Lenne Hardt

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American voice actress and ring announcer

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::summary American voice actress and ring announcer ::

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nameLenne Hardt
birth_placeAlaska, United States
occupationVoice actress, ring announcer
agentAoni Production
other_namesLenne Hardt
spouseMalcolm Mahs
website
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Lenne Hardt is an American voice actress and ring announcer for Japanese mixed martial arts organizations. Her resume includes PRIDE Fighting Championships, DREAM, ONE Championship and Glory World Series and she currently works in Rizin Fighting Federation. She is also the official announcer for Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z, and was the official athlete announcer for the 2022 ADCC World Championship hosted by Seth Daniels from F2W

Biography

Hardt was the youngest of six children and an Air Force brat. Although she was born in Alaska she spent much of her childhood in Idaho. Hardt and her siblings were home-schooled. At the age of 17, Hardt lived in Japan for a year with her brother and sister-in-law, who were already long-time residents of the country. Hardt returned to the U.S. and attended New York University to study the Japanese language and arts before permanently moving to Japan in 1988. While in Tokyo she met her future-husband, a New Zealander. In addition to working as a disc jockey and announcer for television and radio, she has worked as a voice actress for the English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. She also performs as a theater actor and comedian.

Ring announcing

Hardt entered into a career as an English language announcer for mixed martial arts events in 2000 at PRIDE's first Grand Prix. PRIDE officials needed an announcer fluent in English and Japanese. Although she had no experience with the sport, her agent contacted her about the job and she took it simply because it fit into her schedule. Hardt became a self-described fan of the sport and continued as the English announcer for PRIDE until its final event. When the former staff of PRIDE created DREAM, Hardt was carried over as well. Hardt has also worked with Japanese pro wrestling organization New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a special guest English language ring announcer for their January 4 Tokyo Dome shows, announcing both Wrestle Kingdom 8 in 2014 and Wrestle Kingdom 9 in 2015.

Hardt's energetic style, which usually includes high-pitched screeching and long alveolar trills, has earned her notoriety within the promotion. Fans have dubbed her "Crazy PRIDE Lady" and many fighters admit to getting "pumped up" by her introductions. She uses singing techniques to prevent damage to her throat rather than take measures to mitigate the damage.

In 2022, Hardt was the announcer for the ADCC Worlds No-Gi grappling championship and performed the ceremonial fighters' presentation.

Filmography

Anime roles

Television Drama roles

Video game roles

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YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2000ShenmueTao Lin Xia
2001Bloody Roar 3Shina
2002Gitaroo ManU-1
Virtua Fighter 4Sarah Bryant, Menu AnnouncerIn-Game Battle Voice Archive as Sarah in Virtua Quest until Virtua Fighter 5, including Dead or Alive 5 (Ultimate / Last Round){{cite weburl=http://www.usagi.org/doi-bin/seiyuu-lookup.pl?DB=ALL&value=Lenny+Hardt&N=
Shenmue IIGuixiang Lee
2003Mega Man X7Axl
Glass RoseYouko Yoshinodou, Marie Yoshinodou
2004Boktai 2: Solar Boy DjangoZazie, Duneyrr
Rumble RosesBloody Shadow / Judgment
Tekken 5Anna WilliamsIn-Game Battle Voice Archive in Tekken 6 (2007, last in-game battle dialogue role) until Tekken 7 (Season 2/2018, grunts only)
2005Cobra the ArcadeThe Executioners, Ironhead, Sandra
Musashi: Samurai LegendMusashi
Shining Force NeoRebecca
2011Little Charo Travels in English!Margherita
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References

References

  1. (2012-03-05). "Legendary MMA Announcer Lenne Hardt Joins ONE FC". [[ONE Championship.
  2. Kapp, Ed. (2012-12-21). "Lenne Hardt's Gift Idea for Hardcore Fight Fans". Bleacher Report.
  3. Kenrick, Vivienne. (2004-05-01). "Lenne Hardt". [[The Japan Times]].
  4. (4 November 2010). "Lenne Hardt's 'Crazy Pride Lady' Ring Announcing Was Born Out of Boredom". MMA Fighting.com.
  5. TheFightNationTV. (2007-02-24). "Up Close and Personal: Lenne Hardt". [[YouTube]].
  6. "Lenne Hardt (visual voices guide)".
  7. Hardt, Lenne. (2023-02-05). "I voiced Anna Williams in Tekken 5 though.".
  8. "マルゲリータ - 『えいごで旅する リトル・チャロ』：キャラクター".

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