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Guest Announcement: Trina Nishimura

Trina Nishimura began her acting career at the age of nine in community theater and began touring in theatrical productions at age 13. From meager beginnings to a long career on stage, on screen, and in voice work, Trina’s most notable roles in voice acting span over two decades and include over 350 titles.

Fans will recall Trina’s many dutiful portrayals as Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan Junior High, Jiro Kyoka in My Hero Academia, Kurisu Makise in the Steins;Gate iterations, Mizune in Soul Eater, Naoko and Double Dee Seven in Borderlands 3, Natsume in Deca- Dence, Sally in Black Clover, Minami in Yuri!!! on ICE, Navirou in Monster Hunter, Lan Fan in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Milly Thompson in Trigun: Badlands Rumble, Sherry in Fairy Tale, Mari in Evangelion 2.22 and 3.33, Ran-Mao in Black Butler, Sarah in Love Live! Sunshine!!, the young Akito Soma in Fruits Basket, Etie from the popular game Fire Emblem Engage, several different skins in Smite, and Popuko in the popular Pop Team Epic to name a few.

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Guest Announcement: Jordan Dash Cruz

Jordan Dash Cruz is actor and director residing in DFW Texas. Originally hailing from the Sunshine State of Florida, Jordan likes long walks on the beach, most 90s sitcoms and pineapple on pizza. When he’s not busy playing video games, hanging out with his wife or admiring Ralph Macchio’s beautiful Crane kick in “The Karate Kid”, he likes to act. So much so, he’s been doing it professionally for 6 years!

You can hear him across a multitude of anime titles and video games such as: Temenos in OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2, Stark in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Aoshi Tokimitsu in BLUELOCK, Leon Fou Bartfort in Trapped in a Dating Sim, Rashad Goodman in BeyBlade Burst: Quad Drive, Taketo in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S, Senta in Hell’s Paradise, Shaun and John in SHADOWS HOUSE, Dominic in SpyXFamily, Leo Tsukinaga in Ensemble Stars!, Akito Miyake in Classroom of the Elite II, Suleiman and Tsujigiro in One Piece, Ruben/Rossa in Black Clover, Toma in Sing A Bit of Harmony, Moguo in Talentless Nana, Ryo Hoshino in The Millionaire Detective Balance:Unlimited, Titan in Dr. Stone, Tamura in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Nimble in Overlord III, Howdy Morning in Epithet Erased, Tierno in Pokemon Masters EX, College Murph in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Felix in Eternal Return, Kurenai in SMASH LEGENDS, Golden Alligator, Nabil, Nogata and Khasani in Genshin Impact, Vizier Thoth, Pixel Hammer Thor, Raxolotl Ratatoskr and Raven King Chernobog in SMITE and more!

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Guest Announcement: Erica Mendez

Erica Mendez is a Chicago-native now living in Los Angeles and working in the field of voice-over. She has played many fan-favorite characters, including: Retsuko in Aggretsuko, Ryuko in KILL la KILL, Gon in Hunter x Hunter, Aladdin in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Yuuki in Sword Art Online II, Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Megumin in Konosuba, Emma in The Promised Neverland, Akko in Little Witch Academia, Diane in Seven Deadly Sins, Nico in Love Live!, Mash in Fate/Grand Order, Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Bernadetta in Fire Emblem Three Houses, and Kamisato Ayaka in Genshin Impact.

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Guest Announcement: Erica Lindbeck

Erica Lindbeck is an actress residing in Los Angeles. She is known for her work in the voiceover industry, & is honored to have worked on a large & diverse portfolio of projects, including Futaba Sakura in Persona 5, Jessie in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Peppermint in Hi-Fi Rush, Daki in Demon Slayer, Lady Nagant in My Hero Academia, Loona in Helluva Boss, Emira Blight in The Owl House, & Black Cat in Spiderman PS4 to name a few. For news & announcements, find Erica on Twitter & Instagram.

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Guest Announcemen: Casey Mongillo

Casey Mongillo is a voice actor best known as the English voice of Shinji Ikari in the 2019 dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Angel Devil in Chainsaw Man, Chilchuck Tims in Delicious in Dungeon, and Emporio in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

Other popular anime & dubbing credits include Pokémon Journeys (Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace, Raichu & Chrysa), Mob Psycho 100 (Sho Suzuki), 86 (Theo), Tribe Nine (Haru), Tokyo Revengers (young Mikey & young Takemichi), Gundam SEED (Nicol), Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War (Giselle), Miraculous Ladybug (Sandboy), Pokemon Twilight Wings (Allister & Haunter) and Komi Can’t Communicate (Onemine).

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Guest Announcement: Sonny Strait

Most recognized as the voice of Krillin on the wildly popular, animated TV show Dragonball Z and as an illustrator for, arguably, the most famous, independently published comic book series Elfquest, Sonny Strait has over 20 years of experience in the arts.

As a voice actor, Sonny is considered to be one of the most recognized voice actors in the business. Besides Dragonball Z’s Krillin he has worked on many popular animated characters including Maes Hughes from Full Metal AlchemistUsopp from One Piece, Koro Sensei from Assassination Classroom. Present Mic in My Hero Academia and Cartoon Network’s original laid back, robot host Toonami Tom. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including Dragonball Z, Case Closed and Lupin the Third.

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Guest Announcement: Ian Sinclair

Ian Sinclair is an actor, director, and voice actor that has been working in the anime and video game industry for nearly two decades. Some of his more popular roles include: Whis in DragonBall Super, Bokuto in Haikyuu!!, Dandy in Space Dandy, Mezo Shoji in My Hero Academia, Brook in One Piece, Berkut in Fire Emblem Heroes, Kureno Soma in Fruits Basket, Magna Swing in Black Clover, Tsukasa in Dr. StoneViktor Licht in Fire ForceAzami Nakiri in Food Wars!Souei in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Bardroy in Black Butler, The Narrator in Kaguya Sama: Love is War, Sherlock Holmes in Case File nº221: Kabukicho, Saichi “The Immortal” Sugimoto in Golden Kamuy, The Reaper in Assassination Classroom, Pipimi in Bob Epic Team, General and Captain Traunt in Borderlands 3, Film Buff in Borderlands 3, Rashid in Street Fighter V, Cygnus in Orcs Must Die 3, Koiwai in Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Nile Dok in Attack on Titan, Romano in Hetalia, Toriko in Toriko, Sosuke Yamazaki in Free! Eternal Summer, Celestino in Yuri!!! on Ice, …

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Guest Announcement: Lucien Dodge

Lucien is a voice actor specializing in characters for animation, video games, commercials, and other media.  His animation credits include Robin in Batman: Mechs vs. Mutants, Akaza in Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen, Zoicite and Motoki in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero and Lord El Melloi II’s Case Files, Amuro Ray in Gundam: The Origin, Okami in Aggretsuko, Takumu Mayuzumi in Accel World, Ja’far in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, Keisuke Baji in Tokyo Revengers, Tatara Totsuka in K, and Blue in Pokémon Origins.

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Guest Announcement: Emi Lo

Emi Lo is a Taiwanese/Chinese-American voice actor most well-known for voicing Lucy in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries, Ruan Mei in Honkai: Star Rail, Sawatari in Chainsaw Man, Rena in Higurashi When They Cry, Rinku in D4DJ, Suma in Demon Slayer, Columbina/Damselette in Genshin Impact, Miri in Buddy Daddies, Hei in The Legend of Hei, Destiny in takt op. Destiny, Shuten Douji in Fate/Grand Order, Kate in Shadows House, Pinne and Neve in NIKKE, and Young Hawks in My Hero Academia, but can be heard in countless other anime and video games.

When Emi is not acting, they can be found playing piano, playing video games, cosplaying, napping, working out, eating, or exploring natural and man-made ruins. They also have an absolutely precious but spoiled Siberian cat named Noctis that has never done anything wrong and is incredibly cute and fluffy.

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Sakura-Con Gaming 2024!

Hi! Do you like TCGs?

Maybe you’re a master, or maybe you’re just looking to learn the basics? No matter what, we’ve got you covered. Seasoned veteran or brand-new rookie, let us show you some of the greatest games on offer. MTG, Yugioh, Pokemon, Grand Archive, Flesh And Blood, Digimon, One Piece and more! We’ll have events and learn to play modules for every one of them and many more, too.

Come to Room 618-620 in the Arch Building between the hours of 9 AM to Midnight on Friday and Saturday, and 9 AM to 5 PM on Sunday and jam out some games, learn something new, and win some fabulous prizes. Especially the Raffle- I hear the grand prize this year is a real whale of a catch… You won’t want to miss it!