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Guests: 2024

Born: October 23, 1993
Birth Place: Kanagawa, Japan

Aika Kobayashi debuted in February of 2011 with the song "Kimi o Mamoritai," the ending theme of the anime Freezing. She released her second single, "Future is Serious," the ending theme for Queen's Blade Rebellion, in April of 2012. Since then, she has appeared as the voice actress behind Yoshiko Tsushima of the school idol project Love Live! Sunshine!! and works actively as a member of Aqours. "NO LIFE CODE," her first single as a solo artist, was released on February 26, 2020.

Dani Chambers is an actress based in Dallas, TX. She has been acting on stage and film for the past twenty years, and has been performing voice-over work for the past five years. Performing in theater and short films has helped her acting skills to grow and develop tremendously, and she’s enjoyed every minute of it!

Sandy Fox has been voicing characters in Anime, Animation, Video Games for over 30 years. She began her career in the entertainment industry working for The Walt Disney Company performing in hundreds of live stage shows as a singer, dancer and comedic talent.

As a voice actor she has provided an array of voices for The Simpsons, King of the Hill, The Critic, Futurama, Wreck it Ralph, The Addams Family, Disney's Bolt and Maleficent. 

She is listed as one of the "Top 20 Female Anime Voice Actors" on IMDB and is known for being one of the cutest voices in Hollywood.

Heather Gonzalez grew up on stage acting in musicals from the age of four. She spent years on stage and backstage in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles until making the switch to voice over and finding her true home behind the mic. Heather has been fortunate enough to be a part of some amazing projects like: Persona 3 Reload, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Honkai Star Rail, Kotaro Lives Alone, JoJo's Bizarre Adventures, Rainbow High, and many others.

Lex Lang is a veteran voice actor with an extensive background in Animation, Anime, Video Games, TV and blockbuster films. Lex is currently starring as Suguru Geto in the international hit anime film and series Jujutsu Kaisen.

From voicing Cherche and Sully, the knight nicknamed "The Woman to End All Men" in Nintendo's Fire Emblem: Awakening, to losing her ever-loving mind as Junko Enoshima and Toko Fukawa in the Danganronpa video game series, Amanda is best known for playing spunky, badass, and occasionally deranged heroines (and villains) in anime and video games. You can currently hear her as Sailor Jupiter in the Viz dub of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal, and as Boruto Uzumaki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations airing on Toonami.

An avid lover of gaming and all things food-related, Kaiji Tang has been working as a voice actor in Los Angeles CA since 2007. In the world of video games, he has done such roles as Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: Like a Dragon), Eustace (Granblue Fantasy: Versus), Faust (Guilty Gear), Munehisa Iwai (Persona 5)...

Anne Yatco is a Filipino-American voice actor (and former forensic scientist). She’s best known as the English voice of Nobara Kugisaki in Jujutsu Kaisen, Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact, and Sabine Dupain-Cheng in Miraculous Ladybug. Her anime credits include Digimon Adventure 2020, Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, Inu-Oh, Bastard, Prince of Tennis, Blue Period, Sakugan, To Your Eternity, Beastars, Violet Evergarden: the Movie, and Devilman Crybaby.

Jennifer Cihi has been performing since she was a young girl in San Francisco, California where she played Pepper in the Broadway National Tour of Annie. After establishing herself as a Broadway performer, she moved to Los Angeles, where she continued singing and acting on screen. Jennifer starred on Nickelodeon’s hit TV show Roundhouse and sang the iconic Hot Pockets jingle.  Her most notable job is the original English singing voice of anime character, Sailor Moon. She also sang for City Hunter and Princess Mononoke.

Appointed as a ‘Kawaii Ambassador’ by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, she has visited over 45 cities in 25 countries on cultural diplomacy as the leading representative of Lolita fashion. In February 2013, she helped found the Japan Lolita Association and served as the first president. She has appeared on the covers of numerous Lolita fashion magazines, has published her own books, and in addition to being a fashion model, she also works as a nurse.

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Melody BasKet is a fashion brand that was born from a book: a story of long, long ago, between two unicorns - BAS and KET - and a girl named Melody. From this story's world, the clothing design of Melody BasKet was born.

Over 20 years ago Briana Lawrence and Jessica Walsh (Snow) were two fanfiction writing ladies who geeked out over Gundam Wing boys and Resident Evil. Now? They’re still geeks and still have their fandoms, but they’re also a married couple who write books, wear nerdy outfits and do their best to keep their three butt-head cats in line. They’re failing. Send help.

Chibi Tifa is a cosplayer from Maryland with 20 years of experience in the hobby and a World Cosplay Summit representative. She's made a vast array of costumes and has been a cosplay craftsmanship and performance judge at several conventions all over the country. As a fairly busy career woman in media, she somehow manages to balance both her work and cosplay life. Tifa makes it her mission to make the cosplay world more welcoming & accepting to any and all newcomers.

Diana Tolin has been an award winning cosplayer and member of the Anime industry for almost 30 years. She loves pop culture as much as she loves Japanese culture and has worked with some of the largest companies and conventions in the world including Marvel Entertainment, Nintendo of America, Square Enix, Aniplex, Anime Expo and World Cosplay Summit. She has represented and been the organizer of the World Cosplay Summit USA and now works directly with WCS Inc. as a member of their staff where she uses her knowledge of the cosplay community to support cosplayers from around the world.

Meow Meow Cosplay (aka Kitty) is a body-positive Illinois-based cosplayer. She has been cosplaying since 2006, and competitively since 2013. A jack of all trades when it comes to costume construction, Kitty enjoys making armor and sewing the most. Known for her clean costumes and attention to detail, she holds numerous master craftsmanship and best in show titles from across the country. While her passion is in craftsmanship, she also enjoys performing on stage which has led to her representing the USA overseas.

We are excited to announce that will be bringing back Coslesque! What is Coslesque you ask? Cos-lesque is a cosplay-themed burlesque show showcasing theatrical strip teases, this year featuring dazzling performers from Foxy By Proxy Revue! This will be an 18+ ticketed event. Keep an eye out on our social media channels for more info and to find out when tickets go on sale!

K!LL SCREEN [He/Him] is a club, convention, and rave DJ from Richmond, VA. He has spent over a decade crafting his signature sound described simply as “HIGH NRG | FAST AF | STUPID MUSIC”. He has performed all over the country at several events including MAGFest, San Japan, Colossalcon, Katsucon, and many more. Expect to hear anything and everything from heavy metal to jpop to speedcore.

Teca Cosplay

Cancelled
Teca, part of the World Cosplay Summit Team USA 2020/2022, is an award-winning cosplayer with over twenty years of experience. She has won over thirty awards as well as hosted panels and judged contests at more than twenty-five events across the country. Teca has worked as an official cosplayer for industry events, including Sailor Jupiter from Sailor Moon for VizMedia, America from Hetalia for FUNimation and Kyouko Sakura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica for Aniplex.

WATWING

Cancelled
WATWING is the HoriPro talent agency's first male dance and vocal group. The members Fu Takahashi, Asahi Suzuki, Ryuta Kuwayama, Ryo Furuhata, Rintaro Hachimura, and Noa Fukuzawa were all winners of the "Star Boys Audition" in 2019. The group's name, a combination of WAT (slang for WHAT) and WING represents the group's desire to stick to their dreams and spread their wings, no matter what anyone says.