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COAF 2024 Guests

Abby Trott

Abby Trott is an actor/singer from Attleboro, Massachusetts. She has lived and worked in Tokyo and New York City, and is currently based in Los Angeles.

Abby is perhaps best known for portraying Nezuko in Demon Slayer, Annette in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Ivy in Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego, Windblade in the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy, and singing the English version of Lifelight, the theme for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Some of her roles in anime include Mezato Ichi in Mob Psycho 100, Machi in Hunter x Hunter, and Veronica Liones in Seven Deadly Sins.

When she isn’t talking, singing, or screaming into a microphone, Abby likes to spend her time playing shakuhachi (Japanese flute) and chatting with her cats (French pun intended).

Bill Butts

Bill is an African American voice and film actor, martial artist, and fitness enthusiast! Growing up in Kansas City, he found a deep passion for acting. He studied journalism and theater in college which would lead him to a life in radio, theater, on camera, as well as voice over. You can hear him as Owlbert in Honkai Star Rail, Jack the Drought in the legendary franchise known as One Piece, Mask De Masculine in Bleach, the main antagonist known as Ogre in the Tekken animated series on Netflix, Douglas in the hit show Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Miguel in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Cioccolata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, President Obama in Baki and many more!

You can also follow his social media for more!

Instagram: billdozer77

Twitter: billdozer777

Bridget Hoffman

Bridget Hoffman is an American voice actress, ADR Director and script writer in the Los Angeles area. Some of her major roles include Belldandy in the Ah! My Goddess: The Movie feature film, Mizuho Kazami in Please Teacher!, Mima Kirigoe in Perfect Blue, and Lain Iwakura in Serial Experiments Lain. She has voiced lead characters such as Rune Venus in El Hazard, Miaka Yuki in Fushigi Yugi, Raquel Casull in Scrapped Princess, Fuu Hououji in Magic Knight Rayearth, Shinobu Maehara in Love Hina, and Irisviel von Einzbern in Fate/Zero. She served as the ADR Director for the Fushigi Yugi series and films, Ah! My Goddess: The Movie, and a series of shorts called The Adventures of Mini-Goddess. She also provides background voices in a number of animated films, including Frozen, Epic, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. In video games, she provides the voice of KOS-MOS in the Xenosaga series as well as Atoli in the .hack//G.U. series.

Chris Hackney

Chris Hackney is an American voice actor currently residing in Los Angeles, CA.

Originally from Florida, Chris found his way to acting when in college for music. While looking for more outlets for artistic expression, he discovered an entire new world of creativity in acting. Several years of training and a cross-country move later, Chris has found his life and passion in voiceover.

Chris can be heard in various forms including commercials, video games, anime, and animation. Currently, he's most known for titles such as Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Dimitri), Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Boey), Hunter x Hunter, Mega Man 11, K Project, Valkyria Chronicles 4, and Gundam SEED. Chris is always looking forward to the next exciting opportunity he can lend his passion.

DJ BotoMaki

BotoMaki started DJing in 2011. His genres of choice primarily include Electro House, Bass House, and Complextro, with heavy influences from Anime and Video Games. He's brought his sound to venues such as the legendary BETA Night Club, The Church Night Club, Temple, Club Vinyl, The Black Box, as well as The Global Dance Festival DJ Competition, SuperNatural, and various warehouse & outdoor events. As one of the original members of Denver House Music, BotoMaki brings his brand of high energy and passion while still remaining true to his unique style and character.

Check him out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and his Website.

DJ GreenFlöw

GreenFlöw is a nomadic DJ and Producer. He got his start in conventions but has since expanded, playing around the world in places like Seoul, South Korea and Mexico City, Mexico. He has played across the country for shows like Otakon Vegas, Anime Milwaukee, Anime Central, and Kumoricon just to name a few. When in the US, he spends most of his time around Milwaukee, WI where he performs regularly with local group Non-Pop!, putting together parties combining music and live art. Wherever you find him, he's spinning together melodic tunes or making the walls vibrate, and you're always going to have a good time.

Check out his LinkTree for more.

DJ Jinrei

Named Andre “Jinrei” Smith, Originally born in Bristol (England), now currently resides in Las Vegas (Nevada) has been DJ’ing since 2006. Jinrei to this day continues to DJ on the road and or host after-parties. 

Jinrei’s style is very House based from his original produced music/remixes to popular Top 40s he likes to mix in his sets live. Ultimately, he likes to play actual “dance music” for various types of crowds whether it be a drinking social crowd to even if it’s a hard hitting rager. The Quality is always there for the right vibe and or event theme.

Presently, Jinrei is more these days booked as a featured guest DJs at official convention after parties as well as still holding several annual residencies in 4 states

Find him on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

DJ-REVOLUTION BOI

U.S. based DJ–REVOLUTION BOI aka “Kuro Usagi 808” – has been in the Electronic Dance scene for more than a decade, as an avid listener and vivid performer. His influences from Progressive House, Trance, and Drum and Bass have made him notable for his uplifting compilations that have been recognized around the globe. As a traveling DJ, his experiences became a diversity of genres resulting in developing a unique ability to emphasize and capture an emotional state of mind for his listening audience. As the VOCALOID software was introduced, curiosity sparked an interest, and he was introduced into a new subculture of Japanese EDM, Anime, and Idol Culture. Becoming one of the first Vocaloid DJs in the US, and a huge staple DJ performer for the Anime Industry across the nation.

Find him on Mixcloud, Soundcloud, Twitter/X, and Facebook.

 Emi Lo

Emi Lo is a Taiwanese-American voice actor most well known for playing Suma in Demon Slayer, Rena in Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni - GOU, Rinku in D4DJ: First Mix, Hei in The Legend of Hei, Mirai in Dr. STONE, and Hototo in Appare Ranman. Most recently, you can also hear her as Kate in Shadows House, Motoko in Horimiya, Delmin in Show By Rock! MASHUMAIRESH!!, Yae Yoshida in Wonder Egg Priority, and Usalia in the Disgaea 6 DLC. 

Though she started her life as a classical pianist (and still occasionally performs as one), acting was her first love.  In addition, she is very passionate about animation and video games, as they have been an integral part of her life ever since she was a young Emi in Taiwan. She's absolutely floored to now be part of the media as an actor, and most recently, a director.

When Emi is not acting, she can be found playing piano, playing video games, cosplaying, modeling, singing, eating, or exploring natural and man-made ruins. She also has an absolutely precious but spoiled Siberian cat named Noctis that has never done anything wrong and is incredibly cute and fluffy.

You can find a more comprehensive list of her credits at ANN and/or visit her Twitter (@kitsunesqueak) for updates and pictures of her fluffy child.

Erica Mendez

Erica Mendez is a Chicago-native now living in Los Angeles and working in the field of voice-over. She has played many fan-favorite characters, including Retsuko in Aggretsuko, Ryuko in KILL la KILL, Gon in Hunter x Hunter, Aladdin in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Yuuki in Sword Art Online II, Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Megumin in Konosuba, Emma in The Promised Neverland, Akko in Little Witch Academia, Diane in Seven Deadly Sins, Nico in Love Live!, Mash in Fate/Grand Order, Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Bernadetta in Fire Emblem Three Houses, and Kamisato Ayaka in Genshin Impact.

You can also hear her in video games such as Final Fantasy VII Remake, Legends of Runeterra, Scarlet Nexus, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, The Fire Emblem series, Triangle Strategy, New Pokémon Snap, Ys IX, Tales of Berseria, Puyo Puyo Tetris, The Danganronpa franchise, Code Vein, Soul Calibur VI, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, and the Trails of Cold Steel series; As well as animated shows like OK K.O. Let’s be Heroes, Demon Slayer, Yashahime, Shaman King (2021) Your Lie in April, Anohana, Erased, Pokémon Journeys, To Your Eternity, Boruto, Re:ZERO, Fate/Apocrypha, My Hero Academia, and many more.

Voice acting isn’t the only way she keeps herself busy: Her script adaptation work includes The Promised Neverland, Little Witch Academia, Sailor Moon SuperS, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, and Fate/Apocrypha. She made her directorial debut with the animated film, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, which she also adapted.

You can keep up with Erica's role announcements and incoherent rambling by following her on Twitter.

Faye Mata

From gaming to voice acting, Faye Mata is an advocate of chasing dreams. She's best known for playing the roles of Aqua (Konosuba), Astolfo/Rider of Black (Fate/Apocrypha), Yukako Yamagishi (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), Petra Macneary (Fire Emblem), Kagami (Miraculous Ladybug), and Lulu (League of Legends). She is also known as Sailor Aluminum Siren (Sailor Moon), Ling Xiaoyu (Netflix's TEKKEN), Princess Malty (Rising of the Shield Hero), Miyu/Fukaziroh (Sword Art Online: GGO), Rin Hoshizora (Love Live!), and Neon Nostrade (Hunter x Hunter). Some game roles are NiCO (Dead or Alive 6), Lene (Fire Emblem Heroes), Daria and Lishenna (Shadowverse), and scattered throughout the world in Genshin Impact!

Faye also competed semi-professionally in video game tournaments around the world such as EVO, CEO, and Pokémon Worlds under the gamertag "Princess Aura," the same name she used as a competitor on national reality TV show WCG Ultimate Gamer (SyFy). She used to be a content creator for an eSports organization.

Faye brings a lot of fun and energy to cons and currently enjoys challenging people to 1v1 battles in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Follow her on social media!

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/fayemata
Twitter: @FayeMata
TikTok: @FayeMata
Instagram: fayematata

Griffin Burns

Raised in rural Pennsylvania, Griffin moved to LA in 2010 with an English degree, an acoustic guitar, and some beginner’s luck.  

He booked his first voice over audition ever for San Diego’s Balboa Park and landed a small co-star appearance on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place. Two years later, Griffin quit his ‘survival jobs’ as a valet and began voice acting full time. His most notable roles include Tartaglia from Genshin Impact, Doppio in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Muichiro in Demon Slayer, Akira Fudo in Devilman Crybaby, Tadano in Aggretsuko, Colt Grice in Attack on Titan, Ryota in Kakegurui, Jintan in Anohana, Todd Snap in  New Pokemon Snap, Shinichi Kudo in Case Closed, Ritsuka Fujimaru in Fate: Grand Order, and many, many others.  

Griffin is also known for his memes on social media and his band New New Girlfriend. He’s always down to engage with his fans, so stop by and say hello!

 J’Adore Cosplay
(Jade Chatman)

Hearkening to the cry of “a wild Senketsu warrior appears!”, J’Adore Cosplay (Jade Chatman), is the COAF 2022 costume & cosplay contest's special judge. She is a powerful voice for diversity, encouraging others to choose characters they love without feeling limited by race or other social boundaries, and a role model for many newer cosplayers. Her artistry in sewing, garment construction, and wig work have made her a rising star in the cosplay world. Her Wedding Princess Peach caught the attention of Nintendo at Katsucon 2019, and she was featured in a special Black History Month edition of Cosplay Alliance Magazine later that February.

She is known for her playful and witty performances, which has made her a perennial audience favorite. Some of Jade’s most recent achievements include Best in Show (SabotenCon 2019), Audience Favorite (COAF 2017, 2018, 2019), Best Category Craftsmanship (SabotenCon 2018) and Best Category Craftsmanship (NDK 2017).

Jerry Jewell

Since 2001, Jerry can be heard in a wide variety of shows and video games, with over 275 credits to his name. He’s probably best known for his roles as Kyo Sohma in Fruits Basket (the original and the 2019 reboot), Jimmy Kudo in Case Closed, Barry the Chopper/Number 66 in Fullmetal Alchemist, Russia in Hetalia: Axis Powers, and Victor Nikiforov in Yuri!! on Ice.

Other fan favorites include Principal Nezu in My Hero: Academia and Moblit Berner in Attack on Titan, Lyon in Fairy Tail, Claire Stanfield in Baccano!, Taira in Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Kaworu Nagisa in the Evangelion movies: 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0, Rin Tsuchimi in Shuffle, Lau in Black Butler, Aion in Show By Rock!!, Momotaro Mikoshiba in Free! Eternal Summer, Kusuo Saiki in (The) Disastrous Life of Saiki K, Dragon Ball, Ouran High School Host Club, One Piece, Soul Eater, Yu Yu Hakusho and a lot of other things that he may or may not remember or admit to.

Having worked as a voice actor for FUNimation since 2001, Jerry took on an additional role in 2011, that of ADR Director. His first show was Blood C, followed by over 70 shows, including Free!, Seraph of the End, Senran Kagura, Kamisama Kiss, A Certain Magical Index, One Piece, Free!, Orange, and Star Blazers: 2199 & 2202. He also worked on FUNimation’s first donghua dub, Heaven Official’s Blessing.

Check out his Official Website, his Facebook Fan Page, or on Twitter @VAJerryJewell

Joel McDonald

Jonah Scott

Jonah Scott is a Voice Actor, Singer and Twitch Streamer from Los Angeles. Jonah has provided his ‘Leading Man’ voice to many video games and serials including Netflix’s BEASTARS, Dying Light 2, Attack on Titan, One Piece, JoJo's and more. Not just an accomplished actor, he is a classically trained singer with over 15 years of instruction across all disciplines. When he’s not behind the mic, he is streaming content to his large Twitch community as VTuber AlphaAniki - The best big brother you never had!

Follow him on social media!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImMrTransistor

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/alphaaniki

Keith Silverstein

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.

Not enough for you? Here are a few other titles under his VO belt: TMNT, Jujutsu Kaisen, Amphibia, League of Legends, Kuroko’s Basketball, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia, Sailor Moon, Star Wars Squadrons, Bungo Stray Dogs, Fate/Apocrypha, Fire Emblem, Glitter Force, Bleach, World of Warcraft, Skate-Leading Stars, Dead or Alive, Call of Duty Black Ops, Gundam: The Origin, Danganronpa, and Big City Greens.

Other notable credits include: Lupin the IIIrd, and Dr. Wily in Megaman.

For more info on Keith Silverstein visit his website at www.keithsilverstein.com, or check out Keith Silverstein on Instagram, and @SilverTalkie on Twitter.

Khoi Dao

Khoi is a cat owner and voice actor. You may have heard him as Albedo in Genshin Impact, 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.

Kira Buckland

Kira Buckland is a voice actress born and raised in Alaska and currently based in southern California. She is best known as the English voice of “Jolyne Cujoh” in her favorite series, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

Some of Kira's popular video game credits include NieR: Automata (2B), Genshin Impact (Kuki Shinobu), Soulcalibur VI (Talim & 2B), Fire Emblem Heroes (Eirika & Katarina), River City Girls (Kyoko), Street Fighter V (Falke), BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Heart), Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice
(Trucy), Tales of Zestiria (Edna), Danganronpa 2 (Hiyoko Saionji), Danganronpa V3 (Kirumi Tojo), Disgaea 5 (Seraphina), Dead or Alive 5 & 6 (Honoka), Persona 5 Strikers (Kuon Ichinose), Tower of Fantasy (Meryl + female player character), and many more.

Other anime credits include Demon Slayer (Mitsuri Kanroji), Kakegurui (Mary Saotome), Edens Zero (Rebecca), YashaHime: Princess Half-Demon (Setsuna), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (Reimi), Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun (Ameri), Komi Can’t Communicate (Makeru), Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (Princess Syalis), Tower of God (Yuri), Magia Record (Iroha), One Piece (Desire), Blue Exorcist (Izumo), Sailor Moon (Mimete), Hunter x Hunter (Zushi), and ReZero (Beatrice).

Kira has five cats, loves coffee and classic rock, and regularly streams Genshin Impact on Twitch under the name “msziggystardust”. She is also the founder of the Voice Acting Club, a community linking voice talent and content creators around the world.

Check her out on her social media!

Twitter: KiraBuckland
Instagram: killercoffeequeen
Facebook: KiraVoices
Twitch: msziggystardust

Kyle McCarley

Kyle McCarley grew up (but not really) in Kansas and moved to Los Angeles at age 18 to study acting. After getting hooked on playing World of Warcraft with his buddies, he co-wrote, co-directed, and voiced several characters in a fan-made online radio play loosely set in that universe. Once he finished his Theatre degree at the University of Southern California, he decided to further pursue that passion in the form of a career in voice acting. Kyle’s voice can now be heard in anime, video games, cartoons, audiobooks, live action dubs, TV and radio commercials, industrial ads, and even a talking toy plunger.

Notable anime credits include Mikazuki Augus in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama in Mob Psycho 100, Narancia Ghirga in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Red Blood Cell AA2153 in Cells at Work: Code Black, Koku in B: The Beginning, Ryo in Devilman Crybaby, Joe Shimamura, a.k.a. 009, in Cyborg 009: Call of Justice, Aoba Kuronuma in Durarara!!x2, Shinji Matou in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, Ryota Watari in Your Lie in April, Helbram in Seven Deadly Sins, Claudia Hodgins in Violet Evergarden, John Steinbeck in Bungo Stray Dogs, Iruka Umino in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Gran in Granblue Fantasy: The Animation, Kirii in Blame!, Joichiro Nishi in Gantz: O, Silas Norman in The Asterisk War, and Ikuya Ogura in Ajin: Demi-Human.

Kyle’s video game credits include Android 9S in NieR: Automata, Alm in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Harry Potter in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Wataru in Scarlet Nexus, Hal in Astral Chain, Zeke in God Eater 3, Gatekeeper in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Ei Sekigahara in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Baron in Shadowverse, Wizard Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom, Hyde from Under Night In-Birth in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Zeroken in Disgaea 5, Haruto Higurashi in Zanki Zero, Daniel in Unepic, Seilong and Kir in Summon Night 6, Oz, the Trickster in Atlas Reactor, and various characters in Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Last of Us Part 2, Legends of Runeterra, Final Fantasy XV, Tales of Berseria, God Eater 2: Rage Burst, Grand Kingdom, and Omega Quintet.

A full list of Kyle’s credits is available at kylemccarley.com, and if you follow him on Twitter or Twitch, you can keep up with all his excitement (or lack thereof).

Laura Stahl

Laura Stahl is a Los Angeles based Voice actor. You may know her from 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 JRPGs, because she always knew she was going to spend her entire life as a very proud nerd.

Lucien Dodge

Lucien is a voice actor specializing in characters for animation, video games, commercials, and other media. His anime credits include Zoicite and Motoki Furuhata in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal, Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero, Takumu Mayuzumi in Accel World, Blue and various Pokémon in Pokémon Origins, as well as Chili on the regular Pokémon series, Norba Shino in Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Yukio Hans Vorarlberna in Bleach, Ja'far in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Adolf K. Weismann and Tatara Totsuka in K, as well as guest roles in Hunter X Hunter, Sword Art Online, Kill la Kill, Naruto Shippuden, Doraemon, Glitter Force, Blood Lad, Aldnoah Zero, Seven Deadly Sins, Ajin, Knights of Sidonia, B­Daman: Crossfire, and both the Tiger & Bunny TV series and movie, The Beginning.

Video game credits include Dust in Dust: An Elysian Tail, Mega Gnar in League of Legends, Elliot Craig in Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, Sin Kiske in Guilty Gear Xrd, Regulus Ringland in Grand Kingdom, Hifumi Yamada in Dangan Ronpa, Dr. Victor S. Court in Bravely Default, Kurgum in Final Fantasy X/X­2 HD, Dr. Vanus in Smite, Kortes in Atilier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea, Kerith in the Dance Central franchise, Li Dian in Dynasty Warriors 8, and can also be heard in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Mad Max, Pac­Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Disney Infinity, and Skylanders (Giants and Swap Force).

He is also the voice of young Durotan in World of Warcraft’s “Lords of War” series, Nello in Ferrari World's Speed of Magic ride, and Tom in the American version of Tree Fu Tom which can be seen on NBC Saturday mornings. You can find out more about Lucien and his work by visiting his web­site.

Maddy Kate Cosplay

Maddy Kate Cosplay has been cosplaying for almost a decade and has been a full-time working cosplayer for 4 years! She is from the PNW, but you have probably seen her online from TikTok or Instagram! She loves guesting at local Oregon conventions, as well as recently winning in the Kumoricon 2022 18+ Lipsync contest with her twin, Porkcutlett! She is eager to meet you all and to be visiting Colorado!

Instagram: @maddykate.cosplay

Twitter: @maddykatecos

Nathanael Platier

Nathanael Platier, also known as NateTheMoth, is an English Vtuber known for his love of Dungeons & Dragons as well as a passion for Virtual Reality as a tool for self expression and mental health. Beyond entertainment, Nate has a history of back-end engineering, as well as community management for renowned streamers and voice actors, he focuses on innovative and creative solutions for streaming and creating a solid foundation for growing communities.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NateTheMoth

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/NateTheMoth

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@nathanaelplatier/

Porkcutlett

Porkcutlett, aka Adrian Tyler, is a PacificNorthwest cosplayer who has been in the cosplay community for almost a decade! Usually, guesting for local conventions in Oregon, he's seen running panels, booths, or judging contests! His love for art and cosplay drive his love for the community as he wants to give back!

Instagram: @porkcutlett

Riss Zanfei

Riss Zanfei is the lead artist and designer for Tasty Peach Studios, your favorite plush brand! She is also the official designer and artist for COAF, and is the voice and talent behind the Chimera Vtuber, Kaimeriss!

Riss has been creating art for Tasty Peach for 10+ years, and has loads of experience in how to make the dreams of creating plush come true! She and her team run Tasty Peach Studios, which began as a small shop on Etsy and has grown to having a storefront in Mishawaka, IN.

She grew her large online presence through Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Twitch and the brand is now officially globally licensed! That means if you walk into a Hot Topic, Claires, or your local aquarium, you're likely to see her plush and designs waiting for you to take home.

An expert in building an online following and fostering a supportive community, she has raised over $33,000 on Twitch for charity, and primarily streams as her Vtuber, Kaimeriss. Make sure to visit one of her panels to learn from her about running a small business as an artist or developing a Vtuber. Outside of the convention, you can check out her next stream at twitch.tv/risstv!

Ryan Bartley

Actor Ryan Bartley has been working in theater, film, television, and radio since she was a child. After attending the prestigious theater program at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, located in Dallas, Texas, Ryan graduated early and relocated from Dallas to Los Angeles. There she began working in anime, video games, and animation. Her anime credits include the 2019 Dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion (Rei Ayanami), Re:ZERO (Ram), Beyblade Burst Surge (Hyuga Hizashi), Demon Slayer (Makomo, Hanako, and Young Rengoku), Inuyasha sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Takechiyo), Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (Yuna), Jujutsu Kaisen (Shoko Ieri), Magia Record (Sana Futaba), The Promised Neverland (Gilda), Carole & Tuesday (Angela), Hunter x Hunter (Komugi), Mob Psycho 100 (Tsubomi and Mukai), Erased (Osamu), KonoSuba (Chomusuke), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Anne), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Dita), and Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (KITSAT-1). Ryan is the English voice of Peony and Ilyana in Fire Emblem Heroes and Plachta in the Atelier video game franchise. She’s also provided additional voices for some of the top performing recent feature films including The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, UglyDolls, The Boss Baby, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Avengers: Infinity War, Bumblebee, and Love, Simon. Ryan is the voice of Jay the blue jay in the Netflix original animated series Treehouse Detectives, the voice of Young Zeta on Nickelodeon’s Shimmer and Shine, the voice of Pupkin Cake and Bunny Bow in the Shopkins franchise, the voice of Pammee the fennec fox in the Netflix original series Yoohoo To The Rescue, the voice of Fluff the rabbit kwami in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, the voice of Pompompurin in the brand new Sanrio animated series Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures and her on-camera work includes the Lifetime movie Queen Sized, the horror-comedy Halloweed, and the award-winning digital series L.A. Macabre, available now on Amazon Prime. Ryan is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts with a major in Cinema-Television Critical Studies and a minor in Screenwriting.

Sarah Anne Williams

Sarah Williams is a voice actress for animation, video games, anime, and others. After moving from Indiana to Los Angeles, she’s now been a professional VO for 8+ years. Some of the anime characters she’s voiced include Sayaka Miki from Madoka Magica, Lisbeth from Sword Art Online, Susamaru in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Natsuki Nakagawa in Liz and the Blue Bird, Berserker of Black/Frankenstein in Fate/Apocrypha, Nonon Jakuzure from Kill La Kill, Felix in Re:Zero, Hello Kitty in Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures, and Neferpitou in Hunter x Hunter. Her video game voices include Jinx from League of Legends, the Hyperdimension Neptunia series as Uni, Chihaya Mifune and Jack Frost from Persona 5, Echo from Mobius Final Fantasy, and Lulu from God Eater 3.

 SungWon Cho (ProZD)

SungWon Cho is a voice actor you may have heard in Borderlands 3, Aggretsuko, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Radiant, Tuca & Bertie, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, gen:LOCK, Judgment, A Hat in Time, Red vs Blue, Monster Prom, Nomad of Nowhere, Camp Camp, Unavowed, Shadowverse, River City Girls, and more.

You may also know him from YouTube.

He loves his cats Effie and Sophie very much.

Tony Oliver

Tony Oliver, who was named to IMDB’s top 20 all time Anime Voice Actors list, began his career as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice artist, lending his voice to one of the first Anime features to a receive wide US television release - The Sea Prince and the Fire Child. His first foray into series television was as the voice of Rick Hunter in the groundbreaking anime series Robotech. Following that, he turned his attention to writing but continued his voice acting career. In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and co-produced an award-winning adaptation of The Jungle Book. Tony was then tapped to help create a new kind of children's television show. The result was the mega hit, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He served as the development producer and head writer and also wrote the pilot, Co-Produced the series, directed the voice actors, played the voice of Saba, and produced and directed the Power Rangers live appearance at Universal Studios, which drew an estimated 50,000 people on a single day.

After leaving Saban Entertainment, Tony continued to develop, produce, direct, and act in numerous Theatrical film, Television, Video Game, and Streaming Media projects including Daigunder for ABC Family/Disney; Gurren Lagann for the Sci Fi Channel, Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers which premiered on theatrical screens nationwide, and numerous video games including BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, .hack//GU, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring, Dynasty Warriors, World of Warcraft, Basara 3 and Bravely Default.

Tony’s theatrical voice acting credits include, Hoodwinked Too, The Muppet’s Wizard of Oz, Lupin the 3rd the First, The Night is Short:Walk on Girl and Alien Xmas, a Netflix Original Christmas special from the Chido Brothers and executive producer Jon Favereau, for which he also served as voice director. Anime voice acting credits include Vandread, Sayuki Reload, Gun Grave, Cho-bits, Bleach, Lupin the 3rd, and Naruto, where he can be heard as Minato, the Fourth Hokage.

Tony has also served as voice director for numerous projects including the English releases of Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks, Fate Stay Night Heavens Feel in which he also voices the character of Lancer, Fate: Apocrypha, a Netflix Original Series, Lego Friends, Fate Grand Order, Ghost in the Shell 2045, Orient, and BeyBlade Burst: Quad Strike for Bang Zoom! Studios and DisneyXD.

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Website: http://www.tonyoliverentertaiment.com

Xander Mobus

Xander Mobus is a voice over actor from LA.

You might know his work from anime and video games including Persona 5 as The Protagonist, Super Smash Bros as Ren Amamiya, Street Fighter V, Soul Calibur VI, One Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100, Hunter x Hunter, Detective Pikachu, Erased, Boruto, Boruto’s Dad (aka Naruto), Rising of the Shield Hero, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Fire Emblem Heroes, Fire Emblem Warriors, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Beyblade Burst Turbo, B: The Beginning, Blue Exorcist and many more!