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Houston's Anime Matsuri Hosts Voice Actor Nobuhiko Okamoto, Voice Actress Aina Kusuda

The Anime Matsuri event in Houston announced on Friday that it will host voice actress Aina Kusuda at this year's event. The staff also revealed on April 8 that the event will host voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto.

Kusuda is best known as the character Nozomi Tōjō in the Love Live! School idol project anime and game franchise. She has also voiced Rose in the Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~Yōsei no Door~ anime series and sequels, Sūko in Million Doll, Mari in Ladyspo, Delilah in GATE, and Eiko in PriPara.

Okamoto voices Katsuki Bakugō in My Hero Academia, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Accelerator in A Certain Magical Index, Ryō Kurokiba in Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Yū Nishinoya in Haikyu!!, Rui Tatsumi in STARMYU, Jun Arashiyama in World Trigger, Obi in Snow White with the Red Hair, Mikorin in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Eiji Niizuma in Bakuman., Ghiaccio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, and Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom, among many others.

Anime Matsuri takes place on June 13-16 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Previously announced guests include voice actor Wataru Hatano, manga creator Harumo Sanazaki, and voice actor Nozomu Sasaki.

Thanks to Jordan for the news tip.

Source: Anime Matsuri's website and Twitter account (link 2)