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Over the past decade, Alex has voiced characters in over fifty shows.
Favorites include Aizawa (Eraserhead) in My Hero Academia, Decim in Death Parade, Makishima in Psycho Pass, and Kaku in One Piece. Alex is also an accomplished stage actor and director, spending the past ten years as a member of the Resident Acting Company at the Dallas Theater Center. Alex currently stars as the English voice of Loid Forger (Twilight) in Spy x Family.
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Sakura-Con is pleased to announce Reol will perform at this year’s convention!
Reol began creating and releasing music in 2012, and quickly hit 1 million subscribers. She was later chosen for the first global YouTube campaign, “Artist on the Rise”.
An internet-born songwriter, record producer, and rapper with clear electronic and rock influences, her music is a distinctive fusion of western and Asian pop. Her music is defined by her expressive voice combined with appealing, upbeat melodies. Currently, she has over 1.71 million Youtube subscribers with a total of 1.08 billion views, and her hit song, “THE SIXTH SENSE” exceeded 100 million streams. Reol is gaining international popularity with her one-and-only joyful, bitter dark, twisted, and kawaii vibes.
In June 2023, Reol released “Edge”, an ending theme song for the TV anime Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan. In March 2024, Reol released the U.S. official WcDonald’s song, “WANT U LUV IT” in an animated music video with Studio Pierrot. In October 2024, Reol released her new song, “RE RESCUE”, for the smash hit anime series Blue Exorcist -Beyond the Snow Saga-. In December, she collaborated with the popular global game, Honkai: Star Rail 崩坏: 星穹铁道(miHoYo), and produced the track “No Dazzle, No Break” for the upcoming character Rappa. Her latest track titled “SHINOBI” is also inspired by Rappa.
Connect with Reol :
Staff: https://x.com/rrreol_official
IG: Reol れをる(@rrreol999) • Instagram写真と動画
Megan Shipman works professionally as a Voice Actor and ADR Director for many different games, projects, and shows.
She’s voiced characters like Anya Forger in “SPYxFAMILY“, Shion in “Sing a Bit of Harmony”, La Brava from “My Hero Academia”, Gigi Andalucia from “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway”, Mayuri Shiina from “Steins;Gate 0“, Grey from “Black Clover”, Homura from “Dr. Stone”, Maple from “BOFURI”, Yuzu Aihara from “Citrus“, Aoba Suzukaze from “New Game!“, Camie from “One Piece”, Mare Bello Fiore from “Overlord“, Eripiyo from “If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It To The Budokan I Would Die”, Aries Spring from “Astra Lost in Space”, Snow White from “Magical Girl Raising Project“, Chibi from “Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits“, Rikou Takitsubo from “A Certain Scientific Railgun S“, Mio Shimazu from “Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World“, Yuzuru Yamai from “Date-A-Live“, IF from “Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation“, Shimakaze from “Kantai Collection“, Cassidy from “Dimension W“, Arisa Meigo from “A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion“, Hibari from “Senran Kagura“, and Corriente from “Show by Rock!!“.
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Sally Amaki is an English/Japanese bilingual voice actress and idol performer based in Tokyo, Japan. Originally born in the United States, she moved to Japan to pursue a career in the entertainment business, primarily as a voice actress.
She is the idol and voice actress for Sakura Fujima from 22/7, and her other anime roles include Betsy Beltoise from Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Eliza Shimizu from Bocchi the Rock!, and others.
In games, she is the voice of Kiriko from Overwatch 2, and Peni Parker in Marvel Rivals.
She has also assumed the role of MC and Host to numerous programs including Aniplex Online Fest, SACRA Music News, and the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
In addition to her work as an idol as part of the 22/7 project, her broad appeal to both Western and Japanese audiences has led to her achieving the rare opportunity to portray the same anime character in both English and Japanese (Carol Olston, Tomo-chan Is a Girl!).
Her hobbies and skills include figure skating, dance, singing, and speaking conversational Spanish.
Sally Amaki also is active on her YouTube channel, which has content both in English and Japanese, with viewers not only in Japan, but also from all over the world.
Her unique position to voice characters in English and Japanese make her a rising star in the industry both in and out of Japan!
Follow Sally:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sallyamaki/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/sally_amaki
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Sakura-con is pleased to welcome Simba Tsuchiya (voice of Shuji Itō from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-)!
Actor and voice actor, born in 1996, Tokyo. He trained his physical ability through Japanese dance and classical ballet, and worked as an action actor. He was fascinated by “voice acting” on stage, and is now active as a genre-less expressive actor. He has voiced various roles including Shuji Itō in “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX-Beginning-“, Balgo in “BURN THE WITCH“, Tsutomu Goshiki in “Haikyuu!!”, Tatara Fujita in “Welcome to the Ballroom”, Shotaro Futaba in “Backflip‼”, Raphael in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”. He also participated in stage productions of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” and “Love’s Labor’s Lost”. In 2020, he won the “Best New Actors” of the 15th Seiyu Awards.
Lindsay Seidel began her professional acting career at the age of 10 when she was hired to be the voice of textbooks used to teach Japanese children English. In the years since then, her voice has been heard on television, radio, video games, and over 150 anime shows.
Lindsay is known for voicing a diverse range of
anime characters in various shows, including Chainsaw Man (Pochita), My Hero Academia (Nejire Hado), Assassination Classroom (Nagisa), Attack on Titan (Gabi), Spy x Family (Fiona Frost), Danganronpa (Celestia), Tokyo Ghoul (Eto), The Quintessential Quintuplets (Ichika), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Eris), Black Clover (Vanica), and many more! She also voices characters in several popular video games, including Smite (Neith) and Paladins (Cassie).
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 Alchemist, Usopp 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.
In the comic book field he has over 20 published works to date including his graphic novel series We Shadows published by Tokyopop and Elfquest which was published by WARP Graphics, Dark Horse and DC Comics. Sonny is considered one of the top Elfquest artists from its over 40 year history.
Most recently Sonny was cast as the life-loving killer Re-Destro in My Hero Academia and is currently working on the ElfQuest graphic novel series Skygazers Hunt for Dark Horse Comics.
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h.NAOTO is a charismatic brand that created gothic fashion that sparked a global movement.He is a central figure in Cool Japan fashion, incorporating Japan’s unique cultures such as 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 his worldwide activities have spread to America, Europe, and Asia. , Marilyn Manson, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, he has a huge influence on artists around the world and has enthusiastic fans.In recent years, he has also designed costumes for television, including costumes for Japan’s Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series.
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