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As Canada’s leading Trance artist, Somna took the #45 spot in the DJTOP100 (TrancePodium 2019) making him the highest Canadian in the trance top 100. 

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Well, it’s your time to leap for joy, because we’ve extended the deadline! Get those last-minute entries in before February 29! (Get it? Leap Day, and leap for joy? Okay, I’ll get back to work)

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.

Creative Producer / Planning and scriptwriter

Previously a member of Studio GAINAX, Hiromi Wakabayashi has been involved in several works with Hiroyuki Imaishi. Most notably GURREN LAGANN as design production. Hiromi also contributed in Panty&Stocking with Garterbelt as co-creator, writer, and episodic director.

After making transitions to Studio TRIGGER, Hiromi has been actively involved in the production of KILL la KILL, Space Patrol Luluco, and PROMARE as creative director and music producer. Hiromi has also filled in roles as script and art director for STAR WARS: VISIONS “THE TWINS”.

Hiromi took part in production as creative support and music selection for TRIGGER’s most recent project Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Designer Shigeto Koyama began his career working on the series Diebuster with the historic Studio GAINAX, and went on to take part as a designer in a variety of massively popular and critically acclaimed projects, including GURREN LAGANN, Rebuild of Evangelion, KILL la KILL, and the Academy Award®-winning Big Hero 6. In 2015, Koyama made his directorial debut with the short film Obake-chan, and has worked on additional Studio TRIGGER projects. Some of these titles  include PROMARE, STAR WARS: VISIONS “THE TWINS”, and most recently Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

h.NAOTO is a charismatic gothic fashion brand, debuted in the year 2000, which sparked a global movement.

He is a central figure in Cool Japan fashion, incorporating Japan’s unique cultures of Gothic Lolita, punk, anime, games, and visual kei into fashion, and bringing about a change from “fashion for dressing up” to “fashion for acting.”  He has received support from many Cool Japan artists, including musicians such as X-JAPAN’s YOSHIKI, HYDE, and GACKT, anime voice actors, and manga artists, and even including Marilyn Manson, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. His fashion has a huge influence on artists around the world and has enthusiastic fans.

He has created his original fashion images involving Japanese culture along with Gothic, Lolita, and Visual-kei elements. He has also designed stage costumes for musicians and works as a lecturer at a fashion school. In recent years, he has also designed costumes for television, including costumes for Japan’s Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series.

h.NAOTO Official
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Hitsujibungaku is a Japanese alternative rock band featuring Moeka Shiotsuka (vocals, guitar), Yurika Kasai (bass), and Hiroa Fukuda (drums). The band was formed in 2017, made its major debut in 2020 on F.C.L.S. (Sony Music Labels) and is described as having a delicate yet powerful sound.

In 2023, their song “more than words” was selected as the ending theme for the TV anime JUJUTSU KAISEN: Shibuya Incident. The song has since surpassed 100 million streams in Japan and reached No.1 on Apple Music and iTunes in Japan. On December 6th, 2023, they released their 3rd major album “12 hugs (like butterflies)”, which includes the single, “More than Words.” “Burning,” released in August 2024, became the ending theme for the second season of the TV anime, Oshi no Ko.

In April 2023, their largest solo concert to date, “Hitsujibungaku LIVE 2024 III”, held at Yokohama Arena, sold out in just 3 minutes after tickets went on sale. They also completed their first-ever Asian tour, “Hitsujibungaku ASIA TOUR 2024”, which visited 11 cities across the continent. In May 2023, they were selected as one of the “10 Rising Neo-J-Pop Artists to Watch in 2024” on the official Grammy Awards website.

Official Site：https://www.hitsujibungaku.info/
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/hitsujibungaku/?hl=ja
Official YouTube Channel：https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0qsuAG6RN2FYKZ_r1nPyg
Official TikTok：https://www.tiktok.com/@hitsujibungaku_official

Chiemi Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress that has voiced various roles including Rina Tennoji from “Love Live! Nijigasaki School Idol Club”, Rikka from “The Little Lies We All Tell”, and Romi/Princess from “Catch! Teenieping”. In 2023 she released her first photobook “Mikakunin” and is active in a variety of media including her own radio show.

She is also active as a music artist together with Natsumi Murakami as NACHERRY and has performed for the opening for TV anime series “The Little Lies We All Tell” and the opening for “Gushing over Magical Girls”.

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. Stone, Viktor Licht in Fire Force, Azami 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, Reo in Sarazanmai, Hijikata Toshizo in Drifters, Worick Arcangelo in Gangsta, Zapp Renfro in Blood Blockade Battlefront, Samurai Calibur in SSSS.Gridman, Chuck in Panty and Stocking, Doug in Double Decker: Doug and Krill, Zaveid in Tales Of Zestiria, Ox in Juni Taisen: Zodiac War, Professor Nakayama in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Favaro in Rage of Bahamut, Free in Fairy Gone, Ryner Lute in Legend of the Legendary Heroes, 12^th in Future Diary, Yu Kanda in D Gray Man, Tatara in The Boy and the Beast, Gija in Yona of the Dawn, Montana in BattleBorn, Baron Flynt in Borderlands, Dallas Genoard in Baccano!, Juzo Sakakura in Danganronpa 3, Emilio Langheim in Endride, Prince Salva in Dimension W, Hajime in Nanbaka, Hamura in Terror in Resonance, Mitsuhide in Snow White with the Red Hair, Lawless in Servamp, Williams in Genocidal Organ, Nagare Akiba in Ushio & Tora, Akane in Soul Eater Not!, Yaiba in Show by Rock, Shiho Kimizuki in Seraph of the End, Otohiko in Kamisama Kiss, R in Jormungand, Tanaka in the Shana series, Tatsumi in Shiki, Alcides in Appleseed XIII, Marc Cole in Spice and Wolf 2, Ginei Morioka in Rosario + Vampire, Shu Koibuchi in Princess Jellyfish, Takeru Oyama in Maken-Ki!, Bora and Kawazu in Fairy Tail, Sha Gyojo in Saiyuki Reload Blast, Grossular in ACCA, Liam in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Tyr in Smite, Toval Randonneur in Trails of Cold Steel 2, Momotaro in God Wars: Future Past,and many more.

You can follow Ian on Twitter @iantweeting, and on Tiktok, Twitch and Instagram @iansinclairvo.