San Japan

San Japan is the largest fan-run anime + gaming convention in South Texas. Gonzalez Convention Center. Find more info at san-japan.org.
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San Japan is a yearly event taking place on Labor Day weekend in downtown San Antonio at the Henry B. We take place on Labor Day Weekend. San Japan, the largest fan-run anime + gaming convention in San Antonio and South Texas, is a massive 3-day event that brings together over 28,000 attendees. We offer a wide range of Japanese anime, culture, costume, gaming events, and other fan-run events, all

in the vibrant downtown San Antonio, right in the center of the majestic Riverwalk. This yearly event will occur at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center along with the San Antonio Grand Hyatt Hotel on Labor Day Weekend. For more information about the event and prices to pre-register or purchase your pass at the event, please view our website, san-japan.org.

05/11/2026

San Japan welcomes voice-actor and motion-capture artist Dan Southworth to San Japan 17.

Dan Southworth is an accomplished filmmaker with decades of experience in feature film, television, motion capture, voice-over, and commercial production.
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Power Ranger fans know him as Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger from Power Rangers-Time Force. Mortal Kombat fans enjoyed his portrayal of Kenshi in the popular series Mortal Kombat Legacy 2. Dan's popularity among anime fans follows his voice and motion capture role as Vergil in the best-selling video game Devil May Cry 3. Devil May Cry 3.5 was later released so fans could experience the game as Dan's character. Devil May Cry 5, which chronicles more of Vergil’s story, won best action video game at the 2019 Video Game Awards.

Video gamers have continued to enjoy his work in Killzone -Shadow Fall, Battlefield 4, Resident Evil, Dark Souls 2, and Battlefront 2, to name a few of the many motion capture projects he has choreographed, action coordinated, and performed in.

05/06/2026

San Japan would like to welcome voice-over guest and dub director Michael Sorich to San Japan 17.

Michael Sorich has been an entertainer his entire life. He performed w/ Robin Williams as a member of the Comedy Store Players, finished Second to Whoopi Goldberg in a National Stand Up Competition and has voiced over 1000 Cartoons while also narrating 20 shows for the Travel Channel. He can be heard in the English dub of: Jujutsu Kaisen (he directed the dub of Season 1) 3 characters in Naruto, Bleach (he also directed the dub of Bleach’s first 25 episodes) To Your Eternity, Mob Psycho 100, Hunter X Hunter, Lupin the 3rd, Kill LA Kill, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Cowboy Bebop, Yokai Watch, Power Rangers, Digimon & Robotech.

In movies his voice graced Wild Robot, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Kill Bill-Vol. #1, Day of the Dead, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Curious George, Papa Smurf in “The Smurfs and the Magic Flute”, Monster High: Electrified, Angry Birds 1 & 2, Kung Fu Panda 3 & 4, Cars 3, SpongeBob: “Sponge on the Run”, the Detective Conan Movies, Children of the Sea, the Son of Bigfoot, Street Fighter 2, Seabiscuit and died gloriously in Gladiator, Gods and Generals and voiced evil monsters in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Some of his video game credits include World of Warcraft, God of War, Heroes of the Storm, Final Fantasy Seven Expansion Pack, Bravely Default, Resident Evil, Twisted Metal:Black, Grim Fandango, The Curse of Monkey Island and X Wing Fighter.

He Voice-directed The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Digimon, Jujutsu Kaisen, Bleach, Komi Can’t Communicate, Bo-bo-bo Bo-bo-Bo-bo, Masked Rider, Big Bad Beetleborgs, Jujutsu Kaisen, To Your Eternity, Saint Seiya, Monster Girl Doctor, Shin Chan, Flint the Time Detective, Idaten Jump, Mon Colle Knights, Battle B-Daman, Samurai X and Eagle Riders & numerous Feature films.

On Camera he’s guest-starred on Seinfeld, Married with Children, twice on the Tonight Show, Seven Days and the Elian Gonzalez Story as Fidel Castro. He was Woody on VR Troopers and starred on his own nationally syndicated educational show as Dr. Pi on the Mad Scientist Toon Club. Michael feels blessed and is extremely grateful for all the opportunities he’s had to voice and direct so many talented VO artists.

04/21/2026

San Japan would like to welcome voice-actor and director Shawn Gann to San Japan 17.

Shawn Gann is a proud Filipino-American ADR Voice & Casting Director, Voiceover Artist, and Educator who has voiced roles in My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball Super, Attack on Titan, One Piece, Fruits Basket, Ranking of Kings, Radiant, Ensemble Stars, and many others. His directing credits include Requiem of the Rose King, Aoashi, Shadows House, Buddy Daddies, Radiant, The Legendary Hero is Dead, Horimiya, Fruits Basket, Laid Back Camp, The Apothecary Diaries, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, You Are Ms. Servant, and Kaiju No. 8.

He has also been featured in several video games; most notably, for GearBox Software's Borderlands 3 & Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, HoYoverse’s Genshin Impact, and Bandai Namco’s Tales of Luminaria. Recently, he wrapped filming for Amazon's The Dark Places and Firelight Entertainment's synchronized A Midsummer Night's Dream. For most of his career, Shawn has been a theatre maker in Dallas-Fort Worth that has performed on most major stages, started several companies, and has been a producing board/company member with many others; he has also toured Nationally and Internationally as an actor which includes performing in Scotland’s 2019 Festival Fringe in Edinburgh.

04/14/2026

San Japan would like to welcome voice-over guest Suzie Yeung to San Japan 17.

Suzie Yeung is an actress who voices in various anime, video games, and cartoons. She is best known for being the voice of Yuffie in Final Fantasy VII Remake, Fuuka in Persona 3 Reload, Makima in Chainsaw Man, and Eula in Genshin Impact. 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.

04/07/2026

San Japan welcomes voice-over guest Cristina Vee to San Japan 17.

Cristina Vee is a veteran voice actress from Los Angeles. Her animation roles include Ladybug in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Verosika Mayday in Helluva Boss, Killua Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter, Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon, Ash’s Riolu, Milcery, Cubone (Origins), and Green in the Pokémon franchise, Sakura Matou in Fate Stay/Night, Hawk in the Seven Deadly Sins, Darkness in Konosuba!, Homura Akemi in Madoka Magica, Mio in K-ON!, Vivy in Vivy: Flourite Eye’s Song, Maria Gomez in Resident Evil Vendetta, Viola/Violet in One Piece, Lucy Maude Montgomery in Bungo Stray Dogs, Kotori Minami in Love Live!, Ran Mouri in Detective Conan, Riruka Dokugamine in Bleach, Meiko Mochizuki in Digimon Adventure: tri, Mosquito Girl in One Punch Man, Elsa in Re:Zero, Matatabi in Naruto, Miki Makimura in Devilman Crybaby, Pino in My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, Jay-Ten in Steven Universe, Xochi Jalapeño in Victor and Valentino, and Young Donald Duck in Ducktales.

Her video game credits include Riven in League of Legends, Shantae in the Shantae series, Velvet Crowe in Tales of Berseria, Bennett and Xingqiu in Genshin Impact, Hestu and Tulin in Hyrule Warriors, Eagle Eye in Fortnight, Deborah Kim in Friday the 13th: The Game, Frost Queen Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom, Megumi Yakushiji in 13 Sentinels, Marnie in Pokémon Masters, 5 Volt in Wario Ware, Ophilia in Octopath Traveler, Noel Vermillion/Nu-12/Lambda-11/Mu-13 in Blazblue, Charlotta and Ferry in Granblue Fantasy, Tatiana in Fire Emblem Echoes, Kloe Rinz in the Trails of series, Athena/Lachesis/Fjorm’s singing voice in Fire Emblem Heroes, Monaca Towa in Danganronpa, Ibuki and Enero in Street Fighter V, Cinque in Final Fantasy Type-0, Four in Drakengard 3, Cerebella in Skullgirls, and she can be heard sprinkled around Kingdom Hearts 3 and Neo: The World Ends With You.

Cristina is also known for playing Vesper Vasquez/The Black Ranger on Power Rangers: Hyperforce, and for her version of Bad Apple which has been streamed 75 million times.

04/03/2026

Things are steaming up in Night Market. 🔥 We are proud to announce our new mascot for our Night Market: Diego Ian Laud Firmino. You can call him daddy, but he'd prefer you call him tonight. 📞💕

He is the proud father of Sana, our main mascot. When Diego is not helping her with her cosplays, he enjoys fresh espresso and cooking for his friends, family, and lovers.

Thank you to The Degenerate Witch for helping bring Diego to life!

📣 Stay tuned for further updates about our Night Market!

03/31/2026

San Japan welcomes voice-over guest Patricia Summersett to San Japan 17.

Patricia Summersett became the voice of Princess Zelda in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, making her the first official voice of the eponymous princess in the game's thirty-five-year franchise. She reprised the role of Princess Zelda for the highly-celebrated sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — as well as for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. For Ubisoft, Patricia is the voice and full performance-capture actor for Ash in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, reprising the role in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Extraction. She was also the voice and performance capture actor for two assassins in the Assassin’s Creed franchise: Hope Jensen in AC: Rogue and Galina Voronina in AC: Syndicate — as well as for Paula Madera in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.

Some other select voices: Star Wars: Squadrons by EA (Pilot), Wasteland 3 by InXile (Sugar Plum Mary), For Honor by Ubisoft (Astrea the Warmonger / Knight Warden), Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West by PS (Misc), Suikoden Tierkreis (Diadora/Servillah) for Konami, The Outer Worlds by Obsidian (Cassandra O'Malley), the voice of Nyah in the upcoming indie game Elements by Apogee Ent., and Rooster Teeth’s Camp Camp series (Ainsley) as well as special guest appearances on the Rooster Teeth series Hot Topic.

Patricia has appeared in Darren Aronofsky’s film Mother! and series such as Transplant S2 (NBC), The Bold Type (ABC), and Ron Moore’s Helix (Netflix). During the making of Sony’s Smurfs 2 movie, Patricia was the on-set puppeteer/voice of Smurfette, Vexy, and Clumsy. Watch her in the Sci-fi family feature Timescape: Return of the Dinosaurs and the TV series Three Pines, starring Alfred Molina, on Amazon Prime. Patricia is a theatre graduate of the Classical Acting program at Royal Central School (RCSSD) in London, UK. She is also part of an art-folk band that has released two albums (Summersettband.com), and she occasionally collaborates musically with her three sisters — Annette, Kathryn, and Jane.

03/24/2026

San Japan would like to welcome voice-over guest Richard Epcar to San Japan 17.

Legendary Actor RICHARD EPCAR – Gamepur’s VOICE ACTOR OF THE YEAR is one of the hardest working men in show business, with over 2,000 characters in Games, Animation and Anime.

Best known as: RAIDEN in MORTAL KOMBAT, The JOKER in several games including INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US (Fighting Game of the Year!) and MORTAL KOMBAT 11 (Fighting Game of the Year!) ANSEM in KINGDOM HEARTS, JOSEPH JOESTAR in JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE, BATOU in GHOST IN THE SHELL, JIGEN and ZENIGATA in LUPIN the THIRD, AKUMA in STREET FIGHTER V, YHWACH the Quincy King and ZANGETSU in BLEACH: The Thousand Year Blood War! SANDMAN in MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3 and The BRIGADIER GENERAL in DAEMON X MACHINA!

Voted one of the Top 20 Video Game Voice Actors of all Time and Top 20 Anime Actors of all time by IMDB! And Gamepur’s Top Ten Video Game Voice Actors of all time!

03/23/2026

Attention all San Japan Fans! 📣

Want to be more involved with San Japan?

Whether you want to be directly interacting with attendees or simply working behind the scenes, the San Japan volunteer form is now live! The San Japan family is a wonderful place to get to know fellow anime/gaming lovers with similar interests, experience an UNFORGETTABLE behind-the-scenes adventure, and contribute to the largest anime and gaming convention in South Texas!

What’s in it for our Volunteers?
🍿Access to a staff only lounge with snacks, beverages, and anime.
🎫A badge that will give access to events, panels, and more right behind gold and premiere passes
🏨Crash space for those who are outside of Loop 1604
✅Volunteer hours signed off for those who may need them

Check out san-japan.org/registration/volunteer for more information and the volunteer form!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding volunteering or the application, email [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we are able.

03/17/2026

San Japan would like to welcome voice-over guest Brian Beacock to San Japan 17.

Brian Beacock is an on-camera and voice actor, writer, producer, and musician whose diverse career includes voice-overs for more than 100 cartoon series and video games.

Best known as the murderous bear, Monokuma, in the Danganronpa game series, and Akutagawa in “Bungo Stray Dogs”, he can currently be heard as Yumichika in “Bleach: 1000 Year Blood War”, Chojuro in “Boruto”, and Shima in “Blue Exorcist.” Past notable credits include Takato in “Digimon Tamers”, Agumon in “Digimon Data Squad”, Walker in “Durarara”, Rivalz in “Code Geass”, Krillin in “Dragon Ball Super” White Zetsu/Sakon/Ukon/Chojuro in “Naruto”, Shigech in “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure”, Copycat in “Miraculous Ladybug”, and more.

TV credits include NBC Television’s “The Rerun Show”, “CSI”, “Passions.” Films” David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive”, “Buying the Cow (with Ryan Reynolds) and horror film “Hollow Scream.” His Primetime Time Emmy Award winning zombie comedy series can be seen on Vimeo.

03/16/2026

Registration starts tonight. Be sure to buy your 3-Day Passes at the lowest prices beginning at 8 PM. All 2026 details and the registration link are available on the website at https://www.san-japan.org.

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San Antonio, TX

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+12105708576

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http://san-japan.org/, http://sjgo.me/discord

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