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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.

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.

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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!

This is a multiple-choice, open-book, take-home quiz that begins on the Sakura-con site three weeks before the convention.  You are encouraged to use any resource at your disposal.  Some of the questions will test your understanding and ability to analyze anime, not just your memory.  Instead, you will need to do research into the real world of such topics as art, geography, history, literature, music and science.  The answers to the questions will provide additional context and meaning to the anime that you already enjoy.