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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.”  

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.

Artists who are selected for a table via our lottery system will be notified in the next 2-3 weeks.

We appreciate your patience, and ask that you do not reach out to our team – they will contact you if you are chosen via the lottery! 

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/

Happy Holidays!

The countdown to Sakura-Con has already begun and panel applications are officially OPEN!

We have an exciting update to our membership coverage this year so be sure to read up on the new policy here: Membership Expense Coverage

Submit your panels and events using the form below. You have until February 1, so don’t delay!

Submit your panel now at: Panels

Aaron Dismuke is an American voice actor, adaptive writer and director who works primarily with Funimation Entertainment.

He got his start voice acting at age 9, as Hiro Sohma in Fruits Basket, moving on to voice Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist by age 12. Since then, he’s voiced various roles including Leonardo Watch in Blood Blockade Battlefront, Van Fanel in Escaflowne (2016 version), Oscar in RWBY, Reinhard in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Yo Takami in Deadman Wonderland, Twelve in Terror in Residence, Arslan in The Heroic Legend of Arslan, and Lucifer in Devil is a Part Timer. He worked as assistant director for Ninja Slayer and Fairy Tail, and director for Shomin Sample and Nanbaka. He’s part of the ADR writing teams that adapted scripts for Fairy Tail, Nanbaka, Tokyo Ghoul, and Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory.

Born in FL and now living in Los Angeles, Anairis Quiñones is a voice actor best known for voicing Mirko in My Hero Academia, Nessa in Pokemon: Twilight Wings, Kimberly in Street Fighter 6, Yelena in Attack on Titan, and Rika in Jujutsu Kaisen 0. You can also hear them in cartoons like Craig of the Creek and Rainbow High, or other video games like Fire Emblem: Heroes and New Pokemon Snap.

If she’s not acting, she’s playing (and hoarding) indie games like Undertale and Hollow Knight, loving on her pets (two cats and a pupper!), enjoying the outdoors, or baking yummy sweets. Anairis is also a writer and director, and a strong advocate for diversity and mental health.

Austin Tindle is an American actor. His birth was foretold by a swallow, in a remote location in Orlando, Florida. At the moment he burst forth from the womb a new star formed and illuminated the sky, the seasons suddenly changed from winter to spring, and a double rainbow appeared.

At three weeks old he had learned to walk and by eight weeks he was talking. His voice over career began soon after. He was raised in Austin, TX, which was retroactively named after him.

He has since voiced hundreds of characters in English dubbed anime including: Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul), Marco Bodt (Attack on Titan), Karma Akabane (Assassination Classroom), Pele Popolo (Plunderer), Monoma (My Hero Academia), Ishigami (Kaguya-sama), Subaru (My Roommate is a Cat), Leek (Dragonball Super: Broly), Sour/Dyrasem (Dragonball Super), Goro (Darling in the Franxx) Avilio Bruno (91 Days), Seborga (Hetalia), Raspberry (Dragon Ball Z), Accelerator (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun), and Ichirohiko (The Boy and the Beast).

Now’s the time to get a 2024 membership at its lowest price! This price is only available until April 30 at 9:00 p.m. PDT—membership prices increase after!

For more information or to get your membership, see our Registration page at https://sakuracon.org/registration/.