Reina Scully

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| birth_name = Reina Suzuki

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| birth_place = Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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translator
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voice actress

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| channel_handle = ReinaScully

| years_active = 2011–present

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Travel vlog}}

| subscribers = 423 thousand

| views = 29.8 million

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SourceFed

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Reina Suzuki (born August 21, 1988),{{Cite tweet |user=reinascully |number=1031946355361632257 |title=I turned 30 today🌻|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Farrell|first=Paul|url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/01/reina-scully-logan-paul/|title=Reina Scully: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|work=Heavy.com|date=January 12, 2018|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} better known by her stage name Reina Scully, is a Japanese-American YouTuber, vlogger, translator, and voice actress.

Online, she has gained a following for her hosting on various YouTube channels and series such as SourceFed and its SourceFedNerd spinoff, Crunchyroll, and First We Feast's Gochi Gang.

Early and personal life

Scully was born in a small town in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan,{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td0tQuu2CMw|title= 30 Facts About Me (now that I'm 30)|publisher=Reina Scully|via=YouTube|date=August 31, 2018|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} and moved to New Jersey when she was three. She later studied psychology at Rutgers University. She moved back to Japan in 2018. She is married to her husband Mike Flusk.{{Cite AV media|last=Scully|first=Reina|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JaTd3wqXW0 |title=My Husband and I Answer Your Questions about Moving to Japan|date=December 23, 2018|access-date=May 18, 2025|via=YouTube}} They have one daughter.{{Cite AV media|last=Scully|first=Reina|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6wWhKzxy7Is |title=How I Broke My Face (While Traveling with My 1 Year Old) |date=January 20, 2024|access-date=May 18, 2025|via=YouTube}}

Online career

Scully adopted her stage name as a reference to X-Files character Dana Scully. She launched her YouTube channel on October 17, 2011. On her channel she discusses Japanese culture and media including anime reviews and travel vlogs.{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=Geoff|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/11/13/first-we-feast-reina-scully-gochi-gang/|title=First We Feast Taps YouTuber Reina Scully For Japanese Cuisine Romp 'Gochi Gang'|work=Tubefilter|date=November 13, 2019|accessdate=August 15, 2019}}

She began to garner popularity on the platform after appearing on SourceFed videos. Her first appearance for SourceFed was in March 2014 on the secondary SourceFedNerd channel; she appeared alongside Meg Turney in an anime club-styled video discussing Tonari no Seki-kun.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1KrR-rF-QY|title=Tonari no Seki-kun on Anime Club!|work=SourceFedNERD|via=YouTube|date=March 20, 2014|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} SourceFed Studios later brought Scully on as permanent host and she primarily appeared on the Nerd channel. In 2015, Discovery Digital Networks (DDN), SourceFed's parent company, launched Super Panic Frenzy (SPF), a gaming YouTube channel.{{cite web|last=Brouwer|first=Bree|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/03/16/discovery-digital-networks-super-panic-frenzy-defranco-suptic-scully/|title=Discovery Debuts Gaming Network Super Panic Frenzy, Hosts Launch Giveaway|work=Tubefilter|date=March 16, 2015|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} Scully and Steven Suptic were the hosts of SPF,{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Molly|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazons-twitch-adding-discoverys-super-panic-frenzy-gaming-platform-monday/|title=Amazon's Twitch adding Discovery's 'Super Panic Frenzy' gaming platform Monday|work=GeekWire|date=March 20, 2015|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} until it became defunct in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperPanicFrenzy/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid|title=Super Panic Frenzy - Videos sorted by Date added (Newest)|publisher=Super Panic Frenzy|via=YouTube|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}

Scully appeared with fellow SourceFed hosts at VidCon 2015 and 2016.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/07/16/vidcon-2015-schedule/|title=VidCon schedule: When YouTube stars will appear on stage|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 16, 2015|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Stewart|first=Liz|url=https://corporate.discovery.com/blog/2016/06/23/your-favorite-discovery-digital-talent-are-back-at-vidcon/|title=Seeker & SourceFed Head to Anaheim for VidCon 2016!|work=Discovery.com|date=June 23, 2016|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} In 2016, Scully left SourceFed; in her announcement of her departure from the channel she specifically thanked SourceFed founder Philip DeFranco, referring to him as a mentor.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK44ejxn2bI|title=Why I Left SourceFed|work=Reina Scully|via=YouTube|date=August 29, 2016|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} In 2017, after Discovery Communications sold its DDN portfolio to Group Nine Media, SourceFedNerd was briefly rebranded as NowThis Nerd. Scully voiced staunch criticism of the rebrand.{{cite web|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/05/05/sourcefednerd-nowthis-nerd/|title=SourceFedNerd Becomes NowThis Nerd, And Subscribers Flee En Masse|work=Tubefilter|date=May 5, 2017|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}

In 2018, Scully criticized Logan Paul in the wake of his suicide forest video.{{cite web|last=Rearick|first=Lauren|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/reina-scully-logan-paul-trolls|title=YouTuber Reina Scully Is Being Attacked for Her Logan Paul Comments|work=Teen Vogue|date=January 4, 2018|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} Following this, Scully received racist messages and cyberbullying from some of Paul's audience.

Later that February, Scully was brought on by digital studio Life Noggin to host Play Noggin Game Night. The series was streamed on Twitch and featured Scully and her guests playing video games and posing trivia questions related to those titles.{{cite web|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/02/09/life-noggin-reina-scully-twitch/|title=Educational Studio Life Noggin Teams With Reina Scully To Pose Gaming Trivia Questions On Twitch|date=February 9, 2018|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}

In November 2019, the YouTube channel First We Feast launched Gochi Gang, a series hosted by Scully featuring her discuss Japanese culture, with a heavy focus on Japanese cuisine. Guests on the series have included DeFranco, Claire Saffitz, Sean Evans, Denzel Curry, and Asuka.{{cite web|last=Zak|first=Brad|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/asuka-japanese-eel-gochi-gang-series|title= Asuka dines on Japanese eel in episode of "Gochi Gang" series|publisher=WWE|date=December 11, 2019|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} Scully appeared on Pizza Wars, another series distributed by First We Feast, in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-perfect-detroit-style-pizza-with-cliff-skighwalker-adam-richman-and-reina-scully-pizza-wars|title=The Perfect Detroit-Style Pizza with Cliff Skighwalker, Adam Richman, and Reina Scully {{pipe}} Pizza Wars|work=Complex|date=July 19, 2021|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}

In April 2025 she co-hosted Star Wars Celebration live from Japan.

Translating career and work in anime

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Scully is also known for her translating career, which she stated began in high school: "I've been translating and interpreting professionally since high school for a myriad of different companies so I was already well trained in that job field and wanted to gear it towards entertainment, which is when I started laser focusing on translating Japanese dramas and anime [for English audiences]."{{cite web|last=Bogna|first=John|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/nerdy-jobs-translating-anime-for-crunchyroll-and-an-american-audience|title= Nerdy Jobs: The artist who translates anime for an American audience|work=Syfy|date=February 15, 2019|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} Her translating credits include Akame ga Kill! and Baby Steps.

Her translating skills led her to a career working with Crunchyroll. She appeared on the company's "Anime Academy" panel at Anime Expo 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/06/26/crunchyroll-at-anime-expo-panel-schedule|title=Crunchyroll at Anime Expo - Panel Schedule|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=June 26, 2018|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} Scully has also been noted for being a personality on Crunchyroll's YouTube channel and podcast.{{cite web|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/movies/crunchyroll-shudder-streaming.html|title=Crunchyroll Cultivates a Streaming Community With a Novel Idea: Film Screens|work=The New York Times|date=August 17, 2017|accessdate=August 15, 2022}}

In addition to her career on YouTube and in translating, Scully has also provided the voices for characters in RWBY and Urahara.

In May 2019, Scully produced Mecha-Ude, a Kickstarter-funded anime series and temporarily released the pilot episode onto her YouTube channel.{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Miles|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/05/10-1/kickstarter-anime-darling-mecha-ude-pilot-premieres-on-youtube|title=Kickstarter Anime Darling MECHA-UDE Pilot Premieres on YouTube|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=May 10, 2019|accessdate=August 15, 2022}} In September 2022, Pony Canyon announced that an anime television series adaptation has been green-lit.{{cite web|title=Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms Project Gets Full-Fledged Anime Series, Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-14/mecha-ude-mechanical-arms-project-gets-full-fledged-anime-series-manga/.189672|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 22, 2023|date=September 14, 2022}}