Christopher Ayres

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**Christopher Owen Ayres** (born May 16, 1965) is an American voice actor, ADR director and scriptwriter who works on a number of Japanese anime series at Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, Funimation, OkraTron 5000 and New Generation Pictures. He got his start voice acting at ADV Films on *Kino's Journey* as an extra*.* In anime, he is known as the voice of Frieza from *Dragon Ball Z Kai*, Kei Kurono from *Gantz*, Prince Soma from *Black Butler*, and Shingen Takeda from the *Sengoku Basara* series. He is also known for Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions.

## Personal life

In November 2017, Ayres was diagnosed with end-stage COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and required a double lung transplant to survive. A YouCaring fundraiser was created that seeks $25,000 to assist with medical care and procedures.

## Filmography

### Video games

List of voice performances in video games

## References

1. ↑ "Voice Actor Greg Ayres Hospitalized after Heart Attack". http://theanimerealm.blogspot.hk/2009/02/voice-actor-greg-ayres-hospitalized.html.
2. ↑ "Christopher Ayres". *Active Anime*. October 5, 2005. http://activeanime.com/html/2005/10/05/christopher-ayres/.
3. ↑ "Mock Combat for Cosplay". ChristopherAyres-VA.com. http://www.christopherayres-va.com/MockCombat.htm.
4. ↑ Green, Scott. "Fundraiser Aims To Help Voice Actor Christopher Ayres". https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/11/16/fundraiser-aims-to-help-voice-actor-christopher-ayres.
5. ↑ "Fundraising Launched for Vital Medical Treatment for Voice Actor Chris Ayres". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-16/fundraising-launched-for-vital-medical-treatment-for-voice-actor-chris-ayres/.124098.
6. ↑ Ayres, Chris (August 3, 2013). "Voice work of Chris Ayres". http://christopherayres-va.com/Voicework.htm.
7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 "Chris Ayres". *crystalacids.com*. http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/171/chris-ayres/.  Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "ca" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "ca" defined multiple times with different content
8. ↑ "A Tree of Palme English Cast List". *Mania.com*. November 15, 2004. http://www.mania.com/tree-palme-english-cast-list\_article\_84743.html.
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10. ↑ "Florida Supercon Adds Todd Nauck, Christopher Ayres, Phillip Lee McCall II" (in en), *Anime News Network*.
11. ↑ "Shelf Life – Gantz Gantz Revolution" (in en), *Anime News Network*.
12. ↑ Bertschy, Zac (August 5, 2006). "Otakon 2006 A.D. Vision". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2006/otakon/9.
13. ↑ "Shelf Life – I Am Xam" (in en), *Anime News Network*.
14. ↑ "FUNimation Announces English Dub Cast of Black Butler" (in en), *Anime News Network*.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 "Behind The Voice Actors – Christopher Ayres". *Behind The Voice Actors*. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/christopher-ayres/.  Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "btva" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "btva" defined multiple times with different content
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17. ↑ Green, Scott (June 19, 2013). "Sentai Filmworks Announces "Another" English Dub Cast". *Crunchyroll*. http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/06/19-1/sentai-filmworks-announces-another-english-dub-cast.
18. ↑ "Official HaNaYaMaTa English Dub Cast List". *Sentai Filmworks*. January 13, 2016. http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/official-hanayamata-english-dub-cast-list.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Voicework". *Christopher Ayres official website*. http://christopherayres-va.com/Voicework.htm.  Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "resume" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "resume" defined multiple times with different content
20. ↑ Funimation (August 4, 2015). "DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION 'F' Production Notes". *SciFi Japan*. http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2015/08/04/dragon-ball-z-resurrection-f-production-notes/.
21. ↑ Sabat, Christopher (July 19, 2018). "This guy is a freaking hero. Recorded on the Broly trailer with 15% lung capacity. Nothing but love for the ultimate Frieza, @Chrisayresvahttps://twitter.com/Chrisayresva/status/1020092740401614848 …". https://twitter.com/JustChrisSabat/status/1020145450056220677. Template:Primary source inline
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## External links

* Official website (archive)
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* Christopher Ayres at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database

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