Christopher Ayres has been working professionally in theatre, television and film since the age of 6. His work has been seen Regionally, Nationally and on Broadway. He currently works as a voice actor for ADV FILMS and FUNimation ENTERTAINMENT Chris is also an A.D. R. Director for ADV FILMS and AMUSEMENT PARK MEDIA . His first project at studio was the hit anime musical comedy THE NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS. In addition to that he is also the director for XENOSAGA: The Animation, and MAGIKANO. Most recently he served as director at Amusement Park Media for MERMAID MELODY PITCHI PITCHI PITCH, and as co-director with Matt Greefield on THE WALLFLOWER.
Some of the roles as a voice actor Chris is best known for are Kei Kourono in Gantz, Suitengu in Speed Grapher, Von Kampher in Trinity Blood, Hayashimizu in Full Metal Panic? Fummofu, Nakamaru in Maburaho, Yaminami in Peacemaker, DJ Plugman in Air Gear, Johnny in One Piece, Sid in Devil May Cry, Yusuf Ali Mesa in Yugo the Negotiator, Koji in Godanner, Murato in Hakugei – Legend of the Moby Dick, Sawadust in A Tree of Palme, Dr. Pluto in BASToF Syndrome, Akimoto in Sakura Diaries, Kenji Kurata in Diamond Daydreams, Oshodani in Pappuwa, Jimpachi Arishiama in Nanka 6/17, and Woogy in Michel. His voice can also be heard in Elfin Lied, Claymore, Tokyo Majin, Oran High School Host Club, Cannon, Gravion Zwie, Utwararerumono, Coyote Ragtime Show and Desert Punk to name a few. Chris can also be heard a Wagram in the new Square Enix Game THE LAST REMNANT.
Chris is also one of the Anime industry voice actors who sings on Voices for Peace. He is very proud to be a part of the “Voices For…” organization. Chris also works as a professional fight director and has enjoyed bringing his workshop “Mock Combat for Cosplay” to many conventions. You can learn more about Chris by visiting his website www.christopherayres-va.com.
Greg Ayres is not your average voice actor. The once “Fanboy” turned VA started working for ADV Films just a few years ago, and in that short time managed to snag two of his favorite roles in anime. He was thrilled to voice the role of his favorite character Son Goku in Saiyuki, then just one year later Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Other roles include Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Negi Springfield in Negima, Heihachi in Samurai 7, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Pope Alessandro XVIII in Trinity Blood, Tsuyoshi in Kodocha, Leo in Ghost Stories, Tsujido in Speed Grapher, and Gau Ban in Shadow Skill. He can also be heard in other anime titles such as Super Gals, Spiral, Macross, Mythical Detective Loki, Burst Angel, Gravion, Godanner, Pretear, Full Metal Panic, E’s Otherwise and a whole lot more.
When he’s not in a booth with headphones on, you can usually find him sporting headphones of another variety behind “the decks”. A veteran nightclub DJ of many years, Greg has really enjoyed the opportunity of doing something else that he truly loves. From packed rooms at anime conventions, to the legendary stage of The Knitting Factory [NYC], Greg never misses an opportunity to share his love of music with anyone who will listen.
Johnny Yong Bosch made his debut as Adam, the Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He appeared in over 200 episodes and both big screen versions of the series. He’s also known for his voice work as Vash in Trigun, Kaneda in Akira, Ichigo in Bleach, Claus in Last Exile, Saku in Beck, Mike in Please Twins, Lelouch in Code Geass, Kiba in Wolf’s Rain and Nero in Devil May Cry 4. Aside from acting he’s the frontman for the edge rock band, Eyeshine.
The Browncoats – Rock&Roll, Mudders’ Milk, Shindigs, and Aircraft. Loosely based on popular sci-fi, this rock&roll/comedy group laments by singing about outer space, the future, drinking & smoking, and flying. The Browncoats have worked with actors from SNL and MTV and the members have had long careers in the entertainment industry, working for a variety of acts from the Moscow Ballet to Chuck Berry to Ozzfest. The Browncoats’ show will have you banging your head, drinking your beer sideways, and busting a gut laughing! FOr more info check out www.thebrowncoats.org.
Eyeshine is a four piece, “edge rock” band out of West Hills, California. Since 2006, Eyeshine has self-produced 3 albums and has continued to tour nationwide acquiring fans from all across the globe. Members include Johnny Yong Bosch, Maurice Salmin, Eddie Colmenares, and Tori Dozier. We should probably add something really cool in this bio about “how promising we sound” but we’d be lying. Maybe you should just come check us out and let us know what you think. If we suck, please don’t throw tomatoes – we prefer a bag of Peanut M&M’s, Skittles or Money (unmarked bills please). Hopefully you’ll like us and want to be our BFF. For more info check out www.eyeshine.net or www.myspace.com/eyeshine.
In the role of Tommy Oliver, Jason Frank has morphed into an array of mighty Power Rangers; green, white, red and then, black. In four series of the hit action/adventure TV series “Power Rangers.”
Born in California in 1973, he attended Bonita High School in Los Angeles. He began karate at the age of four and, by age 12 was teaching other children. At 18, he owned and operated a karate school, Jason Frank’s Toso Kune Do Karate.
In 1995, Frank was included in People magazine’s annual 50 Most Beautiful People in the World issue.
Frank was Grand Champion at the 1990 Las Vegas Winter Nationals and was honoured by the World Karate Hall of Fame’s Blackbelt Hall of Fame award in 2004 and 1994. A Sixth Degree Black Belt with over 28 years of experience, he now owns and teaches at The Rising Sun Karate Academy in Southern California. He also enjoys sky diving and flying planes.
A voice actress and ADR director, Caitlin has been working in the anime industry since 2004. When she was still a college student, Caitlin was hired by FUNimation while on a tour of the studio. After her first small parts on Case Closed, she went on to play Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist, Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Hiyono in Spiral and Takane in Burst Angel. Other roles include: Vivi in One Piece, Dhianeila in Heroic Age, Miria in Baccano, Sara in StrAIn, Yakumo in School Rumble, Nerine in Shuffle!, Sumomo in Sergeant Frog, Miss Anderson in Shin-chan, Machina in Dragonaut, Katherine McDonald in Kaze no Stigma, Kazuho in Nabari no O, LaLa in D.Gray Man, Kaori in Kanon, Chachamaru & Chisame/Chiu in Negima and Saya in Black Cat. Caitlin can also be heard in Darker Than Black, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Witchblade, BECK, Solty Rei, Hell Girl, Mushi-shi, Kenichi, Ragnarok, and Welcome to the NHK, among others.
In 2008, Caitlin directed the widely popular fan-favorite, Ouran High School Host Club, as well as playing Haruhi Fujioka. Other directing credits include Murder Princess, Gunslinger Girl- Il Teatrino, Suzuka and FUNimation’s new dub of One Piece.
Along with directing, Caitlin enjoys adapting theme songs for FUNimation dubs, and can often be heard singing one of them! She has also voiced characters in such video games as Street Fighter IV as Cammy, and Infinite Undiscovery as Aya. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Performance from the University of Texas at Arlington and continues to pursue acting professionally in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Yaya Han is a costume designer, model and cosplay entertainer with over 10 years of experience. After discovering cosplay at her first con a decade ago, she quickly absorbed the heart and soul of costume design and creation. To this day Yaya has made a myriad of costumes in the genres of anime/manga, video games, sci-fi and of course from her own original designs. Her intricate and lavish creations have won awards and acclaim nationwide, most recently the Yume Cosplay Cup with a trip to Japan and $1000 shopping spree in Tokyo. She has taught a multitude of panels on costume craftsmanship, presentation, makeup, wigs and more; and judged countless costume contests and performed in front of many peers and fans alike on stage. Yaya has traveled to over 50 conventions within the USA as well as internationally to Italy, Mexico, United Kingdom and Brazil as a Guest. For more information, visit www.angelicstar.net
No stranger to the anime/comics community, Matt Herms got his first professional break fresh out of high school in 2004 and has since done conceptual, promotional and interactive artwork for video games, magazines, conventions and toy companies as well as his longest passion: traditional dead-tree comic books, most notably as illustrator and colorist for the all-ages hit Sonic the Hedgehog. Matt’s clients include Archie Comics, SoMoGa Games, Hasbro Toys, Snafu-Comics.com, Angry Viking Press, and more! He made his webcomic debut in 2006 with the runway hit Sticky Floors, and has recently taken over the artistic chores of the long-running Snafu, written by David Stanworth.
Vic has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old, but he started his career in Anime about ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then, Vic has been in more than a hundred shows!
He is known for numerous roles, among them are: Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Fay D. Flourite in Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach, Yukito in Air, Takenaga Oda in the Wallflower, Dark Mousy in D.N. Angel, Kurz Webber in Full Metal Panic!, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougaiji in Saiyuki, Tatsunosuke Ichimura in Peacemaker, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, and Hikaru Ichijo in Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Vic has also voiced roles in a large number of video games that include: Soul Calibur, Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, Project Sylpheed, the Dragonball Z video games, the Bleach video games, the Fullmetal Alchemist video games, and more.
For even longer than his voice acting career, Vic has been a professional music composer, singer, and producer. He has written and produced hundreds of songs for TV, radio, and CD. He sings the themes for shows, such as One Piece and Dragon Ball GT. He has produced several CDs of his own original music that can be purchased on his web site, www.vicsworld.net.
In addition to Anime and music, Vic has a degree in film and works regularly writing, producing, and directing video and film productions.
Founded in 2004, Outland Armour is a Georgia based fabrication and production company. Specializing in metal, leather, and wood working, film making, special effects, acting, sculpture, custom prop creation, custom sewing, and all aspects of costume design, the Outlanders have served customers across the US and even overseas. They are constantly expanding to better realize your imagination.
Meredith Placko, known as Ana Aesthetic to most of the fandom world, is an American costume designer, model, and entertainer. She has been creating her own costumes since 2000, going so far to earn a degree in Fashion Design. When not working on and wearing her own creations, she is one of the lead designers at Inhale Corsets and Couture. Outside of conventions, Meredith freelances as a field producer, reporter, commercial voice over artist and professional cat wrangler.
Schwarze Sonne is a new up and coming band based out central California that draws influence from the Industrial music scene as well as that of the Visual-Kei scene of Japan. Implementing use of 7-string guitar, 5-string bass and multilingual lyrics to combine dark music & elegance with an emphasis on the live performance. They will draw you into another world at there lives with there theater based performances.
