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Sora Tokui is a Japanese voice actress, singer, manga artist, and VTuber from Chiba, Japan.
She made her voice acting debut in 2009 in the series Weiß Survive R and landed her first lead role in the following year as Nero Yuzurizaki in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes.

Most fans around the world know her as the iconic voice of Nico Yazawa from the Love Live! series and the group μ’s. As part of her work on Love Live! She has released numerous character songs as well as unit songs under the sub group BiBi.  She has also performed on stage at concerts as a part of the series, culminating in the group’s final performance at Tokyo Dome in 2016.

Additionally, Sora Tokui has also played several fan favorite characters including Hideri Kanzaki from Blend S, Maya Jouga from GochiUsa: Is the Order a Rabbit?, Reina in Noukin: Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!, Akari Nitta in Jujutsu Kaisen, Uzuki Nakano in Danchigai, Nijukki Hinako in BanG Dream!, and more.  She is also cast in the January 2025 series I Have a Crush at Work, and April 2025 series The Too-Perfect Saint.

In games, you may know her as Hook from Honkai Star Rail, Sasami Sasasegawa from Little Busters!, T.M. Opera O from Uma Musume: Pretty Derby,  Blanc from Goddess of Victory: Nikke, and others.

Sora Tokui is also a manga artist, having written works such as Mahou Shoujo Jitaku-chan, and her work Makeruna!! Aku no Gundan!, which later got adapted into an anime.

In 2020, she also started a YouTube channel, and streams on occasion with a Virtual YouTuber avatar.

Follow Sora Tokui:
Twitter(X): tokui_sorangley
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sora_tokui
Official Website: https://avex.jp/tokuisora/

Khoi is a cat owner and voice actor. You may have heard him as Albedo in Genshin Impact, Kagetsu in Fire Emblem: Engage, Kuroko in Kuroko’s Basketball, Nils & Wolt in Fire Emblem: Heroes, Cancer Cell in Cells at Work, Murata in Demon Slayer, Herb Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom, Rei Kiriyama in March Comes In Like A Lion, and Tim Goodman in Detective Pikachu.

Khoi has also appeared in projects such as Phantasy Star Online 2, Sword Art Online: Alicization, Pokémon Masters, Gundam Build Divers, Mob Psycho 100, Fate/Apocrypha, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and many more.

When he is not acting, Khoi can be found making his entire personality about cats on twitter dot com (twitter.com/khoidaooo).

Trina Nishimura began her acting career at the age of nine in community theater and began touring in theatrical productions at age 13. From meager beginnings to a long career on stage, on screen, and in voice work, Trina’s most notable roles in voice acting span over two decades and include over 350 titles.

Fans will recall Trina’s many dutiful portrayals as Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan Junior High, Jiro Kyoka in My Hero Academia, Kurisu Makise in the Steins;Gate iterations, Mizune in Soul Eater, Naoko and Double Dee Seven in Borderlands 3, Natsume in Deca- Dence, Sally in Black Clover, Minami in Yuri!!! on ICE, Navirou in Monster Hunter, Lan Fan in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Milly Thompson in Trigun: Badlands Rumble, Sherry in Fairy Tale, Mari in Evangelion 2.22 and 3.33, Ran-Mao in Black Butler, Sarah in Love Live! Sunshine!!, the young Akito Soma in Fruits Basket, Etie from the popular game Fire Emblem Engage, several different skins in Smite, and Popuko in the popular Pop Team Epic to name a few.

Some other exciting pieces of her work include Rachel in Baccano!, Francesca Lucchini in Strike Witches, Sohara in Heaven’s Lost Property, Aiko Kudo in Baka and Test, Asuka in Magical Girl Spec Ops, Sen in Ben-To, Ako in And you thought there is never a girl online?, Sally in Black Clover, Hameline in Radiant, Chain in Blood Blockade Battlefront,  and the list goes on.

Though her voice and talents have taken her, and her characters to every corner of the globe … her heart will always belong to Texas.

Follow Trina on social media for more information about upcoming roles and appearances @TrinaNishimura on Twitter and Facebook and @TrinaNish on Instagram.

Survive Said the Prophet is an international rock band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2011.  This talented and diverse group is led by the bilingual singer Yosh and his dynamic vocals.  Their music style is one that’s constantly evolving and incorporates a wide variety of genres from rock, pop, to electro, hip hop, and R&B.  As a group, they made their debut with Sony Music in 2018, and have released 6 albums and 1 Best Of album.  They’ve performed at many major rock festivals throughout Japan, including Knotfest, SUMMER SONIC, METROCK, Warped Tour, ROCK IN JAPAN, SATANIC CARNIVAL, and more.  They’ve also shared the stage with Incubus, Paramore, Hoobastank, The Used, Story Of The Year, As It Is, and more.  In 2021, lead vocalist Yosh was part of the “Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestra World Tour” in Los Angeles, where he provided the vocals for the theme song, “Hollow.”  

Under the pen name TurtleMe, Brandon Lee blends Western and Eastern influences in his award-winning series, The Beginning After the End (TBATE). TBATE is the first English webnovel to webcomic series to receive an anime adaptation with its premiere in April 2025 on Crunchyroll. This long-running popular action-fantasy web novel and webcomic are available on Tapas Entertainment. It is also available as a graphic novel from Yen Press.

TBATE has garnered over 700K followers across its webnovel and webcomic on Tapas and has been honored with the prestigious Japanese Piccoma Award in both 2021 and 2022. The series has also been released internationally in countries including the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, France, Germany, Mexico, and India.

When he’s not writing, TurtleMe can be found indulging in his love of books, comics, and games. He also enjoys spending time outdoors, taking walks with his wife, Grace, and their dogs, Roy and Brie, who often get into mischief.

Website: https://www.turtleme.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtleme93/
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@turtleme93

Laura Stahl is a Los Angeles based Voice actor. You may know her from Fire Emblem: Engage as Female Alear, The Promised Neverland as Ray, Genshin Impact as Barbara and Xinyan, as Dorothy from The Great Pretender, as Iruma from Welcome to Demon School Irumakun, as well as several other shows and games. Laura has also adapted scripts for anime such as Yashahime: Princess Half Demon, Fate Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia, Eden (Starring Ruby Rose Turner, David Tennant, and Neil Patrick Harris) and more.

In college, Laura studied Musical Theater and in High School, she was a Band Geek, and loved fantasy novels. She couldn’t be happier to have a career in Anime and Jrpg’s, because she always knew she was going to spend her entire life as a very proud nerd.

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Xander Mobus is a voice over actor from LA. You might know his work in Persona 5 as Joker, Super Smash Bros as The Announcer, The Hands and Ren Amamiya, Jujutsu Kaisen as Toge Inumaki and Aoi Todo, League of Legends as Sett, Boruto as Inojin and Momoshiki, and Street Fighter V as Abigail. He’s also played major characters in Soul Calibur VI, One Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100, Demon Slayer, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hunter x Hunter, A Hat in Time, Detective Pikachu, Erased, Naruto, Rising of the Shield Hero, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Fire Emblem Heroes, Fire Emblem Warriors, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Sword Art Online, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Blue Exorcist, Monster Hunter and many more!

Our 2024 Artist Alley Applications are now OPEN!

You have until December 23 at 12pm Pacific to apply,

So submit your application today!

Sakura-Con Artist Alley will be opening applications for 2024 on Saturday, December 16 at 12pm Pacific until Saturday, December 23 at 12pm Pacific.

For more information, please see https://sakuracon.org/exhibitors/artist-alley/