Guests
Come meet some fantastic guests. Autographs with our amazing guests are free, limit 1 or 2 per person, as we try to do our best to give everyone a chance to meet our guests (unless otherwise indicated). Stop by to meet some incredible voice actors, musicians, industry members, and more.
Jay Hickman
Quinton Flynn
Greg Ayres
Gareth West
Cole Feuchter
Kiba Walker
Caleb Hyles
Shihori Nakane
Casey Lee Williams
Masahiro Aoki
Takahiro Obata
Mika Kobayashi
Kohei
Samurai Dan and Jillian
V is for Villains
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 100 titles with studios including ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Okratron 5000, and others. As a character actor, Jay has been able to voice a broad variety of colorful roles, with the occasional romantic lead thrown in for good measure. His notable credits over the past two decades are Mechazawa in Cromartie High School, Spitfire in Air Gear, Sho Zama in Aura Battler Dunbine, Shiryu in Saint Seiya, Chuu and Hammond in One Piece, Kagetane Hiruko in Black Bullet, Chief Kurama in Elfen Lied, Koji in Generator Gawl, Toru Watanabe in Excel Saga, The Fool in Kaleido Star, Crusty in Log Horizon, SSS in Madlax, Dera Mochimazzi in Tamako Market, Sanetoshi Watase in Penguindrum, Prince Mytho in Princess Tutu, and Giraffe in Revue Starlight, among many others.
Jay’s voice has also been featured in live action series and films such as Dark Water, Synesthesia, Conduct Zero, The Fuccons, Touching Wild Horses, Gamera – Attack of Legion, as well as in the video game Unlimited Saga. Jay had his Toonami debut playing Dr. Stylish in Akame ga KILL!, followed by Shiro Kuramori in Parasyte – the maxim, and now Joichiro Yukihira in Food Wars!
Quinton Flynn
Quinton Flynn is beloved globally as Axel/Lea from Kingdom Hearts and Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2, 4 and Rising Revengeance (for which he received a Best Actor Award). Fans Love Flynn as: Kon in Bleach, Iruka Sensai in Naruto, Reno in Final Fantasy, Jhin in League of Legends, Timon in Timon & Pumbaa, and many others!
Quinton’s Classic Legacy Characters: Micky Mouse, Spider-Man, Venom, Human Torch, Jonny Quest, Gollum and more pop up often in his solo comedic improvisational Q&A convention panels along with celebrity impressions, song and audience participation.
His impressions and sound-a-likes have been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Paul McCartney, Mindhunter as Frank Sinatra, Robot Chicken as Elmer Fudd, Draco Malfoy and Swiper The Fox, The Adventures of Billy & Mandy as Christopher Walken, The Mystery of Natalie Wood as James Dean, Cartoon Hook Ups as Deadpool
Flynn seamlessly shape shifts from the deep, sinister and sexy, mad-scientist, Dr. Krankcase – Skylanders: Trap Team, to the polite and earnest Silver The Hedgehog in the Sonic game series! And his twisted Irish hitman Sir Henry Cooldown provided the right spice in the action-adventure hack and slash video games No More Heroes 1 & 2. He also lent his vocal gymnastics to – Star Wars: The Old Republic, Avatar The Last Airbender, Crash Bandicoot, Mass Effect, World of Warcraft, Batman Arkham City Origins, Lord Of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean to name a few.
Flynn’s Fan Favorite, the lovably nerdy Sheldon Lee, is back in My Life As A Teenage Robot on Amazon Prime! The resurgence of interest in that Nickelodeon animated gem also features Quinton as the heroic Sliver Shell and the despicable Don Prima + more than 50 other incidental voices!! So, Get In Like Flynn!
Greg Ayres
Greg Ayres has been screaming into microphones for close to 22 years now! With over 376 credits to his name, he has managed to play a variety of characters that are almost as colorful as his hair. He is honored to return to his role of Son Goku this year in Saiyuki Reload Zeroin, having worked on the Saiyuki franchise for over 20 years. He can currently be heard as Yu Nishinoya in Haikyu, and as Chai in Shenmue The Animation on Adult swim. Some other recent roles include Chota Segawa in Alice in Borderland (OAV), Sho Utsumi in SSSSGridman, Frost in DragonBall Super, Geo in Sony Picture’s Starship Troopers : Traitor of Mars, Jiro in Concrete Revolutio, Ryuuou Edogawa in Doreiku, Koji Koda in My Hero Academia, and he even makes an appearance as Popuko in Pop Team Epic.
He is proud to be a part of the new “Pink Harvest” productions from Sentai Filmworks, in the roles of Izumi Sena in Lovestage, and Yabase in Hitorijime My Hero. Some other recent favorites include Nagisa Haruki in Free, and Free Eternal Summer, MonoKuma in Danganronpa, Clear in Dramatical Murder, Doug in Gangsta, Zenji Marui in Food Wars, Ganta Igarashi in Deadman Wonderland, Heihachi Hayashida in Samurai 7, and Kouichi Sakakibara in Another. Some of his all-time favorite roles include Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Kaoru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Youhei Sunohara in Clannad, Yuki in The Wallflower, Leo in Ghost Stories, Satoshi Hiwatari in DNAngel, Kaworu Nagisa in the Director’s Cut of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven’s Lost Property, and Negi Springfield in Negima.
Of all of his many roles, his favorite will always be the real life role of “Little Brother” to a guy with a big Sippy Cup, and an even bigger heart – who touched the world with his "Love and Laughter”.
Gareth West
Gareth is an actor, model, and voice actor based out of Texas. He is known for such Anime roles as; Ittetsu Takeda in Haikyu, Seiya Takehaya in Tsurune, Kanichi Konishi in Food Wars, Haruka Shinozaki in My Girlfriend Is Shobitch, Lizard Misty in Saint Seiya, 2D in Golden Time, Akihiro Tsukaba in Chihayafuru, Tomoaki Yamagishi in O Maidens In Your Savage Season, and Dinkuron in Log Horizon. He is also currently playing the role of Jason Lee Scott the Red Power Ranger in the upcoming release Red Rising: A Power Rangers Fan Film. When not making anime voices or acting, Gareth enjoys basically anything nerdy under the sun. So whatever it is you are into, chances are you can come up and geek out. Because there is nothing he likes more than getting enthusiastic, and making new friends!
Cole Feuchter
Cole Feuchter is new to the scene but rising fast. His most notable work is on GameStop TV, a frequent content creator for ALL-IN. He’s also known for his work on shows such as THE SAINT’S MAGIC POWER IS OMNIPOTENT and AKUDAMA DRIVE.
His most notable video game work includes: Legend of the Phoenix as DUGUXIN, SONG YU, and ZHEN QI, Soul Land Reloaded as WAR GOD DAI MUBAI, ZHAO WUJI, YOUNG OSCAR, and YU XIAO GANG, Full Service as LENGA VALENTINE, Camp Buddy as NAOTO HAMASAKI/ARCHER SPRINGFIELD, Mister Versatile as LASCIVION, CHEF, FISHMONGER, SHINOBI JIJI, INQUISITOR, SWISS HAND and MECHANIC in Popup Dungeon, THE SPEAKER in The Divine Speaker, MOMO in Dear Monster, and additional voices in Contra Returns. He is the English dub voice of ASAKURA in Ishida & Asakura. If you want to learn more about Cole, you can check out his Twitter @LordAzria or his website at colefeuchter.com.
Kiba Walker
Kiba Walker is an actor and performer based out of Dallas, Texas. His most notable roles in anime, such as Haikyu (Koganegawa, Komi), My Hero Academia (Cider House Leader), Saint Seiya (Scylla Io), Black Clover (Paplo Espuma), Skate-Leading Stars (Irie), Back Arrow (Gote), Thetitan’s Bride (Caius Lao Bistail), Horimiya (Tanihara), Junji Ito Collection (Tsukano), Cells At Work!! (Mumps Virus), Cautious Hero (Kebono), Kono Ototomare (Naoya), Bofuri (Christmas Rose), And Case Fileno.221 Kabukicho (Diana). You Can Also Hear His Voice In Fruits Basket, Radiant, One Piece, To Love Ru, O Maidens In Your Savage Season, Akudama Drive, and many more.
In video games, his voice can be heard in Genshin Impact(Xu Liushi/wyratt/zexuan), Camp Buddy(Keitaro/yoshinori), Full Service (Sota), To Trust An Incubus (Kenta), Mister Versatile (Syd), Earthlock(Amon/gnart), Popup Dungeon (Dj Mute/thrilla Killa/centrian/nunchaku Ninja/tinkerer), Something In The Dark (Francis Hale/father Karver), Gyee (Caius), and many others.
His works include ISHIDA & ASAKURA and THE TITAN’S BRIDE. He also is a full-time drag performer, under the name SALEM MOON. You can follow him on Twitter at @justkibawalker or on Instagram at @kibathevoice or @salemmoondrag
Caleb Hyles
Caleb is an YouTuber from Texas who is well known for his covers and, specifically cover of “Let it Go” from Disney’s “Frozen”. Caleb has also been known to appear in collaborations with other music-related channels such as Jonathan Young, Malinda Kathleen Reese, Will Ryan (DAGames), Fandroid Music and Brian Hull.
Shihori Nakane
SHIHORI is an international pop singer/songwriter from Japan who composes and performs solo work, as well as music for film, TV, anime and games. She’s best known for her collaborations with Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in The Shell) and Kohei Tanaka (One Piece). She has written and composed over 100 songs for her home country’s best known contemporary artists such as Nana Mizuki, Momoiro Clover Z, Buono!, and for such famed shows as Fairy Tail, My Little Pony, Tomodachi Game, Macross Frontier and The Irregular at Magic High School.
Many of her releases have made the Oricon Chart in Japan with 11 of her hits having attained Gold Disc Certification. Her 3rd single “Never End Wonderland” which released after her debut in 2007 under the pseudonym “Sena,” is her most personally meaningful achievement and ranked #5 and #8 on the Oricon Singles Daily and Weekly charts, in 2009.
Born deaf in one ear (but with perfect pitch in the other) and with Asperger Syndrome, she serves as both an inspiration and ambassador for people struggling with disabilities. Her main mission through her music and life is, “to spread love” since it’s her belief all problems and solutions in life connect to this core value.
Casey Lee Williams
Twenty four-year-old Casey Lee Williams is a singer/songwriter/producer from Boston, Massachusetts, most known for her work on web shows Red vs. Blue and RWBY, as well as with her band Ok Goodnight. Casey has been the featured vocalist of the soundtracks for Rooster Teeth’s RWBY since its very conception in 2012. She took up the mantle of writing songs for the show’s 9th season in 2021 after graduating from Berklee College of Music, where she met a fellow writer and guitarist Martin Gonzalez. All the way from Bogotá, Colombia but now located in the San Antonio, Texas, twenty four-year-old Martin Gonzalez is a guitarist, composer, and producer most known for his work with bands Atomic Guava and Ok Goodnight. After graduating Berklee College of Music in 2020 and writing music for the Discovery Channel, the NFL, and various indie video games, Gonzalez started scoring music for RWBY Volume 8. Together, Williams and Gonzalez have teamed up to try and expand upon the unique sound of RWBY music for its next season while staying true to the show’s themes and story."
“The Music of RWBY Volume 9 with Casey Lee Williams and Martin Gonzalez“
Songwriters Casey Lee Williams and Martin Gonzalez discuss how they went about giving a whole new sound (with a touch of tradition) to Rooster Teeth’s newest season of their online series RWBY. Get ready to dive into some of the most tedious (and most fun) details of the writing process for RWBY Volume 9.
Masahiro Aoki
Masahiro Aoki is a Japanese music composer who has worked on many games for CAPCOM. His work on Astral Chain won an award for NAVGTR 2019 Original Light Mix Score, New IP department and Aoki wrote most of the cutscene music for that game. Masahiro Aoki is most known for being the lead composer of Street Fighter V for CAPCOM. He also worked as a composer and mixer on the hit videogame Bayonetta 3. He is currently working on music for upcoming video game projects.
Takahiro Obata
Takahiro Obata’s works in composing all the music for the critically acclaimed animation title The Promised Neverland won the Best Soundtrack award at the 6th Anime Trending Awards. He released The Promised Neverland‘s CD in February 2021. One of the tracks, Isabella’s Song, reached over 33 million plays on Spotify. Takahiro Obata has performed worldwide at events such as the Shanghai New International Expo Centre and in Japan at Kayatanagi Arena. He is currently working on composing new music for an upcoming TV anime.
Mika Kobayashi
Mika Kobayashi is a Japanese singer song-writer who sings with the piano and is known worldwide as a vocalist who sings a number of theme songs for anime and games. The central theme of her original songs is women’s emotions. Her signature melody is reminiscent of classical music, while her talent as a vocalist is distinguished by her passionate and powerful voice when she sings songs on battles and conflicts.
Mika Kobayashi started to perform overseas in 2010 and has been touring overseas every year since then with a focus on European countries. She is a natural born live performance artist who travels anywhere in and out of Japan, and makes her live show a success every time. Whenever she joins in SAMURAI ARTIST KAMUI’s show in national theaters overseas as a featured singer, the venue is filled to capacity and she receives an ovation. Kobayashi has performed in a Jazz Hall of Fame, Blue Notes, in Poland, and in one of the three world’s most famous museums, the State Hermitage Museum, in Russia.
She established her own independent label “miccabose” in 2016 based on a determination to realize what she wants to achieve on her own. It was her choice to continue on the thorny path.
Her anime vocal works include “The Promised Neverland”, “Attack on Titan”(Shingeki no Kyojin), “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress”, “Gundam UC”, " Aldonoa Zero", among others. For video games her voice can be found in “FINAL FANTASY XI”, “Xenoblade X”, “Dragon’s Dogma:Dark Arisen”, “IDOLA PHANTASY STAR SAGA”, and “Honkai 3rd”. She’s also been featured in UCC full throttle, NHK TV series “Mare”, and “Iryu 3-Team Medical Dragon-”.
Kohei
Kohei, a singer from Tokyo, Japan and moved to New York in the summer of 2011. Kohei is well known for singing R&B and Soul and has performed over 300 shows in the course of four years. He has performed in the all famous Apollo theater 8 times and got first place in 2014. He has opened up for Wu Tang Clan(Raekwon) R&B Legend Case, Lyfe Jennings and Lil mama in 2015 2016. He has done everything such as hosting a music event at the Jay-Z’s Moms restaurant, and being the Official Japan Fes MC. He was a finalist of McDonald’s Gospelfest 2016 and 2017, and featured on M-On TV with Japanese recording artist The RAMPAGE.
Samurai Dan and Jillian
The husband and wife team of Daniel and Jillian Coglan are full-time martial art instructors, specializing in 16th century Samurai Arts. When not teaching at their dojo, the Kojokan, they travel the United States performing and teaching the ancient ways of the most famous warriors in history.
With a combined 35 years of experience, their show is a unique blend of history, combative skill, and humor, designed to educate and entertain audiences both large and small.
Beyond their martial skills, the dynamic duo collaborated to write, direct, host, and star in a 12 episode TV series entitled, “The Way of The Samurai.”
Daniel is also an author, with several martial art articles published, and is currently working on his second full-length novel.
V is for Villains
A new breed of entertainment. The intimate story. Epic visual stylings. That’s what you’re about to experience when getting ready for a V is for Villains concert. V is for Villains is a new breed of entertainment. Mixing the visual styles of Steampunk, Carnival and Noir, with the musical taste of Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, and your favorite film score; V is for Villains will take you on a journey through the imagination that your mother couldn’t prepare you for. Most groups often say that they intend for “world domination”… V is for Villains might actually mean it…
Guest appearances are subject to change as circumstances and events change. Some guests may get conflicting film shooting dates or may have travel difficulties.
