Sakura Con regrets that h. NAOTO will no longer be slated to appear at this year’s convention.Due to concerns regarding the current state of world health, Naoto-san’s fashion company has come to a decision to cancel his travels to Sakura Con at this time…..   Here is a video message:

Keith Silverstein is a veteran voice actor with an impressive and diverse list of credits. He’s the voice of Torbjörn in the smash hit game Overwatch, Hisoka on Hunter x Hunter, Hawk Moth on the fan favorite Miraculous-Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Speedwagon in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hammerhead in Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4, and Keith recently joined the cast of Disney Amphibia to voice the curse wielding, candy vendor, Barry! He can also be heard as Kazuo in Kengan Ashura, Omar in Telltale Game’s The Walking Dead, and Vector the Crocodile in the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Resident Evil fans know him as HUNK. Soul Calibur fans will recognize him as Zasalamel, and in Persona 5 he voices the villainous Masayoshi Shido.

Chris Hackney is an American voice actor currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from Florida, Chris found his way to acting when in college for music. While looking for more outlets for artistic expression, he discovered an entire new world of creativity in acting. Several years of training and a cross-country move later, Chris has found his life and passion in voiceover. Chris can be heard in various forms including commercials, video games, anime, and animation. Currently, he’s most known for titles such as Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Dimitri), Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Boey), Hunter x Hunter, Mega Man 11, K Project, Valkyria Chronicles 4, and Gundam SEED. Chris is always looking forward to the next exciting opportunity he can lend his passion to.

Can’t wait for Sakura-Con? Try one of these upcoming community events! Feb 15-16: Films Eros+Massacre and Heroic Purgatory (NWFF, https://nwfilmforum.org/films/eros-massacre/; and https://nwfilmforum.org/films/heroic-purgatory/) Feb 19: Anime Ride Your Wave (Various locations, https://gkidstickets.com/us/rideyourwave/synopsis/) …

The Executive Board would like to announce that in light of the current situation with COVID-19 and in line with Seattle Mayor Durkan’s decree on March 13, 2020, we have no other option than to cancel Sakura-Con 2020. Active 2020 memberships will be automatically transferred to 2021. If you have any questions or concerns about your membership, please email registration@sakuracon.org. We look forward to seeing everyone at Sakura-Con 2021, and wish everyone their best in the upcoming year. Sakura-Con 2020 Executive Board of Directors

Tara Jayne Sands can be heard as over 50 characters in the original English “Pokemon” tv series including Bulbasaur, Richie, Jasmine, Oddish, and Tori. Some other roles include Biscuit in “Hunter x Hunter,” Mokuba Kaiba in “Yu-Gi-Oh!,” Kari in “Digimon Adventure Tri,” Anna in “Shaman King,” Kombu Infinity in “One Punch Man,” Circe in “Generator Rex,” Young Jin in “Anohana,” Kippie in “Glitter Force,” Karla in “Gundam Thunderbolt,” Yota and Soku in “Naruto,” Filia Ul Copt in “Slayers,” Summer in “Barbie: Life in The Dreamhouse,” Death 13/Mannish Boy in “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,” Namida in Biruto, and multiple roles in “Sailor Moon” including Queen Badiane. She also provides narration on over 200 audio books and can be heard in the video games “Dead Island,” “Fire Emblem,” “Singularity,” “Final Fantasy,” and “Call of Juarez” among others…

Shinichi Matsumi Born in 1959, Tokyo, Japan. Matsumi is the Director for the animated series BEASTARS. Matsumi worked as assistant director for Porco Rosso at Studio Ghibli, and participated in many works at Studio 4C. Matsumi is known to be one of the early adopters of CG animation in Japan. Matsumi has been working with Orange since Land of the Lustrous as episode director and he has returned for BEASTARS as director to try challenging new methods of animation production. Matsumi’s past work includes Rage of Bahamut (Assistant Director), Thunder Cats (Director), Steamboy (Technical Director), and more. Yoshihiro Watanabe Born in 1982, Japan. He is a producer at Orange, and currently working on BEASTARS as its business producer. Yoshihiro grew up in Los Angeles and after graduating from college, he joined the US branch of the animation studio Madhouse. At …

Hotels are now officially OPEN! Below is the official site to book your Sakura-Con affiliated hotel! https://book.passkey.com/go/2020WASC

Cassandra Lee Morris is an award-winning voice actor who has broughtover 100 characters to life for video games, anime and animation. Someof her fan-favorite roles include Morgana in Persona 5, Elora the Fawnin Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, Sarah Hotep in Fortnite: Save the World,Leafa in Sword Art Online, Operator 6O in Nier: Automata, Nami in Leagueof Legends, Taiga in Toradora!, Kyubey in Madoka Magica, Kota in My HeroAcademia and Edea Lee in Bravely Default. Other notable roles includeBenio in Twin Star Exorcists, Nero in Fate/Extra Last Encore, Julia inFire Emblem Heroes, Fie Claussel and Princess Alfin in the Trails ofCold Steel franchise, Atra in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans,and Cere-Cere and Calaveras in the Sailor Moon franchise.  

Hisashi Kagawa is best known for being the character designer of SaiKano: She, The Ultimate Weapon, One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak!, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Toriko TV,  and Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collabo Special. Some of his other works as an animation director includes Pokémon (1997), Angelic Layer (2001), Fresh Pretty Cure (2009), Soul Eater (2008) and Toriko (2011)….