Yevgeniya Ivanovna Davidyuk, known professionally as Jenya, is a Russian voice actress, singer, and radio personality based in Japan.
13 Facts About Jenya
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Jenya's father was a military officer who taught his subordinates the ideologies of the Communist Party.
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Jenya majored in information technology at Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management in 1998.
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Jenya moved to Japan in 2005, where she worked part-time in Akihabara.
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Jenya became known as "the Russian anime singer who sings in Japanese" in 2002 and was invited by the Japanese broadcast channel Mondo2 to appear on a show.
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Jenya arrived in Tokyo for the first time with her father for a week to be filmed.
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Jenya made her voice acting debut as an operator at NERV's Bethany Base in the 2009 anime film Evangelion: 2.0 You Can Advance.
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In 2013, Jenya was a finalist for CanCams model audition.
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Jenya performed again with the orchestra in Tokyo in July 2016, in Russia in April 2018, and in Yokohama in November.
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Jenya met Mizushima after the production team found her tweet stating her lack of role in Girls und Panzer despite the appearance of Russian-based characters in the series.
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Jenya previously worked under Media Force, 81 Produce, K Hive, Wave Master, and New Gate Tokyo.
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Jenya passed the N1 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test and scored 935 points on the TOEIC.
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In 2016, Jenya announced on her blog that she had married and was pregnant.