Tia Lynn Ballard (born May 11, 1986 in Paris, Texas) is an American voice actress from Texas known for her work at Funimation since 2009. Among her best known roles are Happy from Fairy Tail, Eris from Cat Planet Cuties, Mizore Shirayuki from Rosario + Vampire, Nanami Momozono from Kamisama Kiss, and Zero Two from DARLING in the FRANXX.
She also plays Princess Peach on the radio show WTMK: Mario Radio. She has co-created a webcomic called Koopasta.
Notable roles:
- Aguri in Gamers! (2015)
- Akagi in KanColle
- Aligura in Blood Blockade Battlefront
- Alvis E. Hamilton in Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing (replacing Michelle Ruff)
- Ami Jizou in Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions
- Amira in Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
- Aoi Sakurada of Castle Town Dandelion
- Ariel in The Ancient Magus' Bride
- Asuka Tomori in Asteroid in Love
- Beast in Black Butler: Book of Circus
- Carrot and Porche in One Piece
- Chiho Sasaki in The Devil is a Part-Timer!
- Daisaku Bandai in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
- Devi in Puzzle & Dragons X
- Domino, Chalciuhtlicue, and Kimiko Nakamura in Shakugan no Shana
- Marianne in Shakugan no Shana The Movie (replacing Nicole Bouma)
- Eleska in Karneval
- Elizabeth Mably and Ticy Phenyl in Freezing
- Elle in Double Decker
- Elvira in Izetta: The Last Witch
- Entoma Vasilissa Zeta in Overlord
- Enre in The Tower of Druaga
- Eris in Cat Planet Cuties
- Hajime Shinoda in New Game!
- Happy in Fairy Tail and EDENS ZERO
- Hannah Diamant in Attack on Titan
- Hare Menjou in Guilty Crown
- Haruka Ozora in Harukana Receive
- Hibana Daida in Deadman Wonderland
- Hiro Tsukiyama in Blood-C: The Last Dark
- Hitoe Uemura in selector infected WIXOSS
- Hokuto in Tokyo Ravens
- Inaho Kushiya in Maken-ki!
- Irina Luminesk in Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
- Itsuki Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets
- Kagura Sohma in Fruits Basket (2019 reboot)
- Kao Akebi in Akebi's Sailor Uniform
- Kasumi in Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
- Kinuyo Kasuga in Stars Align
- Komachi Oba in Sakura Wars the Animation
- Komari Kamikita in Little Busters! (her first Houston-based role for Seraphim Digital)
- Kurumi Kumamakura in Myriad Colors Phantom World
- Kusano in Sekirei
- Maaya Awatsuki in A Certain Scientific Railgun
- Mari Kurihara in Prison School
- Maria Nanadan in Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar
- Marron in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', and Dragon Ball Super
- Caway in Dragon Ball Super
- Megumi Shimizu in Shiki
- Melfina in Black Summoner
- Melody Honey in Sgt. Frog
- Midori Kitakami in Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo
- Miho Satou in Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts
- Mimihime in Heavenly Delusion
- Misanalia "Mia" Bornean in Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
- Misora Whitetale in Sky Wizards Academy
- Ms. Miyahira in Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
- Mizore Shirayuki in Rosario + Vampire
- Naenia in The Case Study of Vanitas
- Nanako Akiyama in And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?
- Nanami Momozono and Yukiji in Kamisama Kiss
- Nashville in Victory Belles
- Nene Yashiro in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
- Nureha in Log Horizon
- O-nui in Oh! Edo Rocket
- PAC2-AR in Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu
- Peashy in Hyperdimension Neptunia the Animation (replacing Sandy Fox)
- Rachel Calvin in Linebarrels of Iron
- Ragdoll in My Hero Academia
- Rea Sanka in Sankarea
- Renkin Arthur in Million Arthur
- Rin Ogata in RideBack
- Rio Ueda in Orange
- Rika Tsuwabaki in Good Luck Girl!
- Rinko Yamato in My Love Story!!
- Roma Hoito in Tokyo Ghoul
- Rosy the Rascal in Sonic Villains
- Ruti Ragnason in Banished from the Hero's Party
- Ryouna in Senran Kagura
- Sazanka Bianca in Aquarion Evol
- Selena in Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
- Serafall Leviathan in High School D×D
- Shao May in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Shuna in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Stefania Serrati in Knight's & Magic
- Takao in D-Frag!
- Tiana in The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
- Tifa Lockhart in DEATH BATTLE! (ep - "Yang vs Tifa")
- Titta in Lord Marksman and Vanadis
- Tomoka Yamazaki in Shangri-La
- Tsubame Koyasu in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
- Velvet in Them's Fightin' Herds
- Yoshino in Date A Live
- Yoko Sawasaki in Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor
- Yui Tachibana in Chaos;Child
- Yuu Koito in Bloom Into You
- Zero Two in DARLING in the FRANXX
Tia Ballard and her works provide examples of:
- Cat Girl: Perhaps most noticeable when she voiced Eris in Cat Planet Cuties and Inaho in Maken-ki!. Of course, there's also Happy from Fairy Tail (while not a girl, he definitely fits in the trope as a Cat Boy).
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Most of the characters she voiced happen to be Token Mini-Moe characters.
- Playing Against Type:
- Hitoe is a much darker take on the kind of cute girls she normally plays, noting in the commentary for the first episode that some of her Break the Cutie scenes were quite heavy with the character's isolation and anxiety.
- Zero Two is a brooding tease who uses Tia's lower registers. A far cry from the cutesy girls she normally plays. The same can be said with Beast.
- While Nureha and Megumi are some of her early villain roles, at least they're subtle when compared to Abigail, an Ax-Crazy potty-mouthed Dark Magical Girl.
- Despite having the usual cutesy voice like most of her other roles, Ryouna is far less wholesome in comparison.
- Promoted Fanboy: Ballard watched the 4Kids dub of One Piece while growing up. She was later given the opportunity to voice Porche in the Funimation dub, and was eventually given a more major role in the series as Carrot.
- Token Mini-Moe: This is mostly her specialty.
