Joe Zieja is the voice behind some of gaming and animation’s most iconic characters, including Bumblebee in Transformers, Claude von Riegan in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Fox McCloud in Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins. A lifelong gamer and self-professed RPG addict, Joe brings genuine passion to every role—whether he’s leading a house of misfits at Garreg Mach or barrel-rolling through the Lylat system. He’s also heard as Wriothesley in Genshin Impact, Raphica in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and Wolf in Destiny Rising among many other roles in games, animation, and anime. Before stepping into the booth, Joe served as an Air Force intelligence officer, which he insists is far less exciting than it sounds. He traded in the uniform for a microphone and never looked back, building a voice acting career the scrappy way—no formal training, only relentless work and experimentation. …

Raised in rural Pennsylvania, Griffin moved to LA in 2010 with an English degree, an acoustic guitar, and some beginner’s luck.   He booked his first voice over audition ever for San Diego’s Balboa Park and landed a small co-star appearance on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place.  Two years later, Griffin quit his ‘survival jobs’ as a valet and began voice acting full time.  His most notable roles include Tartaglia from Genshin Impact, Doppio in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Muichiro in Demon Slayer, Akira Fudo in Devilman Crybaby, Tadano in Aggretsuko, Colt Grice in Attack on Titan, Ryota in Kakegurui, Jintan in Anohana, Todd Snap in  New Pokemon Snap, Shinichi Kudo in Case Closed, Ritsuka Fujimaru in Fate: Grand Order, and many, many others.   Griffin is also known for his memes on social media and his band New New Girlfriend.  He’s always …

TONY OLIVER, who was named to IMDB’s top 20 all time Anime Voice Actors list, began his career as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice artist, lending his voice to one of the first Anime features to a receive wide US television release – “The Sea Prince and the Fire Child”. His first foray into series television was as the voice of Rick Hunter in the groundbreaking anime series “Robotech”. Following that he turned his attention to writing but continued his voice acting career. In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and co-produced an award-winning adaptation of “The Jungle Book”. Tony was then tapped to help create a new kind of children’s television show. The result was the mega …

Monica Rial has been working in the anime industry for over 20 years and has lent her voice to hundreds of anime including: Assassination Classroom (Kayano), Black Butler (Mey Rin), Black Clover (Mereleona, Nero, Secre), Card Captor Sakura: Clear Card (Sakura), Certain Magical Index (Index), Deadman Wonderland (Shiro), Dragon Ball Super (Bulma), Fairy Tail (Mirajane), Food Wars (Jun), FMA Brotherhood (May Chang), Golden Kamuy (Asirpa), Hello Kitty’s Animation Theater (Hello Kitty), ID:Invaded (Hondomachi), Maid-sama (Misaki), My Hero Academia (Tsuyu), One Piece (Tashigi), Ouran High School Host Club (Renge), Panty and Stocking (Stocking), Saga of Tanya the Evil (Tanya), Seraph of the End (Krul), Soul Eater (Tsubaki), Uzaki-chan Wants To Hang Out (Uzaki), Watamote (Tomoko), Yona of the Dawn (Yona), and many more. She has worked with Rooster Teeth on RWBY (Sienna Khan) and gen:LOCK (Raquel Marin). She voiced Jubilee on …

The time has come!  Mark those calendars and set those alarms, our 2026 schedule is now LIVE!  Check out all events and get your schedule made: https://sakuracon.org/programming/schedule

Tournament Video Gaming has launched our start.gg page, where Sakura-Con attendees can view the tournament schedule and sign up for events. It can be found at https://www.start.gg/sakuracon  We’re running over 30 brackets, so there should be something for everyone! We’re located in Tahoma 3 on the 3rd floor of Arch at 800 Pike. By participating in a tournament, attendees can win prizes from the prize room if they place high enough. Signups are first come, first serve. However, if signups are full on start.gg, we are reserving some space for people to sign up at the convention itself.

MASAKO SATOAnimation Director / Episode Director TRIGUN STARGAZE Director.An animation director and episode director with extensive experience in both television and theatrical productions, she has served in a wide range of roles from episode direction to series director. Her notable works include HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP. [Read More…] NAOYA NAKAYAMADirector / Animation Director / Storyboard Artist A rising animator and visual director gaining strong recognition in the Japanese animation industry. Building on his animation background developed at Kyoto Animation, he brings a versatile skill set spanning key animation, storyboarding, and directing. He is known for expressive character acting and visually driven direction that blends music, rhythm, and dynamic camera work. [Read More…] YOSHIHIRO WATANABE Producer behind LEVIATHAN, associate producer on BEASTARS and TRIGUN STAMPEDE. Born in 1982, Japan. Nabe is a producer at Orange, and currently working on TRIGUN STAMPEDE as …

The Extremely Hard Take-Home Anime Quiz 2026 is now available at: Extremely Hard Take-Home Anime Quiz 2026