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COAF 2026 Guests
Adam Gibbs
Adam Gibbs is an American voice actor of the stage, voice, and screen. Most known for his work in the anime industry.
Notable roles include:
Cid/Shadow (The Eminence in Shadow), Shinichi (Parasyte: The Maxim), Sugawara (Haikyu!!), Tamsy (Gachiakuta), Seita (Grave of the Fireflies), Natsuo (My Hero Academia), Urie (Tokyo Ghoul:re), Kamekuchi and Concelot (One Piece), Hyakkimaru (Dororo), Ikki (Saint Seiya), Hachiman (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU), Kurose (Chainsaw Man), Natsume ( Natsume’s Book of Friends), Uramichi (Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan)
Outside of the studio, he has spent nearly 20 years in the professional theatre industry. During that time, he has been involved in originating over half a dozen plays and musicals, many of which were produced at Houston’s Alley Theatre, where he met the love of his life. Together, they make Houston their home with their two brilliant daughters and their newest addition, a one-month-old baby boy. He is also an avid woodworker, cook, and instrumentalist.
Allegra Clark
Allegra Clark is a Los Angeles-based trilingual actor and voiceover artist originally from New York City. After spending a childhood doing commercials and school plays in both French and English, Allegra studied theatre and Italian literature at Northwestern University, where she realized her knack for voice and accent work.
Allegra is most known for her roles in video games as Bloodhound (Apex Legends); Acheron (Honkai Star Rail); Beidou (Genshin Impact); Mitsuru (Persona 3 Reload); Dorothea and Shamir (Fire Emblem Three Houses); Josephine Montilyet (Dragon Age: Inquisition); Cynthia (Pokémon Masters); Ifalna (Final Fantasy VII); Boss (AI: The Somnium Files); Spider-Gwen (Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3); Marisa (Street Fighter 6); and Wedding Cake Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom). She has also lent her voice to franchises like Marvel’s Spider-Man, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Arknights, Granblue Fantasy, Rune Factory, Shin Megami Tensei, and Trails.
In anime, she is known as Maki and Miwa (Jujutsu Kaisen); Mother Spider Demon and Young Tanjiro (Demon Slayer); Pitohui (Gun Gale Online); Kodachi Kuno (Ranma 1/2); Queen Sensei and Hana (Dandadan); Sonia (Pokémon Twilight Wings); Derieri and Matrona (Seven Deadly Sins); Princess Kakyuu (Sailor Moon); Gin Akutagawa (Bungo Stray Dogs); Noel (Burn the Witch); and Semiramis, Atalante, Reika Rikudou, and Reines (Fate franchise). Don’t ask her to pick her favorite role—she cannot pick her favorite child.
In addition to screaming into microphones in small padded rooms, Allegra also enjoys making excellent use of her fifteen-plus years of vocal training by serenading her cat. Sadly, Milo is scared of high notes and runs away, but it’s the thought that counts.
Christian La Monte
Christian La Monte acts, directs, and writes. Plus juggles and does a decent moonwalk (this is not true, do not ask him to moonwalk)
He is best known as Ignatz Victor, Seliph of Chalphy, and Roderick of Altea in Fire Emblem, Shuuichi Tsukamoto in Sound! Euphonium, and the Demi-Fiend in Shin Megami Tensei.
But he’s been in a ton of stuff! And had the pleasure to direct a bunch of it too—including lots of Fire Emblems, Unicorn Overlord, Cells at Work!, 13 Sentinels, and The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi! There is something exquisite and rare about getting to contribute to the art that he grew up loving.
Ciarán Strange
You may have heard him as foul-mouthed, under-caffeinated NPCs Lor (Borderlands 3) & Paladin Mike (Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands), or even in various anime (Chainsaw Man, Black Butler, Pop Team Epic!, Tomo-chan Is A Girl!, Requiem of the Rose King, AOASHI, Apothecary Diaries, The Case Study Of Vanitas, SK8 the Infinity) and video games (Monster Camp, Umbraclaw, High Times by YangYang Mobile) — but IRL he’s Ciarán Strange, an eccentric transgender voice actor, indie rockstar, and multimedia artist. At the tender age of seventeen, he left his family, friends, and English fishing village behind in order to chase his dreams across the Atlantic!
Strange has become a familiar face throughout the American geek scene, in most parts via his music. After touring the US, UK, Canada, and Japan, performing at hundreds of shows, conventions, and festivals, Ciarán has been known for his geeky covers and parodies, as well as his own original pop-punk-rock songs, which you can find on streaming platforms under Kieran Strange.
After a hiatus, Ciarán is returning to livestreaming this Fall with a fresh concept project, combining his love of song-writing, world-building, story-telling, mental health & LGBTQ+ activism, and (with any luck!) a Nat 20 or two in charisma... So make sure you check in with him this weekend to learn about his cosmic new VTuber, CL (@CozypunkCL)!
Vocal ventures aside, this British import to the States has been swept up relaunching his LGBTQ+ urban sci-fi series. Its debut novel, Black Tie by Ciarán Strange, is a gay romance thriller he’s pitched as “an awkward James Bond navigating a world full of superhumans”.
Daman Mills
Daman Mills is a voice actor and director. His best known voice credits include the Dragon Ball series (Frieza, Monaka), Final Fantasy VII Remake (Weiss the Immaculate), Honkai: Star Rail (Blade), SK8 the Infinity (Cherry Blossom), Shin Megami Tensei V (Aogami), My Hero Academia (Mustard, Moonfish, High-End), One Piece(Douglas Bullet, Tanaka), Pokémon Masters (N), Evangelion Rebuild films (Kaworu Nagisa), Cookie Run Kingdom (Milk Cookie), Haikyuu! (Osamu Miya), Trigun: Stampede (Legato Bluesummers), Digimon Adventure 2020 (Joe Kido), That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Diablo), Nanbaka (Jyugo), RWBY (Prof. Lionheart), Kuroko’s Basketball (Midorima), Borderlands 3 (Titus), Tokyo Ghoul:re (Shirazu), Yuri!!! On ICE(Yakov), Beastars (Kai), The Promised Neverland (Sonju), Blue Period (Yotasuke Takahashi), Kono Oto Tomare: Sounds of Life (Chika Kudo), and Mobile Legends Bang Bang (Aamon).
Daman can also be heard in a number of video games such as: Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, World of Warcraft, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Loop8: Summer of Gods, Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius, Lost Ark, Tales of Luminaria, Monster Hunter Rise, Fire Emblem Heroes, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, Chocobo GP, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Cris Tales, NEO: The World Ends With You, Phantom Breaker Omnia, Marvel Super War, Epic Seven, SMITE, Paladins, and Maple Story.
To keep up with Daman, follow @DamanMills on Twitter, Instagram or TikTok! Or check out his website: www.damanmillsvo.com
Dan Southworth
Dan Southworth is an accomplished filmmaker with decades of experience in feature film, television, motion capture, voice-over, and commercial production.
Power Ranger fans know him as Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger from Power Rangers-Time Force. Mortal Kombat fans enjoyed his portrayal of Kenshi in the popular series Mortal Kombat Legacy 2. Dan's popularity among anime fans follows his voice and motion capture role as Vergil in the best-selling video game Devil May Cry 3. Devil May Cry 3.5 was later released so fans could experience the game as Dan's character. Devil May Cry 5, which chronicles more of Vergil’s story, won best action video game at the 2019 Video Game Awards.
Darius Washington
Darius became addicted to anime after watching Robotech as a kid. Since then he's been working with the medium for over 30 years doing industry and promotion work for conventions as well as writing various kinds of articles for anime websites. He currently serves as the Anime Industry Coordinator for Momocon in Atlanta, Georgia and writes reviews for The Fandom Post. When not doing videography around the city, he catches up on pro wrestling while lamenting why the Falcons can't win the Super Bowl.
DJ Amaya
Notorious American J-Pop/K-Pop Remixer, Composer, Skilled Instrumentalist, and Producer, DJ Amaya began making waves when he started introducing audiences to Japanese dance music at anime conventions across the USA, which led to him playing shows in Japan, Singapore, and Sweden as well. Along the way he released 4 full length albums of original music, collaborated with Japanese artists, and has been commissioned to produce tracks and remixes for artists around the globe.
In 2014, Amaya formed MINIKOMA☆ with popular J-Pop/K-Pop cover artist “Yabisi”, together the duo create original songs in Japanese that span many genre’s, and released their first full length album in Japan “EYES” in April 2016, and performed live to a packed crowd at Anime-Expo 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
In July 2016, DJ Amaya contributed a remix for Re:animation’s Remix Compilation “Re:boots Legendary Anime Song Remixes” which features prominent bootleg remixers from the anisong community worldwide. Public Musume’s album “初恋とはなんぞや” features the track “おちんぎんちょうだい” with music produced by DJ Amaya. Furthermore, late July 2016 also will see the release of “Brilliant Connect” by ex-Rhymeberry member 信岡ひかる(Nobuoka Hikaru) which was composed/arranged By DJ Amaya in collaboration with 里本あすか (Pastel Pants).
Links:
http://www.twitter.com/djamayaofficial
http://www.facebook.com/djamayaofficial
http://www.instagram.com/djamayaofficial
Dorothy Fahn
Dorothy is a native of southern California who began her career as a stage and on-camera actress, specializing in musicals… and commercials with no dialog!
Since then, she has lent her voice to hundreds of Anime, Video Games, ADR,
and Animation titles, some of which are Konan in Naruto, Mercedes in Fire
Emblem, Meryl in Trigun, Ms. Bustier in Miraculous Ladybug, Tai’s Mom,
Lillymon, Rosemon, and lots of other ‘mons’ in Digimon, Kie Kamado in Demon Slayer, Genkai in Yu Yu Hakusho Live Action, and Chihiro, Sayaka, & Tsumugi in Danganronpa!
Other anime roles include: Yukiko Inomata in Blue Box, Komi’s Mom in Komi
Can’t Communicate, Melody in Hunter x Hunter, Nena-Empress in JoJo’s
Bizarre Adventure, Naru in Love Hina, Cyprine & Ptilol in Sailor Moon,
Asuna’s Mom in Sword Art Online, Kaoru in Rurouni Kenshin, Pioran in To
Your Eternity, Yoshino in Bleach, Margaret in The Seven Deadly Sins,
Merribit in Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure,
Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Gudetama, Little Aurora in Tiger & Bunny 2, Masao
in Captain Tsubasa: Jr Youth Arc, and one of her faves, Maiko in Kill la Kill!
Games include Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes,
Danganronpa V3, and Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. She’s also Marley &
Agatha in Pokémon Masters, Fallout 4, Gnar in League of Legends, World of
Warcraft: Legion, Shining Resonance Refrain, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Death end
re;Quest 2, Phantasy Star Online 2, Seven Knights & Seven Knights 2, and many
others!
Dorothy is represented by CTC Talent in Los Angeles, CA, and thanks her hubby,
daughter, and family for all their love and support!
Twitter: @DorothyFahn
Instagram: @dotfahn
Gil Asakawa
Gil Asakawa is a cultural consultant, journalist, author and blogger who covers Japan, Japanese American and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) culture and identity in blogs, articles and social media. His blog is at www.nikkeiview.com. He is a nationally-known speaker, panelist and expert on Japanese American and Asian American history and identity. He’s the author of “Being Japanese American” (Stone Bridge Press), a history of Japanese in America originally published in 2004 and revised in 2014, and co-author of “The Toy Book” (Alfred Knopf, 1991), a history of the toys of the Baby Boom generation.
His latest book is “Tabemasho! Let’s Eat!” (Stone Bridge Press, 2022), a history of Japanese food in America.
His career as a journalist began with Denver’s weekly alternative newspaper Westword, where he served as music editor and investigative reporter, then became entertainment editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, online editor for the Denver Post and a pioneering leader in digital media sites and startup companies. He’s written for many publications over the years including The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Rolling Stone magazine and Newsweek Japan. His work has appeared in the Nichi Bei Weekly, Discover Nikkei, Rocky Mountain Jiho, and other Japanese American community publications.
He is a member of the board of Colorado Asian Pacific United (CAPU), and the current Chair of the Denver-Takayama Sister City Committee. Asakawa served twice as president of the Mile High chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and has written a column called “Nikkei Voice” for the JACL’s national “Pacific Citizen” newspaper since the early 2000s. He served as chair of the editorial board for the “Pacific Citizen” and was a national board member of the JACL.
He is also a longtime member of the Japan America Society of Colorado, Nikkeijin Kai of Colorado, and the US-Japan Council. He was founder of and president for the Asian American Journalists Association’s Denver chapter. Asakawa was appointed in 2014 by Mayor Hancock to Denver’s Asian American Pacific Islander Commission (DAAPIC).
He has given presentations to many organizations and libraries across the country about the history of Japanese Americans. He has also presented on the history of Asian Americans in U.S. pop culture. He has spoken many times at Colorado Anime Fest.
In 2023 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays from the Japanese government for his longtime efforts to build bridges between Japan and the United States. He was also inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame.
Jill Harris
Jill Harris is another classic example of an anime fan turned professional. She started working in VO at the age of 15, recording for projects in her home studio after school. At 20, she relocated to DFW and started working with Funimation—now known as anime juggernaut Crunchyroll.
She started strong with characters like Noelle Silva in Black Clover, Mandalay in My Hero Academia, Aura Bella Fiora (one of the elf twins) in Overlord, and Nino Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets.
In 2017, Jill booked Charlie Magne in the Hazbin Hotel pilot, which went viral on YouTube with over 100 million views. It’s since spawned the hit Amazon Prime series of the same name, featuring an all new cast of stars from Hollywood & Broadway.
Since then, she’s been on that anime grind, providing the voice for Fern in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Suletta Mercury in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Yuzuriha in Hell’s Paradise, and Charlotte Pudding, Sanji’s fiance, in One Piece, as well as many others.
If you want to find her online, she goes by “jillsvoice” most places (Instagram, TikTok, Twitch.) The only exception is Twitter (I refuse to call it “X”) on which her handle is @JillHarrisVO
Jordan Dash Cruz
Jordan Dash Cruz is an actor and director residing in DFW Texas. Originally hailing from the ole Sunshine State of Florida, Jordan likes long walks on the beach, most 90s sitcoms, his wife and pineapple on pizza. When he's not busy playing video games, hanging out with his wife or admiring Ralph Macchio's beautiful Crane kick in The Karate Kid, he likes to act. So much so, he's been doing it professionally for 7 years!
You can hear him across a multitude of anime titles and video games such as:
Stark in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
(Mini) Master Roshi in Dragon Ball Daima
Temenos in OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2
Aoshi Tokimitsu in BLUELOCK
Leon Fou Bartfort in Trapped in a Dating Sim
Qi Rong in Heaven Official's Blessing
Kataoka
Kataoka is a music producer and DJ based out of the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in the fusion between anime music, J-pop, and electronic dance music. Since 2022, he has steadily made a name for himself in the Bay Area's Anikura (Anime Club) scene, performing at both local anime- oriented dance events, and anime conventions such as FanimeCon and Anime Expo. With a wide range of influences ranging from J-Pop acts such as Ado and Yoasobi, to EDM acts such as Knock2 and ISOxo, Kataoka wears his influences on his sleeve, mixing and mashing up his favorite anime, J-Pop, and Vocaloid tracks to house, dubstep, and trap beats.
Social Media:
Twitter/X: @kataokamusic
Instagram: @kataokamusic
Ready or Not
Ready or Not is a dynamic DJ and music producer hailing from Denver, known for his electrifying blend of Bass House, Electro House, and House. His musical journey began in 2007 when he started DJing, quickly establishing himself as a local favorite with his high-energy sets and seamless mixing. By 2011, Ready or Not expanded his talents into music production, where he found a natural rhythm crafting heavy basslines and infectious grooves.
Social Media:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hyQjzjKGShMs9n4ThuuuH?nd=1
Instagram: @readyornot_music_official
Facebook: @Readyornotmusicofficial
Twitter/X: @ReadyorMusic
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/artist/ready-or-not/62434
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/readyornotmusic
The Kamikaze Snowmen
The Kamikaze Snowmen originally began in 1993 as a fun improvisational pastime between three junior high friends. The group evolved in the late 1990s-early 2000s into an indie comedy band, recording albums and playing live shows at coffee houses and college campus events.
In the 2010s the Snowmen found a kinship with comedians and a home at conventions. Over the years they’ve grown their repertoire to include comedy showcases, hosting opening/closing ceremonies and cosplay contests, moderating panels with other guests, game shows, trivia, music video shoots, and more.
The group now consists of primary members Paul Tebben and Josh Trumbo, with alum Terry Bown II still appearing on album tracks when able. Taking cues from classic vaudeville and adapting various pop-culture landmarks into their music, The Kamikaze Snowmen provide inclusive and interactive content perfect for any convention setting.
Tom Fahn
Tom is best known as the voice of Agumon in the TV series Digimon: Digital Monsters, and he reprised the role in Digimon: The Movie, the Digimon Adventure Tri movies, and various Digimon video games. Recent game credits include Brigand Boss in both Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Fire Emblem Heroes, as well as Twin Mirror, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows, and God of War. Tom’s voice can also be heard in Sand Land, Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure on Netflix, Edens Zero for Bang Zoom! on Netflix, Cells at Work Code Black for Funimation, The Rising of the Shield Hero on Hulu, and Naruto, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Hunter x Hunter on Toonami Adult Swim.
Memorable roles include Stu the Turtle and Male Ox in Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, directed by Carlos Saldanha for 20th Century Fox, and anime fans may remember his death scene as Rocco Bonnaro in Cowboy Bebop with Steve Blum, directed by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. He can also be heard begging for his life in Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, directed by Collette Sunderman, or dying several times as several characters across multiple episodes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Some of his early lead roles include Sho/Guyver in The Guyver and Kei in Orguss, both directed by Kevin Seymour. A career highlight was working in the same studio on the old Hanna-Barbera lot where The Flintstones were recorded, playing the Woim in Boid ’n Woim for Cartoon Network’s What a Cartoon!, directed by Kris Zimmerman.
Originally from Huntington, NY, Tom always wanted to be an actor, but his greatest credits are his wife, Dorothy, and their daughter. They live in Los Angeles, where he is represented by the legendary Vanessa Gilbert at RSA.
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.
Follow him on his website!