TANDOKUCON 2007
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CHRIS AYRES
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, and has recently started working as an A.D. R. Director for ADV FILMS. His first project for the studio is the hit anime musical comedy THE NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS. 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, 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, Multiple Villains in Gatchaman, 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, Gravion Zwie, Utwararerumono, Air Gear , Coyote Ragtime Show and Desert Punk to name a few. 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..." oganization. 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.
COLLEEN CLINKENBEARD
Colleen counts to her credits Riza Hawkeye in Fullmetal Alchemist and Rachel Moore in Case Closed. Other credits include: Beet the Vandel Buster, Dragonball Z: Bojack Unbound, Kiddy Grade, Kodocha, Mahou Sensei Negima, Rumbling Hearts, Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris, Samurai 7, Spider Riders, Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna, Trinity Blood and Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE.
AARON DISMUKE
Aaron Dismuke began is career in voice acting at the age of 9 when he voiced
a small part in Fruits Basket as young Akito and then later a larger role as
Hiro Sohma in the same anime. Aaron has since played small roles in animes
such as: Shura in Yu Yu Hakusho; young Manabu in The Galaxy Railways; young
Takeshi in Speed Grapher; Chevalier D'Autriche and Yott in Kiddie Grade;
Minotia in Dragon Ball Z Movie 13; Charlie in Burst Angel; Sergeo in Lupin
III: Farewell to Nostradamus; and Leon Elliott in Black Cat. Aaron is best
known for his role as the youngest Elrick brother in Fullmetal Alchemist which is a role he began at age 11. Aaron also plays the 13 year old
vampire, Ion Fortuna, in Trinity Blood. Most recently Aaron has been
working on a small role in a new anime called Mushi-Shi being put out by
Funimation.
EYESHINE
Johnny Yong Bosch (vocals, guitar), Maurice Salmin (drums), Alex Orantes (bass) and new member, Ji Ho Lee (lead guitar) will be playing the TandokuCon concert. The band is currently in the studio recording their album,
Red Stripes/White Lights. Go to their MySpace site to hear some of their awesome tracks or www.eyeshine.net to find out more about the band.
CRISPIN FREEMAN
Crispin Freeman is a prolific American voice actor best known for his role as Alucard in Hellsing and the OVA Hellsing Ultimate. He also played the voice of Kouichi Kimura in Digimon: Digital Monsters, Prince Turnip in Hayao Miyazaki's movie adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle, and Zelgadis Greywords in Slayers. He has also done other popular characters such as Touga Kiryuu from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Straight Cougar from s-CRY-ed, Shannon Casull from Scrapped Princess, Tsume from Wolf's Rain, Balmung from .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Hideki Motosuwa from Chobits, Albedo Piazzola and Gaignun Kukai from Xenosaga, Itachi Uchiha from Naruto and Amon from Witch Hunter Robin. Crispin attended the Latin School of Chicago, where he graduated in 1990. Earning hisBachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, he majored in Theater and minored in Computer Science. Consequently, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in Acting, and performed on Broadway, the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge), the Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles), and the Williamstown Theater Festival. Crispin began his voice acting career in 1997. Find out more about Crispin at his website: http://www.crispinfreeman.com.
KYLE HEBERT
Kyle Hebert is an LA-based voice actor currently heard on Cartoon Network as Sosuke Aizen and Ganju Shiba on Bleach, as well as Kiba on Naruto. He is best known as the Narrator and teen Gohan on Dragonball Z. Other credits include Fullmetal Alchemist (Falman), Fruits Basket (Takei), Eureka 7 (KenGoh), Yu Yu Hakusho (Karasu), and various roles on Ghost in the Shell: SAC Solid State Society, Ergo Proxy, Gun X Sword and many more. Video game voiceover credits include Devil May Cry 4, .hack GU Part 2-3, Digimon Data Squad, Desperate Housewives, Baten Kaitos: Origins, Dragonball Z, and Naruto. You can find out more about Kyle and download his internet radio show dedicated to news on everything geeky, The Big Bald Broadcast, on his official website, www.kylehebert.com.
LISA FURUKAWA
Lisa Furukawa is a Japanese-American independent recording artist. Born to a Japanese father and a Scottish-Irish mother, Lisa’s music is as eclectic as her cultural background. She combines her folk singing roots, classical piano skill, and love of ambient electronica and alternative pop into a unique poetic fusion. Originally from Tokyo, Lisa began studying the piano at the age of three. She has BA’s in Music and Asian Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill, and is an educator and translator as well as a performing songwriter. Lisa has performed at about 30 Japanese animation conventions around the US and Canada, and is a versatile performer. She often performs personal electronic arrangements from the animation series, “Ghost in the Shell” in Russian, or her other arrangements of Yoko Kanno’s music in Romanian, Latin, Japanese, and English. She has rearranged over 30 themes from various anime and video games for voice, piano, and electronic sequencing. In addition to arranging anime theme songs, Lisa has composed for American Comic book artists. Her song “Border City,” was the closing theme for the third DVD comic project of Border City, and her song “Kabuki” is a tribute to David Mack’s comic book series. Lisa has three CDs of original songs published through her Yume label. Her latest recording, "Reaching the Dragon" was released in April, 2006. Lisa is currently working on recording and arranging her new album of original music as well as a collection of personal arrangements of anime and video game theme songs. To find out more about Lisa visit her website at www.LisaFurukawa.com.
THE HSU-NAMI
Formed in the fall of 2005, The Hsu-nami is an Asian rock fusion instrumental group. Members are Jack Hsu (Er-Hu), Brent Bergholm (Lead Guitar), Vinny Belcastro (Guitar), Derril Sellers (Bass), Adam Toth (Piano/Synths), and John Manna (Drums). Each member has a different background in music with influences ranging from rock, metal, funk, jazz, blues, classical to of coarse traditional Asian music (Coming from Jack Hsu). The music is considered a backlash to the traditional Asian folk musicians in China. It is characterized as new-age fusion, the osmosis of oriental pastime and the tenacity of modern rock.
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LEX LANG
Recent shows Lex has been a voice on include, Doto (the bad guy) in the Naruto Movie, Teuchi and Hayate in Naruto the TV show, Dew in IGPX, Kenji Kondo in Fafner (which Lex also directed), Xavier III in Samurai Champloo, and Mansairaku in Otogizoshi. Lex is known worldwide for voicing Sanosuke Sagara in Rurouni Kenshin, Goemon in Lupin the Third, Sanzo in Saiyuki Reload, Crim in Dot Hack, Kimishima in Scryed, Nagira in Witch Hunter Robin, Shouryuu in The Twelve Kingdoms, Captain Herlock in Captain Herlock, Zagato, Lantis, Rune Gods, Windam and Rayearth in Magic Knight Rayearth, Dread in Ghost in the Shell, Jovanni and Shun in Heat Guy J, Chiaki in Mirage of Blaze, Axcel, Accelludor, Phase Breaker, Elsor, Doctor, and Old West Bartender in Cosmo Warrior Zero, Cain Tokioka in Ex-Driver, Suzuki in Ai Yori Aoshi, Heidelnoir in Gun Frontier, War Greymon in Digimon, Ry and Announcer in Initial D, Frank, Yuri Leonov and Rick Schtiner in Argento Soma, Slash in Mahoro Matic, Dino Fishman in Flint the Time Detective, Dark Factor (Fact) in Ys, Ken in Fist of the North Star, DD in Figure 17, Gineus in Gundam MS008 team, Lodem in Babel II, Hero in Hello Kitty, Delta Boy in Armageddon, Swim Coach in Battle Atheletes, Takumas Father Isuki, Evil Ongo, Professor and Old Man in Jungle De Ikou, Storm Dragon, Water Dragon and Luke in Mon Colle Knights, Kakugo and Zero in Apocolypse Zero, Father Olivier in Gestalt, Hayashi and Matzusaka in Ninja Cadets, Presenter and Manager in Idol Project, Yui in Samurai Armageddon, as well as Towline in The Transformers, multiple voices in Akira, Black Jack, Gad Guard, Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex, Alive, Burn up Scramble, Stellvia, Wolf's Rain, Gungrave, New Getter Robo, Scrapped Princess, Tenjo Tenge, Planetes, Aquarian Age the movie, Kannazuki No Miko, and many more............whew! Try to say that in one breath!!
Lex can also be heard in hit playstation and Xbox games as Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot games, Han Solo in Star Wars Empire at War and KOTOR II, Han Solo and Indiana Jones in Mercenaries, NeNe in Blue Dragon, Beast Rider in Knights of the Old Republic II, Ash in Phantom Brave as well as Drill Instructor Lt. David Phillips in the Full Spectrum Warrior game series, Star Wars: Empire at War, Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, Haunting Ground, The Matrix: Path of Neo, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Crash Twinsanity, Full Spectrum Warrior, Painkiller, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, Lords of Everquest, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Star Trek: Elite Force II, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury, Defender, .hack//INFECTION - Part 1, Heroes of Might and Magic IV, Might and Magic IX, Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix, Legends of Might and Magic, Star Trek: Armada II , Star Trek: Klingon Academy, Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor! In mainstream animated series, he can be heard in The Batman (as Metallo and Clayface), Justice League Unlimited (as General Nardoc, Heatwave, Atomic Skull and Captain Cold) Tutenstein, (as Professor Bedhety), Curious George (as the Doorman and Hundley the dog), Avatar the Last Airbender (as The Lord of the Fire Nation and Various Shamen) Legion of Superheroes (as Grimbor, Referee and Sports Announcer.)
Recipient of the Excellence in Acting Award from The JFK Center for Performing Arts and The American College Theatre Festival's Outstanding Actor Award, Lex has had a wide variety of performance experience. He has played the leading role in over 40 stage productions, toured the southwest as a stand up comic, and played with his band LeXLang throughout southern California and Nevada. Lex was born in Hollywood, California. Is the astrological sign Scorpio (November 12th), and enjoys playing poker with his friends when he's not writing music or doing voice over. For more information, check out his web site at http://www.lexlang.com/.
VIC MIGNOGNA
Vic enthusiastically accepted the invitation to come to TandokuCon even before he was voted the 2007 Best Actor at the American Anime Awards in February. Vic won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist at the New York Comic Con. CONGRATULATIONS VIC!!!
Vic is a professional music composer/producer and veteran actor most well known as the voice of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist. Currently he is playing the role of Fay in Tsubasa Chronicle and just finished Ikkaku in Bleach. Vic is also known for such roles as Dark in DN Angel, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougajai in Saiyuki, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, Mamoru in Raxaephon, Hiroki in Princess Nine, Goemon in Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Shougou in Megazone 23, Gawl in Generator Gawl, and Hikaru in Macross. Vic has appeared in more than eighty titles including Streetfighter, Sin, Spriggan, Gasaraki, Noir, Steel Angel Karumi, Orphen, Excel Saga, Evangelion (director's cut), A.D. Police, Aura Battler Dunbine, Rune Soldier, Neo Ranga, Yu Yu Hakasho, Gamera, Those Who Hunt Elves, Nagica, Dirty Pair, Nuku Nuku Dash, Nuku Nuku TV, St. Seiya, Kino's Journey, Dragonball GT, Angelic Layer, Gravion, Bastof Syndrome, Aquarian Age, Kaliedastar, Case Closed, Kitty Grade, Princess Tutu, Shadow Skills, Moby Dick, and many others. Check out all of Vic's work on his website, www.vicsworld.net.
LIAM O'BRIEN
Liam is most well known for his role as Gaara on Naruto, but is deeply entrenched in the Los Angeles Anime Mafia- as an actor, a scriptwriter, and an ADR director. His directing/writing credits include Naruto, Koi Kaze, GunSword, The Third, Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, DearS, and Boys Be. Also, outside of anime, he now voices both Nightcrawler and Angel in the upcoming Wolverine and the Xmen. Other favorite roles are Illidan Stormrage in World of Warcraft, Taishi in Comic Party, Asaba in His & Her Circumstances, Shobu in Duel Masters, Maniwa in Paranoia Agent, Fukuyama in Girls Bravo, Red XIII in Final Fantasy: Advent Children, and Vincent Law in Ergo Proxy. He’s also voiced some juicy roles in Samurai Champloo, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C., Mermaid Forest, Descendants of Darkness, DNA2, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Boogiepop Phantom, Scrapped Princess, Tengho Tenje, KO Beast, Melody of Oblivion, Daphne of the Deep Blue, Appleseed, Paradise Kiss, Count of Monte Cristo, Fate/Stay Night, Texhnolyze, Hare+Guu, Prince of Tennis, Blue Dragon, Mega Man (and a jillion others). His voice can be heard in a plethera of video games, including Devil May Cry 4 (which he did motion capture acting for in Tokyo), .Hack, Tales of the Abyss, Seven Samurai 20XX, Front Mission 4, Obscure, Star Ocean 3, Wild Arms, Gauntlet, Persona 3, Everquest, and Castlevania. On top of that, Liam sometimes acts with his face too. He’s spent a lot of time on stage- most recently in the world premiere of Sex Parasite, produced by the Mark Taper Forum, and a critically acclaimed production of All My Sons, at the Geffen Playhouse, both in Los Angeles. You can learn more about him at : http://liamobrien.biz
DEREK STEPHEN PRINCE
Derek Stephen Prince probably would not be doing voice overs today had it not been for some very key people in his life that had a great impact. His great uncle was the first actor to play Pinocchio on stage, his grandmother and great aunt were professional dancers, his mom and dad did musical theater and his dad often did funny voices and celebrity impersonations. He had always been trained in musical theater and graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BFA in it. After taking a leave from doing a musical tour through the states, he wound up back in California where his dad was, and decided to pursue acting. After landing gigs on ER, Saved By the Bell, Profiler and some indie movies, things became slow so he took a class with Bob Bergen, who does the voice of Porky Pig and Tweety Bird. At the time, Bob had a role in Eagle Riders, where Steve first caught onto dubbing for anime. After taking a multitude of classes, and pounding the pavement, he landed Elgar, his first major voice over role, on Mighty Morphine Power Rangers. 10 years later, he has created a wealth of characters in the anime world that we all know. Here are just a few of the more memorable ones: Keitaro Urashima from Love Hina, Suguru Misato from Mahoromatic, Dr Root from Duel Masters, Mickey from the game Makai Kingdom, Nuke from the .hack series, Veemon, Impmon, Beelzamon & Ken Ichijoji from Seasons 2 & 3 of Digimon, Noxic from Big Bad Beetleborgs, Cho from Samurai Champloo, Phantom from MAR, Shino Aburame from Naruto, Uryu Ishida from Bleach, Arashi from Paradise Kiss, and Oswold from the PS2 game Odin Sphere. He continues to do voice over work every week with his radio program WordPlay, where he takes suggestions from fans and listeners. If you haven’t heard one of his shows, you can go to his website www.steveprinceproductions.com and listen to one of his posted shows. Four of his most notable shows are Movie Themes where he hosts as Forest Gump, N Words where he hosts as Shino, O Artists where he hosts as Uryu, and V Artists where he hosts as Veemon.
JOHNNY YONG BOSCH
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, Renton in Eureka Seven, Claus in Last Exile, Clair in Heat Guy J, Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin, Mike in Please Twins, Albert in The Count of Monte Cristo, Nero in Devil May Cry 4 and Kiba in Wolf's Rain. Aside from acting Johnny has an edge alternative rock band called Eyeshine. Find out more about Johnny by visiting his webpage on www.MySpace.com/johnnybosch.