Sakura-Con welcomes Megan Emerick! Megan is celebrating her 10th year with FUNimation studios! Her most notable roles are White from Blood Blockade Battlefront, Ishilly from One Piece, Chloe from Sky Wizards Academy, and Kanami from Is This is a Zombie?!.

Sakura-Con welcomes Johnny Yong Bosch! He got his start fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Johnny also voiced Nagate in Knights of Sidonia, Yukimura in Sengoku Basara, and many more.

Sakura-Con welcomes Erica Lindbeck, a North Carolina native who has spent the last decade training in theatre, film, improvisation and voice acting. She is thrilled to play the roles of Futaba Sakura in Persona 5, Magilou in Tales of Zestiria the X, and Barbie, to name a few.

Sakura-Con 2017 welcomes Caitlin Glass! Caitlin is a voice actress and ADR director, best known for as the voice of Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist. In 2008, Caitlin directed the widely popular fan-favorite, Ouran High School Host Club, and voiced Haruhi Fujioka.

6% Dokidoki artist and founder, Sebastian Masuda, is returning as a Fashion Guest for Sakura-Con’s 20th Anniversary! He has produced the “PONPONPON” music video for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and the “KAWAII MONSTER CAFE”.

Sakura-Con is proud to welcome back Christopher Patton in honor of our 20th Anniversary year! Chris Patton has been Voice Acting for 18 years. His credits include over 250 Anime titles, including projects for ADV Films, Funimation Entertainment, and more.

Mr. Machii holds a number of Guiness World Records, including “Most cuts to one mat (suegiri)”, “Fastest 1,000 sword cuts”, and “Fastest tennis ball (820 km/hr) cut by sword”. Mr. Machii will be sharing his experience and expertise as a sword master at Sakura-Con!

Masquerade Host Applications are now open until April 1st, 2017 at 11:59PM. Are you the life of the party? Do you enjoy social dance? Are you comfortable teaching people how to waltz, tango, or swing dance? Join us as dance hosts at this year’s Masquerade Ball!

Sakura-Con welcomes the return of fashion guest Takeshi Kunitomo, presenting the GOUK brand with a Sakura-Con exclusive Fashion Show! Member attendees may apply to model with GOUK at Sakura-Con!

Sakura-Con 2017 presents designer Kenichi Sonoda as a Guest of Honor! He best known as the character designer for the Bubblegum Crash/Bubblegum Crisis series, as well as the designs for Gall Force, Otaku no Video, and Riding Bean.