Erika Ishii

Photograph of Erika Ishii, by John Anthony Sutton.

**Erika Ishii** is an actor, host, and producer. They played Dusk in Campaign Three: Bells Hells, Hanako Hayashi in "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46), and Sasha Murasaki in "Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51).

## **With Critical Role**

Erika first appeared on the Critical Role channel in July 2019 in the one-shot "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46). She then appeared in an episode *Pub Draw* with Marisha Ray and Babs Tarr featuring Erika's "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" character. She later played in the "Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51) one-shot in February 2020. Erika also moderated the sneak peek panel for *The Legend of Vox Machina* at New York Comic-Con in October 2021, initially announced as a "mystery moderator" special guest.

In Campaign Three, Erika plays the elf Dusk, beginning with "The Hellcatch Valley" (3x24).

### **Player characters**

* Hanako Hayashi, socialite in "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46)
* Sasha Murasaki, The Queen in "Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51)
* "Dusk", warlock/paladin with a secret identity in Campaign 3

Hanako HayashiSasha MurasakiDusk
## **Other work**

Erika starred as Selina in *Sagas of Sundry* with Taliesin Jaffe, Matthew Mercer, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, and Darin De Paul. They also played in World of Darkness's *LA By Night*. Their video game voice acting credits include Loki in *Fire Emblem: Heroes*, *Fallout 76*, Amanda in *Dream Daddy*, Anastasia "Ana" Bray in *Destiny 2*, and Valkyrie in *Apex Legends*.

Erika is a reoccurring cast member of Dropout.TV*,* appearing in multiple episodes of Dropout's game shows like *Game Changer* and *Make Some Noise.* In the world of D&D, they are a reoccurring guest player in Dropout's D&D real play *Dimension 20* and its talkback show, *Adventuring Party*, created by Brennan Lee Mulligan. Her characters include:

* Lilith (*Escape from the Bloodkeep*) played alongside Matthew Mercer, Amy Vorpahl, and Ify Nwadiwe, and DMed by Mulligan.
* Danielle Barkstock (*The Seven*) played alongside Isabella Roland and Aabria Iyengar, also DMed by Mulligan.
* K/Dream (*Misfits and Magic*) played alongside Mulligan and Lou Wilson, and DMed by Iyengar
* Ava (*Burrow's End*) played alongside Roland and Mulligan, also GMed by Iyengar.
* May Wong (*Coffin Run*) played alongside Roland and Carlos Luna, and GMed by Jasmine Bhullar.

## **References**

1. ↑  Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace on CritRole.com
2. ↑  Pub Draw: Drawing Hana with Erika Ishii on CritRole.com
3. ↑  Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story (A Critical Role One-Shot) on CritRole.com
4. ↑  "The Legend of Vox Machina" NYCC Highlights: A Premiere Date, a Table Read, and LVM's Official Opening Title Sequence! on CritRole.com
5. ↑ Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina Animated Special by Critical Role » Join Us (Virtually) at NYCC For a Colossal LVM Update! (September 13, 2021) at Kickstarter.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Photograph of Erika Ishii, by John Anthony Sutton (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.

## **External links**

* Erika Ishii at Wikipedia
* Erika Ishii on IMDB