Guests

We are super excited to announce David Lodge will be at Tekko 2023!

David Lodge is an American voice actor known for his numerous roles in anime as well as animation and video games and is also known for his voice work in the Power Rangers franchise. Two of his best-known voice roles there were as Villamax in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and Loki in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. In anime, highlights include voicing fan favorites Kenpachi Zaraki in Bleach, Jiraiya the Toad Sage in Naruto, Puppetmon in Digimon, Dr. Shima in Paprika, the dragon in Dragon’s Dogma, Ishikawa in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, Shigemori Sumimura in Kekkaishi, False Igor in Persona 5, and Kaoru Kaidoh in The Prince of Tennis. In animation, he voiced Luxor in Tutenstein, Superman in Superman: Red Son (2009), and Tenderheart Bear in the 2010s Care Bears cartoons. In video games, he voices a variety of roles, including General Nazgrim, Archimonde, and more in World of Warcraft, Jeralt in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Kabal in Mortal Kombat 9, Amago Haruhisa in Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, Derek Simmons in Resident Evil 6, Toothpick in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Louisoix Leveilleur in Final Fantasy XIV, Eclipso in Lego DC Super Villains, Hoggar in Hearthstone, Nahfalaar and General Renmus in Elder Scrolls Online, and Ivern, Galio, and Skarner in League of Legends among many other titles!

Kayli Mills studied in Otsu, Japan for 3 months. Today, you can hear her as a colorful and chaotic cast of characters including Keqing (Genshin Impact), Alice (Sword Art Online), Emilia (Re:Zero), Clara (Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun). In addition to being an actor, Kayli is also a professional writer, lyricist, and singer with a certification in audio engineering. They also have a YouTube channel with a following for their English cover songs. She adapted, recorded guides for, and helped direct the opening of both Cells at Work English dub openings.

John Michael Tatum (born May 25, 1976 in McKinney, Texas, USA) is an American voice actor, ADR director and scriptwriter working for OkraTron 5000, FUNimation Entertainment/Crunchyroll, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Sound Cadence Studios, Studio Nano and VSI Los Angeles. He is known for voicing Dororo in Sgt. Frog , France in Hetalia: Axis Powers , Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood , Zarbon in Dragon Ball Z Kai , Komui Lee in D.Gray-Man , Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler , Shizuka Dōmeki in xxxHOLiC , Rintaro Okabe in Steins;Gate , Kraft Lawrence in Spice and Wolf , Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan , Kyōya Ōtori in Ouran High School Host Club and Rei Ryugazaki in Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club .

Brandon Christopher McInnis (born July 7, 1987 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American voice actor affiliated with FUNimation Entertainment/Crunchyroll, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Sound Cadence Studios, Studio Nano and OkraTron 5000. He is best known for voicing Gyutaro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Arc , Sir Nighteye/Mirai Sasaki in My Hero Academia , Finral Roulacase in Black Clover , Astolfo Granatum in The Case Study of Vanitas , Yuta Hibiki in SSSS.GRIDMAN , Gen Asagiri in DR. STONE and Mafuyu Sato in given .

Laura Megan Stahl (born August 12, 1991 in Oahu, Hawaii, USA) is an American voice actress based in California. She is affiliated with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, FUNimation Entertainment/Crunchyroll, OkraTron 5000, VSI Los Angeles, NYAV Post, Studio Nano and Studiopolis. She is known for her roles as Dorothy in Great Pretender , Ray in The Promised Neverland , Bea in Pokémon Twilight Wings , Aiger Akabane in Beyblade Burst: Turbo , Homura Kōgetsu in Edens Zero , Hayato Kawajiri in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable and Iruma Suzuki in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun .

Khoi Dao (born September 3, 1998 in Vietnam) is a California-based American voice actor working for FUNimation Entertainment, Bang Zoom! Entertainment and Studio Nano. He is best known for voicing Iskahn in Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld , Keiichi Maebara in Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou , Yuliy Jirov in Sirius the Jaeger , Free De La Hoya in Beyblade Burst: Surge , Rei Kiriyama in March comes in like a lion and Tetsuya Kuroko in Kuroko's Basketball .

Suzie Yeung is an Asian American actress who voices in various anime, video games, and cartoons. She is best known for being the voice of Makima in Chainsaw Man, Yuffie in Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Eula in Genshin Impact. Additionally, she can be heard as Lena in Eighty-Six, the War Hammer Titan in Attack on Titan, Pumpkin Pie Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom, and Sumi in Rent-A-Girlfriend. She has also voiced in many popular franchises such as Demon Slayer, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Jujutsu Kaisen, NieR, Call of Duty, Fire Emblem, and many more.

Keith Silverstein is a veteran voice actor with an impressive and diverse list of credits. He’s the voice of Torbjörn in the smash hit game Overwatch, Hisoka on Hunter x Hunter, Hawk Moth on the fan favorite Miraculous-Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Speedwagon in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Zhongli in Genshin Impact, Hammerhead in Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4, and Keith recently joined the cast of Disney Amphibia to voice the curse wielding, candy vendor, Barry!

He can also be heard as Kazuo in Kengan Ashura, Omar in Telltale Game’s The Walking Dead, and Vector the Crocodile in the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Resident Evil fans know him as HUNK. Soul Calibur fans will recognize him as Zasalamel, and in Persona 5 he voices the villainous Masayoshi Shido.

Not enough for you? Here are a few other titles under his VO belt: OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, League of Legends, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia, Sailor Moon, One Piece, Mobius-Final Fantasy, Bungo Stray Dogs, Fate/Apocrypha, Fire Emblem Echoes, Glitter Force, Bleach, Monster High, K Project, World of Warcraft, Boruto, Dead or Alive, Call of Duty Black Ops, Judgment, Gundam: The Origin, and Big City Greens.

Other notable credits include: Lupin the 3rd in Jigen’s Gravestone, Kirby O’Neil in TMNT, and Dr. Wily in Megaman.

For more info on Keith Silverstein visit his website at www.keithsilverstein.com , or check out Keith Silverstein Voice Artist on Facebook, Keith Silverstein on Instagram, and @‌SilverTalkie on Twitter.

Nancy Kepner loves to joke around with her friends about the ridiculous things that happen in the crazy world of fandom and in everyday life. It’s easy for her because, at heart, she’s just a huge fan who sets her love of all things fandom related to music. Armed with a guitar and clever song lyrics, Nancy Kepner has performed songs such as “The Explaining Anime to Your Parents song,” “Santa doesn’t understand your fandom,” and “Graduating Hogwarts” at numerous conventions. She currently has three albums full of these hilarious songs available for purchase on CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon and is thrilled to share them with all of you!!

You can also find her all year round on her YouTube channel, HeartfeltHumor , delighting viewers with original compositions, live performances, and the occasional music video. If there’s something ridiculous that happens in fandom, Nancy has probably written a song about it. And if she hasn’t, let her know! She loves suggestions!

He's the merc with the mouth and his swordplay always comes with maximum effort...wait; it's not who you think it is! However, there ARE similarities: both fight with swords for pay, both run their mouths, both have beautiful love-of-their-lives, and sadly, both look the same beneath their masks/headwraps! Samurai Dan and his lovely lady Jillian teach sword and self defense classes, give informational panels, perform stage shows, and do almost anything else to ensure that congoers enjoy themselves.

Be sure to like them at www.facebook.com/SamuraiDanAndJillian

Charles Dunbar is a consummate fan. And they never expected their fandom to become such a huge part of their life. After deciding (on the road back from a con, no less) to study con culture back in 2008, they have spent the next decade of their life devoted to not only Japan (and its history, monsters, and culture) but to building their own base of knowledge from which they can draw and teach others. Since then, they have lectured at over 200 cons (including Anime Boston), libraries, and universities on all manners of fandom, history, culture, and folklore, and anything else that strikes their fancy, in hopes of bringing new perspectives and points of view to the appreciation of Japanese animation, and everything else associated with it.

You can keep track of their ramblings on Facebook.com/StudyofAnime .