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Kristen McGuire is a professional voice actor, ADR Director and Script Adapter. When it comes to voice work, Kristen has worked on over 200 different titles, but she is most well known for her work as Yume Minami in SSSS.DYNAZENON, Ruri in Dr. Stone, Tatami Nakagame and Tamashiro in My Hero Academia, Yu in Fire Force,  Milim Nava in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Senko in The Helpful Fox Senko-san, Young Nora in RWBY, Hinano Kurahashi in Assassination Classroom, Yui in Bofuri, Cinnamon in Nekopara, Rin Toyama in New Game and Yuuko (AKA Slug Girl) in Junji Ito: Collection. She has also provided voices for several video games, including Lucia in Punishing: Gray Raven, Mother Fearest in Borderlands 3: Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck, Chibi Arachne in Smite, Sarah Ridley in Xeno Crisis and Fae and Etheldred in Battle Axe.

Cassandra Lee Morris is an award-winning voice actor who has brought over 100 characters to life for video games, anime and animation.

Some of her fan-favorite roles include Morgana in Persona 5, Elora the Fawn in Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, Sarah Hotep in Fortnite: Save the World, Leafa in Sword Art Online, Operator 6O in Nier: Automata, Nami in League of Legends, Taiga in Toradora!, Kyubey in Madoka Magica, Kota in My Hero Academia and Edea Lee in Bravely Default. Other notable roles include Benio in Twin Star Exorcists, Nero in Fate/Extra Last Encore, Julia in Fire Emblem Heroes, Fie Claussel and Princess Alfin in the Trails of Cold Steel franchise, Atra in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, and Cere-Cere and Calaveras in the Sailor Moon franchise. 

We are beyond excited to announce that registration for Sakura-Con’s 25th anniversary in 2022 is now open!

We can’t wait to see you there. Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming guest announcements and news.

Ray Chase is an actor who has attached himself to a great many video games and anime in a very short amount of time.  He’s best known as Noctis in FINAL FANTASY XV, Nier from NIER: REPLICANT,  Bruno Bucciarati on JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE, Sukuna and Choso from JUJUTSU KAISEN, Roy from SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE, the Master of Masters from KINGDOM HEARTS, and his most celebrated dual role as the Subway Announcer and Mara in PERSONA 5.

He is a proud founding member of the comedy troupe  Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying (LAVA), which he shares with fellow actors Max Mittelman and Robbie Daymond.

Robbie Daymond is a voice-actor best known for characters such as: Akechi in Persona 5, Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon, Prompto in Final Fantasy XV, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, Spider-man/Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-man, Chrollo in HxH, Mitsuki in Boruto, and many more.

He also plays Dorian Storm in Critical Role’s hit show, Exandria Unlimited.

Well known as the voice of Saitama in ONE-PUNCH MAN, Max Mittelman has also given life to the hotheaded troublemaker with a heart of gold, Ryuji, in PERSONA 5, the carefree and always hungry, Plagg, in MIRACULOUS LADYBUG, and the lazy yet virtuous sin of sloth, King, in SEVEN DEADLY SINS.

Other notable projects include FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE (Red XIII), BUNGO STRAY DOGS (Atsushi), DEMON SLAYER (Sabito), BORDERLANDS 3 (Troy Calypso), FIRE EMBLEM (Leo, Gray, Kaden, Forrest, Gordin), HUNTERxHUNTER (Meruem), YOUR LIE IN APRIL (Kousei), & BUGSNAX (Filbo Fiddlepie).

Erica Lindbeck is a Los Angeles-based actress who holds her Bachelor of Arts from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television. She is thrilled to be involved in a large and diversified portfolio of projects, playing the roles of Jessie in the upcoming Final Fantasy VII remake, Cheetara and Wily Kit in the upcoming ThunderCats Roar, Cheelai in Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Blaze and Omochao in Sonic Team Racing, Sally Whitemane in Heroes of the Storm, Delaryn Summermoon in WoW: Battle for Azeroth, Sophitia in Soul Calibur VI, Roll in Mega Man 11, Black Cat in Spider-Man (PS4)…

In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it is with a heavy heart that we must announce the cancellation of Sakura-Con 2021.

Active 2021 memberships will be automatically transferred to 2022. If you have any questions or concerns about your membership, please email registration@sakuracon.org.

We wish everyone the best in the upcoming year, we miss you all dearly, and we hope to see everyone at Sakura-Con 2022!

Keith Silverstein is a veteran voice actor with an impressive and diverse list of credits. He’s the voice of Zhongli in the worldwide sensation, Genshin Impact, Torbjörn in Overwatch, Hisoka on Hunter x Hunter, Hawk Moth on the fan favorite Miraculous-Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Speedwagon in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Gouhin in Beastars, and Jetfire in the Netflix Original series, Transformers, War for Cybertron trilogy.

He can also be heard as Iyami in Mr. Osomatsu, En in Dorohedoro, and Vector the Crocodile in the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Resident Evil fans know him as H.U.N.K. Soul Calibur fans will recognize him as Zasalamel, and in Persona 5 he voices the villainous Masayoshi Shido.

With literally hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of “Spike Spiegel” from Cowboy Bebop, “Wolverine” from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more), “Orochimaru,” “Zabuza,” and others from Naruto, “Green Goblin” from the Spectacular Spiderman series, “Heatblast,” “Vilgax” and “Ghostfreak” from Ben 10, “Grayson Hunt” (Bulletstorm) “Grunt” (Mass Effect 2 and 3),”Zoltan Kulle” from Diablo 3, “Abathur” from Starcraft 2:Heart of the Swarm, “Tank Dempsey” (Call of Duty), “Killer Croc” from Arkham Asylum, “Oghren” (DragonAge),“Vincent Valentine” (Final Fantasy VII), “Leeron” (Guren Lagann), “Jamie” from Megas XLR, “Storm Troopers” and many others in most of the Star Wars games, The voice of 7-11, dozens of Digimon and a gigantic list of other characters from Anime, Video Games, TV and Film. In 2012, Steve was inducted into the Guinness Book of World records as Most Prolific Voice Actor in Video Games – appearing in almost 300 games (now approaching 400!)