Sakura-Con 2018

Voice acting is a family trade for Voice Actor Chiharu Sawashiro, younger brother to voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro.  His notable works include “TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION” where he voices Nozomu Nanase, “Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS” where he plays Naoki Shima, an...

Ian Sinclair is an actor, director, and voice actor that has been working in the anime and videogame industry for over a decade. Some of his more popular roles include: Whis from DragonBall Z, Brook from One Piece, Dandy from Space Dandy, Berkut...

Joel McDonald has been an ADR director and voice actor for the past 11 years, mostly with Funimation Entertainment. He's Zeref in Fairy Tail, Jacuzzi in Baccano!, Takumi in Initial D, Meow in Space Dandy, Poland in Hetalia, and Captain Flynt in...

John started down the road of anime in 1997, when he landed his first role in Golden Boy from ADV Films.  Since then, John has gone on to voice hundreds shows and characters with Sentai Films, Funimation, ADV Films, Switchblade Films, Okratron 5000, ...

Leah Clark is an American voice actor primarily associated with FUNimation productions. Recently she can been heard in the broadcast dubs of Darling in the Franxx (Ikuno), Karaki Jozu No Takagi-San (Mina); Token Ranbu Season II (Gokotai); My Hero...

M-Project began his career in 2000. He continues his primary goal of spreading Makina, a type of hardcore techno mainly produced in Spain, and he currently operates 4 labels, including MOB SQUAD TOKYO and Terraform Music. With a unique hardcore sound...

Mana is a living legend of Japanese music and a cornerstone of the original gothic lolita and visual kei movements. His band MALICE MIZER was formed in 1992 and had their major debut in 1997 on Nippon Columbia records. In 1999, Mana produced...

Mr. Yokota was the producer for Air Movie, Kanon TV show and the animation director for Death Note. He was the character designer for Magical Kanan, Angelium, Rune Soldier Louie and Naruto Shippuden. He also worked on the production of Macross Frontier...

A Los Angeles native, Max has been entertaining audiences from behind the mic, onstage, and in front of the camera since he was in high school. His fearlessness has been the foundation for his versatility and he’s enjoyed creating a wide range o...

He may not have magical powers but Micah Solusod is a fair-trade, free range professional voice actor and illustrator. Hailing from Hawaii, the rapscallion is best known for his breakout role as Soul in Soul Eater. Since then, he has gone on to...

MINT, the designer of MINT NeKO, was born in Shimane in 1984. After graduating Bunka Fashion College, he became an assistant designer of h.NAOTO and made his debut as a designer of Sixh. in 2006. While part of a fashion duet with the brand ...

OKAMOTO'S is a four-piece rock band from Shinjuku, Tokyo with Okamoto Sho on vocals, Okamoto Kouki on guitar, Hama Okamoto on bass, and Okamoto Reiji on drums. All band members use "Okamoto" as their last names, paying respect to both the avant-garde...

Ray Chase is an actor who has attached himself to a great many video games and anime in a very short amount of time.  In the last few years, fans recognize him as the main character Noctis in FINAL FANTASY XV, Master of Masters from KINGDOM HEARTS, Artorius ...

Robbie Daymond is a Native-American Voice Artist, Actor, and Performer based in Los Angeles. He works in Anime, western animation, commercials, film, television, audiobooks and videogames for companies such as: Nickelodeon, Disney, Warner Brothers,...

Rumi Okubo is a voice actress who has accomplished so much in her young career. She has been involved in many high profile projects including SERVANT x SERVICE , Magi: The Kingdom of Magic  and Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic . Ms. Kubo was also awa...

Sakura Con is pleased to welcome Shigefumi Shingaki! Mr. Shingaki started his career in animation at Studio Mates. In addition to his freelance work, he now also does film production at Toei Animation. Most notably, he is the animation director...

After Takanori Matsuoka joined PONY CANYON INC., he soon joined their Japanese Anime Production Division, where he worked on many successful projects such as “DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 the ANIMATION” and ”ROKKA Braves of the Six Flowers” as well as “SHOW B...

TeddyLoid started his career as MIYAVI’s DJ and sound producer by joining his world tour when he was only 18 years old. He also produced the OST for the GAINAX anime “Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt” with ☆Taku Takahashi(m-flo). He has also ha...

Creative Director of FGO Project In 2000, Mr. Shiokawa started his career at Square (currently Square Enix) and joined SQUARE ENIX, INC. (North America) in 2009. Prior to his current position at DELiGHTWORKS Inc., Mr. Shiokawa also worked for Square...