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Who-ya Extended

Who-ya Extended

Mika Kobayashi

Mika Kobayashi

Masahiro Aoki

Masahiro Aoki

Takahiro Obata

Takahiro Obata

Casey Lee Williams

Casey Lee Williams

Jay Hickman

Jay Hickman

Quinton Flynn

Quinton Flynn

Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres

Gareth West

Gareth West

Cole Feuchter

Cole Feuchter

Kiba Walker

Kiba Walker

Shihori

Shihori

Kohei

Kohei

Diana Garnet

Diana Garnet

Samurai Dan and Jillian

Samurai Dan and Jillian

V is for Villains

V is for Villains

EpicLLOYD

EpicLLOYD

Epic Rap Battles of History

Epic Rap Battles of History

Lizzie Freeman

Lizzie Freeman

Jennie Kwan

Jennie Kwan

Catero Colbert

Catero Colbert

JAPANNA anna GOLDSKY

JAPANNA anna GOLDSKY

YTCracker

YTCracker

David Gibson McLean

David Gibson McLean

MINT

MINT

Mason Lieberman

Mason Lieberman

Who-ya Extended

Who-ya Extended

Creator unit centered around Who-ya (Vocal) who call themselves “Who-ya Extended”. Chosen for the OP theme song for anime “PSYCHO-PASS 3” in October 2019, leading to their major debut with the song ‘Q-vism’ a month later. The song charted #1 on the iTunes song chart and Amazon digital chart in Japan, making a grand debut. The music video of ‘Q-vism’ on YouTube reached over 1 million views soon after it was launched. In January 2021, their song ‘VIVID VICE’ was chosen as the OP theme song for worldwide popular anime “Jujutsu Kaisen.” The song topped Oricon daily digital charts as it was released. Later in April, they did their one-take performance of both ‘Q-vism’ and ‘VIVID VICE’ on the well-known YouTube music channel “THE FIRST TAKE.” With more anime tie-in songs released throughout 2021, in April 2022 they were picked up to sing the ED theme song ‘A Shout Of Triumph’ for anime “Build Divide: Code White”.

Mika Kobayashi

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-”.

Masahiro Aoki

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

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.

Casey Lee Williams

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.

Jay Hickman

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

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

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 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

Cole Feuchter is an Androgynous Voice Actor based out of Dallas, Texas. They have worked extensively in the voice over industry since 2017, having lent their voice to several anime, numerous mobile games and even audiobooks and commercials.

Known for voicing Tada Tomonari in BLUELOCK, Marcel in SAVING 80000 GOLD as well as Wheel in ONE PIECE, They can also be heard as Yoshio Asakura (ISHIDA & ASAKURA), Naoto Hamasaki & Archer Springfield (CAMP BUDDY), Lenga Valentine (FULL SERVICE).

He can even be heard in the anime dubs of VINLAND SAGA, BUDDY DADDIES, THE SAINT’S MAGIC POWER IS OMNIPOTENT, THE CASE STUDY OF VANITAS, CHAINSAW MAN and more.

Cole is also fluent in Japanese, earning his degree at the University of North Texas, and outside of voice work, he is also a content creator under the moniker ”The Retrocade” and was even one of the creators for GAMESTOP TV frequently featured in the “All-In” segments. Cole has also taught, and still offers, Japanese classes/lessons online and in-person for groups or individuals.

Outside of voice over and sharing their love and knowledge of Japanese language and culture, Cole also finds joy in creating their own works of art. Be it hand drawn creations or handmade jewelry, it’s a joy they look forward to sharing with anyone and everyone who may be interested.

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

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

Shihori

Shihori

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.

Kohei

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.

Diana Garnet

Diana Garnet

Tokyo-based anime music artist and bilingual voice actress Diana Garnet is a rising star in the scene, lending her dynamic, powerful vocals to many anime and game titles.

Diana’s music has been used in many anime, including Naruto Shippuden, “Spinning World”, Detective Team KAZ "Nankai Mystery”, Neko Neko Nihonshi “Thank you For the Music” & “Hello Again,” and games like Dragon marked for Death and the upcoming Little Goody Two Shoes.

Recently, Diana’s been voicing characters in many game and anime franchises in both English and Japanese, sporting clients like Sanrio, Disney, Netflix, Square Enix, Konami, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company! You might have heard her in Gunvolt, Bee and Puppycat, Shimajiro, Bomberman R, Castlevania GoS, or Gudetama Freestyle!

She marries her striking tone, expansive range, and formidable arsenal of techniques along with her unique perspective as one of the few foreign entertainers in the Japanese industry – All with an unwavering positive attitude and bubbly personality!

Samurai Dan and Jillian

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

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…

EpicLLOYD

EpicLLOYD

EpicLLOYD is a rapper and comedian who lives in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to his original hip-hop music, Lloyd is also known for being the co-creator of the acclaimed YouTube series, Epic Rap Battles of History and Dis Raps for Hire. He’s toured to hundreds of stages all over the world, earned 15 Gold Records, and garnered over 4 billion views and 14+ million subscribers online.

Epic Rap Battles of History

Epic Rap Battles of History

Epic Rap Battles of History, or ERB for short, is a YouTube series created by Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD, pitting famous historic and pop culture figures, against one another in a rap battle format. It is among the most subscribed channels on YouTube with over 14.2 million subscribers. Episodes regularly feature guest cameos with past cameos including other internet celebrities such as Lisa Donovan, Timothy DeLaGhetto, George Watsky, DeStorm Power, Jesse Wellens, PewDiePie, Jenna Marbles, Lilly Singh, Ray William Johnson, Rhett and Link, and Smosh. On July 3, 2013, “Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney”, was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. 10 other singles, including “Adolf Hitler vs Darth Vader”, “Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking”, “Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare”, “Master Chief vs Leonidas”, “Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates”, “Justin Bieber vs Ludwig van Beethoven”, “Mario Brothers vs Wright Brothers”, “Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers”, “Abraham Lincoln vs Chuck Norris”, and “Hitler vs Vader 2”, were later certified Gold as well.

Lizzie Freeman

Lizzie Freeman

Lizzie Freeman is an LA based voice actress born in Oklahoma, City, and raised in Utah. A cat lover, coffee enthusiast, and shower singer, she began her career in 2012 working on indie titles like “Dust: An Elysian Tail” and online animations. After making the move to Los Angeles in 2016, she began making strides in her career and has lent her voice to several anime titles and video games. Her more prominent roles include Trish Una in JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: GOLDEN WIND, Yanfei in GENSHIN IMPACT, Chisato Nishikigi in LYCORIS RECOIL, Kotoko Iwanaga in IN/SPECTRE, Hinata Tachibana in TOKYO REVENGERS, Chizuru Ichinose in RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND, Cardinal in SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION, Mujika in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND, Sempai in MAGICAL SEMPAI, and Thrasir and Larcei in FIRE EMBLEM HEROES. She can also be heard in other titles like: KAKEGURUI, DRAGALIA LOST, LUPIN THE THIRD: GOODBYE PARTNER, ENA, POKEMON MASTERS, CELLS AT WORK: CODE BLACK!, MAGIA RECORD: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA SIDE STORY, ISEKAI CHEAT MAGICIAN, SECRET OF MANA, FATE GRAND CARNIVAL, and many more!

Jennie Kwan

Jennie Kwan

Jennie was then introduced to television as series regular, Samantha Woo, the wacky singing sensation on NBC-TV’s situation comedy, “California Dreams” which aired for five successful seasons. Some of Jennie’s other television credits include The Nanny, Family Matters, Beverly Hills 90210 and Oliver Stone’s mini series “Wild Palms.” Film credits include “Trojan War”

Not being a stranger to the music world, Jennie was a proud member of Hollywood Record’s vocal group, “Nobody’s Angel” who earned their first gold record for performing two songs on the “Princess Diaries” soundtrack in 2002 and was a creator for the pilot, “Nobody’s Angel” for the television network ABC Family. She lends her voice to the character, Suki, on Nickelodeon’s hit animated series “Avatar: The Last Air Bender,” as well as all video games for the series. Jennie has also voiced numerous anime and video games like Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 voicing Chun-LI.

Catero Colbert

Catero Colbert

Catero Alain Colbert is an actor best known for playing Killer Bee on Naruto Shippuden, he also plays Darui on the same show. He played Tom Staton on Showtimes Roadies and Harley on TNT’s Briarpatch.

He was Dedrick on Freeforms Love in the time of Corona. Played Coldcast in Superman vs the Elites. He has guest starred on Shameless, Training Day and several other shows.

JAPANNA anna GOLDSKY

JAPANNA anna GOLDSKY

JAPANNA ANNA  GOLDSKY 杏奈ゴールドスカイwas born and raised in JAPAN. She dedicated herself to studying Japanese culture, history, calligraphy art, ZEN, human behavior psychology, educational administration, organizational leadership, and cross-cultural communication skills.

JAPANNA ANNA GOLDSKY built a schoolhouse, ran an education business, and taught many people in JAPAN. Also she traveled around the world as a general itinerary manager of a travel bureau, learned various business matters and cultures, and broadened her outlook remarkably.

In order to realize her childhood dreams, JAPANNA ANNA GOLDSKY legally immigrated from Japan to America, worked hard, and successfully passed the US citizenship test. JAPANNA ANNA GOLDSK is establishing a successful life here in USA. Her company and house are located on a tranquil 12-acre land near the Mississippi River. She is proud of how courageously she has been conquering hardships and challenges. She loves both AMERICA and JAPAN. She speaks English proudly with beautiful Japanese accents. JAPANNA ANNA GOLDSKY is a President / Principal educator / Master coach of GOLDSKY SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT center, JAPAN SHINZEN ART & CULTURE, and UI INTERNATIONAL LLC. She is a spiritual empowerment leader, Japanese culture native-expert, calligraphy artist, contemporary-ZEN master, and global success mindset advisor.

GOLDSKY SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT LEADERSHIP program includes various unique activities. For example, ZEN calligraphy art meditation, Sing & Dance meditation, Punch & Release, Cosmic Energy Empowerment, Freedom of Expression, Global Success Mindset, Japanese cultural activities, and more. Her mission is to create the safe diversity world where people with different beliefs, religions, cultures, languages, and skin colors can CO-EXIST peacefully.

YTCracker

YTCracker

YTCracker is a rapper, former cracker, and Internet entrepreneur. YTCracker began producing rap music in 1998 in the genre that has since become known as nerdcore hip hop. YTCracker is a self-proclaimed “jack of all trades”, also making a name for himself as a professional disc jockey, computer programmer, graphics designer and webmaster. His music covers everything from computer hacking to bitcoin. He has performed on legendary stages across the world in front of some of the largest crowd both as a DJ and as a lyricist, including events like the Consumer Electronics Show, MAGFest, SXSW and beyond.

David Gibson McLean

David Gibson McLean

David Gibson McLean is a composer/performer in the video game and anime industry. Using his multi-instrumentalist abilities, David has had the fortune of working on iconic franchises such as “Cowboy Bebop”, “Spider-Man”, “Beyblades”, “Ultraman” and many others. These projects have led to collaborations with iconic artists such as Yoko Kanno, Jun Senoue, Guthrie Govan to name just a few.

In addition to his composition work, David also is an educator on the history and composition techniques of anime and video game music. Most recently David has contributed the trailer music for the upcoming game “Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising” and released his first solo album “Lux In Tenebris”.

MINT

MINT

MINT, the designer of MINT NeKO, was born in Shimane in 1984.

After graduating Bunka Fashion College, he became an assistant designer of h.NAOTO and made his debut as a designer of Sixh. in 2006.

While part of a fashion duet with the brand Sixh., MINT has created his own line called MINT NeKO. MINT NeKO uses oriental silhouettes inspired by mode style with cat character graphics. There are actually more than 250 original kitty characters that are created and used in the garments.

MINT has created cats to collaborate in the world of fashion. MINT has collaborated with many Japanese artists and is becoming one of the leading young designers in Japan. https://mintneko.com

Mason Lieberman

Mason Lieberman

Mason Lieberman is an anime composer and recording artist most known for his work composing on series like Rooster Teeth’s RWBY and Beyblade Burst Evolution, amongst many others. As a cellist, guitarist, and vocalist, Mason has had the great pleasure of working with a wide variety of film and gaming franchises, with personal favorites including The Rising of the Shield Hero, Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. franchise, Riot Games’ League of Legends, AMC’s The Walking Dead, Hell’s Kitchen, and God Eater. Mason’s panels provide a deep-dive perspective on scoring in the anime and game music industries. You can usually find him on Twitter or Instagram (@masonlieberman), or on Facebook (masonliebermanmusic).

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