Sakura-Con
Looking for Gaming Tournament Staff:
We still have staff opening in the Gaming Tournament room, if you would like to volunteer this year at Sakura-Con please email Gaming@sakuracon.org for more information.
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Junya Enoki
Junya was born in Tokyo on October 19th. His major works include Yuji Itadori from JUJUTSU KAISEN, Seishu Inui from Tokyo Revengers, Jona Busta from Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, and Pannacotta Fugo from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
He also dubs for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man in MCU’s Spider-Man series, which includes Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Cosplay Contest Judges
Here are the 2022 Sakura-Con costume contest judges, we encourage everyone to read the autograph and photography policies and guidelines regarding Guests.
ELI EBBERTS
Eli Ebberts is a cosplayer from the Pacific Northwest with over 10 years of experience and a degree in Theater Arts. Eli has a passion for dazzling performances and sparkling fabrics. When she’s not at conventions she’s reading YA Fantasy,…
OUR SHIELD MAIDEN
Emilee, also known as Our Shield Maiden, is a Pacific Northwest cosplayer who loves competitive cosplay, genderbending, and cosplaying for under $100. She believes that cosplay really should be for everyone and that inclusivity makes the cosplay…
PANNON
Pannon (The Pannonator’s Pan-Tastic Cosplays) has been cosplaying since 2001. Over the past 21 years, she’s refined her craft and competed all over the United States and abroad! Pannon has won over 60 awards nationwide and represented the US twice…
Read More »Katelyn Gault
Katelyn Gault grew up near Seal Beach, California. From an early age, Katelyn developed an affinity for the performing arts. She studied piano and eventually classical voice, and participated in several theatre productions and show choir shows. Katelyn went on to earn her B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from Chapman University. She then moved to Los Angeles, and has been pursuing her passion for acting and storytelling ever since.
Katelyn works in film, television, voiceover and theatre. Most notable VO credits include: Kisara in Tales of Arise, Rondine in Monster Hunter Rise, Fenneko in Aggretsuko, Tanith in Fire Emblem Heroes and more!
She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and fur babies.
For more information about Katelyn you can visit her imdb page: imdb.me/katelyngault or her website: www.katelyngault.com.
You can also follow her on Twitter: @katelyn_gault.
Seeking Manga Swaps staff
We still have staff opening in the Manga Swaps room, if you would like to volunteer this year at Sakura-Con please email swaps@sakuracon.org for more information:
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Director of TRIGUN STAMPEDE. Beginning with a background in live-action film, Kenji joined the animation industry more than a decade ago.
Kenji learned animation directing while working with Director Satoshi Nishimura, director of the 1998 Trigun animation series. In 2017, Kenji began working with studio Orange on Land of The Lustrous as an episode director. Now he is making his mark with his dynamic camera work and action sequences, and his directorial debut with TRIGUN STAMPEDE (2023).
Charity Auction
Sakura Con partners with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and every year at con, we host a charity auction to raise money for their organization! If you’d like to be involved with this work and volunteer with Charity Auction, please email charity.auction@sakuracon.org with an introduction.
- Must provide proof of full vaccination
- Must be 18+
Kiyotaka Waki
Chief Producer at studio Orange. Waki is TRIGUN STAMPEDE’s lead production producer. In 2007, Waki joined the animation studio Madhouse.
After working with producer Yuichiro Saito at Madhouse, in 2011 he joined Mamoru Hosoda’s Studio Chizu as one of its founding members. At Studio Chizu, Waki was involved with projects including ‘Wolf Children’ (2012), and ‘Boy and The Beast’ (2015). Then in 2016, Waki joined the animation studio Orange and worked on ‘Land of the Lustrous’ (2017) as Producer and since then as Chief Producer on ‘BEASTERS’ (2019) and ‘Godzilla S.P’ (2020). Waki is also producing ‘TRIGUN STAMPEDE’ (2023) for studio Orange.
Arts and Crafts Announcement
Dear Sakura-Con attendees,
For the 2022 convention we are unfortunately unable to have our beloved Arts and Crafts room this year due to circumstances beyond convention control. We appreciate your understanding and anticipate that Arts and Crafts will return for 2023 and apologize for this turn of events.
For staff that have been a part of the Arts and Crafts department in previous years, we are deeply sorry for this turn of events and the Live Programming department is happy to help find you another position. Please reach out to Live.Programming@sakuracon.org for details.
KOUHEI EGUCHI
Kouhei Eguchi is a Producer at Eight Bit Co., Ltd. He is a utility player who is familiar with all aspects of animation production and can take the lead or play a supporting role.
He worked as an Animation Producer on “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond” and is currently working on “BLUE LOCK” and “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3”.