2023 TOKYO X
Voice Actors
Bryson Baugus
Bryson Baugus is a voice
actor from Houston, Texas. Some of his credits include Shoyo Hinata in Haikyu!!; Falco Grice in Attack on Titan; Seiya in Saint Seiya; Yuga Ohdo in Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale; Takumi Aldini in Food Wars; Bell Cranel in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?; Mitsuru in Darling in the FranXX, and many others.
Blake Shephard
Blake Shepard from Houston, Texas, is an American animator, visual artist and voice actor working for ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, FUNimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000. He is also the lead singer and guitarist in a band called Electric Attitude. He is known for voicing Akito/Agito in Air Gear, Leonard Tesatarosa in Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, Akiyuki Takehara in Xam'd: Lost Memories, Yuzuru Otonashi in Angel Beats!, Soma Yukihara in Food Wars!, Kazuomi Oga in ReLIFE and Arata Wataya in Chihayafuru.
Olivia Swasey
Olivia Swasey is a Native Houstonian who began her voice acting career when she was a wee tyke. She got her start in anime doing small bit roles for ADV Films. Eventually, she started landing larger roles for Sentai Filmworks. Some of her favorite characters are Maya in “Revue Starlight”, Kirari Mombami in “Kakegurui”, Ran in 7 “Seeds”, and Haruno Yukinoshita in “My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU!”. In addition, Olivia can be seen as Morga in “Land of the Lustrous”, Fire Claw and Buri in “Cutie Honey Universe”, Ylva in “Vinland Saga”, and Momoga in “Girls Und Panzer”. She landed her first lead role in “Kampfer” playing the female role of Natsuru. Olivia graduated with a B.F.A from the University of Houston and is currently working on perfecting her handstand! She thanks her dad, John Swasey, for his continued love and support of her anime career.
Kyle Colby Jones
Kyle Colby Jones has been in the anime industry as a director, writer, producer for 20 years. He began his dubbing career at ADV Films and currently works at Sentai Filmworks & AMC Networks. Some of his more notable recent anime series include: Haikyu; Made in Abyss; Akame ga Kill; Parasyte; No Game No Life; Food Wars; GATE; Umaru-chan; Gintama; Princess Principal; Monster Musume; My Love Story; Log Horizon; Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun; Mr. Tonegawa; Land of the Lustrous; and Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?. Kyle has directed several classic titles as well, including: Saint Seiya; Air; Kanon; Madlax; Kino’s Journey; Diamond Daydreams; Phi-Brain; and the stupendously amazing Papuwa. Also included in Kyle’s library are several feature films, like: When not in the studio, Kyle enjoys filming, photography, and questioning the need for Oxford commas.
Jay Hickman
Jay began his career in anime in the 1990s, when he landed his first role at ADV Films in Master of Mosquiton. Since then, he has appeared in more than 200 titles with studios including ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Okratron 5000, and others. His notable credits over the past two decades are Mechazawa in Cromartie High School, Spitfire in Air Gear, Sho Zama in Aura Battler Dunbine, Green Dragon Shiryu in Saint Seiya, the Fishmen Choo and Hammond in One Piece, Kagetane Hiruko in Black Bullet, Chief Kurama in Elfen Lied, Arthur Lynch in Legend of the Galactic Heroes,Jay’s voice has also been featured in the live action features Dark Water, Synesthesia, Conduct Zero, The Fuccons, Touching Wild Horses, Gamera – Attack of Legion.
John Gremillion
John Gremillion is a stage, film and voice actor who has been working in anime for over 20 years, providing voices for dozens of popular anime titles for ADV, FUNimation, Okratron 5000, and Sentai Filmworks. John’s most popular roles include Gentle Criminal in My Hero Academia, Dracule Mihawk in One Piece, Roland Chapelle in Food Wars, Arthur Randall in Black Butler, and D in Sentai’s recent re-release of Vampire Hunter D A professional video editor for over 20 years, John worked on the supplemental materials for ADV’s 2010 release of Halo Legends and for FUNimation’s release of Assassination Classroom Vol 2. He studied film at The University of Texas at Austin and Theatre Arts at The Juilliard School of Drama.
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