Kimlinh Tran

Kimlinh Tran
Kimlinh Tran
Born	December 12, 1989 (age 35); Ventura County, California
Nationality	American
Other names	Hnilmik, Kimlinh P. Tran
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	2008–present

Kimlinh Tran (born December 12,^[1] 1989),^[2] also known by the online pseudonym Hnilmik, is an American voice actor from California. She^[a] has done voice work for various anime and video games, as well as several online anime parody fandubs, most notably as Chi-Chi in TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

Career

Tran is best known for her voice acting work on various video games, especially for her role of Fidget from Dust: An Elysian Tail and Ms. Fortune from Skullgirls. She has recorded voices for video game developers such as Winter Wolves (Always Remember Me, Loren The Amazon Princess) and Wadjet Eye Games (Gemini Rue). She also voiced over 200 Internet projects.^[3]

Personal life

Tran identifies as asexual and non-binary (specifically demigirl),^[4]^[5] and uses both she/her and they/them pronouns.^[5] She is of Vietnamese descent.^[4]

Filmography

Animation

Attack on Titan: Abridged – Mikasa Ackerman
Beyblade Burst – Valt Aoi (Seasons 3-7)
Cells at Work! – Immature Thymocyte^[6]
Dragon Ball Z: Abridged – Chi-Chi, Godzirra Girl
Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! – Charger Girl Engineer^[7]
Hellsing Ultimate Abridged – Yumie Takagi
Kagemono: The Shadow Folk – Fox
K-On! Season 2 – Shizuka Kinoshita, Keiko Sano, Kimiko Makigami, Additional Voices
MapleStory: New Leaf Saga – EP05 – Farah
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Additional Voices
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle - Koko
RWBY - Volume 9 - Blacksmith
Sanity Not Included – Amanda
Secret Millionaires Club "Be Cool To Your School" – Additional Voices
Squid Girl Volume 2 – Additional Voices
The Terrain of Magical Expertise (TOME) – Granda
Toradora! – Additional Voices
Tweeny Witches – Additional Voices
The Beachbuds - PonPon

Video games

Always Remember Me – Amarantha Finch
Apotheon – Ares Warrior, Imprisoned Nymph
Backstage Pass – Professor Meridia
Cookie Run: Kingdom - Kumiho Cookie^[8]
Cryamore – Bliss Barson
Eternally Us – Fiona "Fio" Mackenzie
Dust: An Elysian Tail – Fidget
DreadOut – Dedemit Pintu, Jurig Pengantin, Palasik
Galactic Phantasy Prelude – Emma Rose, Ship A.I.
Gemini Rue – Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV
Haunt the House: Terrortown – Ghost Boy, Humans
Heroes of Newerth – Queen Serecta, Ven, Lightningbringer, Penitent Lodestone
Loren The Amazon Princess – Loren
Monster Strike – Sima Yi, Huang Gai, Coral, Pearl, Homumi, Gigabeast Fighters, Poca-Poco, Decarabia
Rival Threads: Last Class Heroes – Maya Pendleton
Skullgirls – Ms. Fortune, Robo-Fortune
Snipperclips – Snip, Clip^[9]
Stick It To The Man – Heart the Dog, Cranky Nurse, Maria, Beatrice the Dog, Maggie McAllister, Christina the Ghost Girl, Nurses, Black Widow, Alien Lady, Donna Grandiosa, Sentient Missile, Fetus, Soap Opera Woman
Wargroove – Ragna ^[10]
Zombie Vikings – Ravens, Duck Girl, Pinata Maggot, Toughy Scout, Maggot Guards, Sally the Maggot
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection – Exmachina^[11]

Crew member

Haunt the House: Terrortown – Casting Coordinator, Voice Director^[12]

Notes

^ Tran uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for clarity and consistency.

References

^ "Kimlinh Tran - Twitter". Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ "Home". hnilmik.newgrounds.com.
^ "Kimlinh Tran Voice-Over Talent". Voices.com. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Kimlinh Tran - Voice Actress - About & Links". www.kimlinhtran.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Tran, Kimlinh [@KimlinhTran] (October 23, 2022). "I am nonbinary. My brain gives me the happy chemicals whenever people get mildly confused or are at a loss on how to address me. Even being called "him/he" is fine because of this, though my pronouns are she/her/they/them. Demigirl: 3/4ths lady, 1/4th "whatever"" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "Staff/Cast". Cells at Work!. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 6, 2016). "Media Blasters Announces Full Juden-chan Anime Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ "Kimlinh Tran (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
^ Whitehead, Thomas (March 1, 2017). "Feature: Snipperclips – Working With Nintendo To Create A Switch Co-Op Classic". Nintendo Life. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
^ "Role Call". January 25, 2019.
^ "Kimlinh Tran - Voice Work". kimlinhtran.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ "Haunt the House Press Kit". SFB Games. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

External links

Official website
Kimlinh Tran at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Kimlinh Tran at IMDb

[3] Tran uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for clarity and consistency.

[1] "Kimlinh Tran - Twitter". Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[2] "Home". hnilmik.newgrounds.com.

[4] "Kimlinh Tran Voice-Over Talent". Voices.com. Retrieved May 25, 2013.

[:0-5] "Kimlinh Tran - Voice Actress - About & Links". www.kimlinhtran.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[merged1-6] Tran, Kimlinh [@KimlinhTran] (October 23, 2022). "I am nonbinary. My brain gives me the happy chemicals whenever people get mildly confused or are at a loss on how to address me. Even being called "him/he" is fine because of this, though my pronouns are she/her/they/them. Demigirl: 3/4ths lady, 1/4th "whatever"" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Twitter.

[7] "Staff/Cast". Cells at Work!. Retrieved October 11, 2019.

[8] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 6, 2016). "Media Blasters Announces Full Juden-chan Anime Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[btva-9] "Kimlinh Tran (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 18, 2022.

[10] Whitehead, Thomas (March 1, 2017). "Feature: Snipperclips – Working With Nintendo To Create A Switch Co-Op Classic". Nintendo Life. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[11] "Role Call". January 25, 2019.

[12] "Kimlinh Tran - Voice Work". kimlinhtran.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[13] "Haunt the House Press Kit". SFB Games. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

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