoda in Hunter × Hunter 2011
- Papi in Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021
- Pharah in the Japanese dub of Overwatch
- Popo in Kaiba
- Pretty Cure:
- Shadow in the Yes! Pretty Cure 5 movie
- Syrup in Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GO!GO!, Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! The Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets, and Pretty Cure All Stars
- Pricious and Eras in Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger
- Rabi-san in Pecola
- Raguna in Rune Factory and Rune Factory Frontier
- Ragyo Kiryuin in Kill la Kill
- Rin Fudo in Mission: Yozakura Family
- Rinne's Mother in Hells
- Rogue Amendiares in the Japanese dub of Cyberpunk 2077
- Rubber Shooter in Daily Lives of High School Boys
- The Ryukonogeki in Avataro Sentai Donbrothers
- Sada Hinomoto in Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
- Sara Sandoval (Salma Hayek) in the Japanese dub of Bandidas
- The Settman siblings (Noomi Rapace) in the Japanese dub of What Happened to Monday
- Shaorune in Tales of Rebirth
- Shin (Ann Truong) in the Japanese dub of Cowboy Bebop (2021)
- Shyvana in the Japanese dub of League of Legends
- Shuriki in the Japanese dub of Elena of Avalor
- Switzerland in Hetalia: Axis Powers
- Tao Ren in Shaman King
- Temari in Naruto
- Teresa del Taco in the Japanese dub of Sausage Party
- Teresa of the Faint Smile in Claymore
- The Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) in the Japanese dub of Doctor Who
- Toma in Shining Force EXA and Project × Zone
- Toshiro Hitsugaya in Bleach
- Uesugi Kenshin in the Sengoku Basara series
- Vadoma (Erin Wasson) in the Japanese dub of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Vanitas of the Blue Moon/Luna in The Case Study of Vanitas
- Vasquez (Jeannette Goldstein) in the Japanese dub of Aliens (DVD version)
- Vidia in the Japanese dub of the Tinker Bell series
- Vitaly Tynyanov in Hundred
- Viper in the Japanese dub of Kung Fu Panda 3 (taking over for MEGUMI from the previous 2 films)
- Walter C. Dornez from Hellsing: The Dawn
- Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon) in the Japanese dub of Barbie (2023)
- Yukariko Suzuhara in RDG: Red Data Girl
- Yuujiro Shihoudani in Princess Princess
- Yuri (young) in Infinite Space
- Zidane Tribal in Dissidia Final Fantasy
- Zola in Blue Dragon anime
- Zoroark in Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions
Tropes associated with Romi Park's roles:
- Action Girl: If she's voicing a woman, you can guarantee that she's playing one of these.
- Crossdressing Voices: Her forte, with Edward Elric as one such example.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her female characters particularly Kolin, Nana and Zola.
- Mistaken Identity: If you do an image search for Hiromu Arakawa, you will get a lot of pictures of Romi Park, the voice of the main character in Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa's best-known work. This is because Arakawa has had Park accept awards for her.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Tends to play young mature males or tough females. Oddly enough, when dubbing foreign media she tends to dub mostly women, normally tomboys, spicy Latinas, or sassy black women.note
