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Anime Banzai 2019 Celebrity List


Chaotic Good Cosplay & Trtle Blues

Appearing Sat

Both local cosplayers of Salt Lake City, Utah, DJ & Trtle joined forces in 2015. After meeting at a local convention at the beginning of the year, ...

Kenshin Taiko

Kenshin Taiko is a Salt Lake City based group of drummers who help to keep the spirit of Japanese culture and drumming alive.

Shiokaze Sails

We’re sailing towards the future! Shiokaze Sails is a 9 member cosplay performance group based in Utah; primarily focusing on the Love Live! girls ...

Warky

Steve “Warky” Nunez is a jack-of-all-trades and, thankfully, a master of some. You may know Warky as the part-bird-part-man, but not many know t...

Tyler Jacobson

Kylee Berry

Kylee Berry is an editor with a BA in English Literature, and writer with a focus on fantasy and horror, and an obsessive when it comes to all form...

Kelli Borrowman

Appearing All

Epic Fail Cosplay -- A fail so epic, it's almost a win. A Group of One (with guests).

Candace Chesley

Jennifer Cihi

Jennifer began performing since she was a young girl growing up in California. At the age of 12, she began her professional career when she was ca...

Stefanie DeLeo

Stefanie DeLeo is a published playwright and novelist. She has a Master’s Degree in Theatre from New York University and had lived and worked in S...

Shannon Deonier

Pannon (The Pannonator's Pan-Tastic Cosplays) has been cosplaying since 2001. Over the past 18 years, she's refined her craft and competed all over...

Ben Dunn

Ben Dunn was born in Taiwan on April 17, 1964. In 1985 he started Antarctic Press with MANGAZINE, a manga inspired comic book where he introduced T...

Newton Ewell

I entered this world in October 1962, in St. Louis, MO. From that point, I was a creator in search of the right knowledge and technology to bring ...

Alex Harrow

Alex Harrow is a queer author of science fiction and fantasy with LGBTQ+ protagonists. When not writing queerness with a chance of explosions, Alex...

Caryn Larrinaga

Caryn is a multiple award-winning mystery, horror, and urban fantasy author. Her debut supernatural mystery novel, DONN’S HILL, was awarded the Lea...

Trina Nishimura

Brandishing her voice just as Mikasa wields her blade; Trina Nishimura has sliced her way through the voice over world over the past few years. ...

Derek Stephen Prince

Derek Stephen Prince, aka Steve, has been in the voiceover industry 23 years. His career spans across such shows as Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rang...

Jared Quan

Jared Quan is published in genres from Spy-Thriller to Horror/Supernatural, to Fantasy-Comedy. His works include Changing Wax, Prepped and Last Out...

S.J. Restivo

S.J. Restivo has spent a lifetime creating worlds and writing scripts for her imaginary friends. An avid gamer, both at the table and console, S.J....

Ashley Rochelle

Cosplaying since 2001, AlpacaAsh is a 3D video game artist who loves creating cosplay using sewing, embroidery, and 3D printing. She started compet...

Jez Roth

Cirque du Soleil. Celebrities. One Piece. EDC. Red Carpets. Jez has created costumes for cosplay, casinos, and Cirque du Soleil. He believes th...

Alejandro Saab

Alejandro Saab is a professional Voice Actor and YouTube Influencer! As an influencer, he has over 550,000+ subscribers on YouTube with over 170 mi...

Tara Sands

Tara Jayne Sands can be heard as over 50 characters on the original Pokemon series, including Bulbasaur, Richie, Jasmine, Oddish, and Tori. Other r...

Justin Sane

Justin Sane is a local singer/songwriter from Salt Lake City, UT. He uses his Pop Punk, Hip Hop and RnB influences to create a unique sound.You can...

Kenshin Taiko

Kenshin Taiko is a Salt Lake City based group of drummers who help to keep the spirit of Japanese culture and drumming alive!

Cassidy Ward

Cassidy Ward is an award-winning author, journalist, and lover of words. He writes regularly about the intersection of science and pop culture for ...

Andrew Whittaker

Lee Whittaker

Bryan Young

Bryan is an award-winning author, filmmaker, journalist, and comics writer. He’s the co-author of the Robotech RPG and writer for outlets ranging f...