Christopher Ayres

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::summary American actor (1965–2021) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox person"]

Field	Value
name	Christopher Ayres
image	Christopher Ayres 2013.jpg
caption	Ayres in 2013
birth_name	Christopher Owen Ayres
birth_date
birth_place	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Houston, Texas, U.S.
occupation
years_active	1990s-2021
partner	Krystal LaPorte
family	Greg Ayres (brother)
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| name = Christopher Ayres | image = Christopher Ayres 2013.jpg | caption = Ayres in 2013 | birth_name = Christopher Owen Ayres | birth_date = | birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | occupation = | years_active = 1990s-2021 | partner = Krystal LaPorte | family = Greg Ayres (brother) Christopher Owen Ayres (May 16, 1965 – October 18, 2021) was an American actor, director and scriptwriter. He worked on voice acting and ADR directing on a number of English dubs of Japanese anime shows. In anime, he was best known as the voice of Kei Kurono from Gantz, Frieza from Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super, Prince Soma from Black Butler, and Shingen Takeda from the Sengoku Basara series. He was also known for Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions.

Early life and career

Ayres had his first professional acting gig in a commercial for Lollipop Soft Drinks in Richmond, Virginia, when he was six years old. The Ayres family moved to the Alief, Houston, area of Houston, Texas, when he was 12, where Chris attended Alief Middle School, and then Alief Elsik High School. He graduated in 1983. After graduating high school Ayres attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, and studied theatre until 1985. He returned to Houston and continued to study theatre at the University of Houston. Prior to his voice acting and ADR directing career, he was well known as a stage director, choreographer, and fight director in the Houston Theatre community.

Personal life and death

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

Ayres died on October 18, 2021, at the age of 56 years, following years of complications from pulmonary disease. His death was announced on Twitter the following day by his partner and fellow voice actress, Krystal LaPorte.

Filmography

Anime

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.	2003	2004	2005	2006	2008–2009	2009	2010	2011	2013	2016	2017–2019
Saint Seiya	Ushio	ADV dub
Kino's Journey	Bartender
Bast of Syndrome	Dr. Pluto
Mezzo DSA	Motoharu, Taneri, Baba, Hanamura
Sister Princess	Islander
A Tree of Palme	Sawadust
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu	Atsunobu Hayashimizu
Gantz	Kei Kurono
Godannar	Tetsuya Kouji
Initial D	Miki	Funimation dub
Maburaho	Yukihiko Nakamaru
Yugo the Negotiator	Yusuf Ali Mesa
Diamond Daydreams	Kenji Kurata
Macross	Lin Kaifun	ADV dub
Nanaka 6/17	Jinpachi Arashiyama
Papuwa	Oshodani
Speed Grapher	Suitengu
Nerima Daikon Brothers		ADR director	url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2006/otakon/9	title=Otakon 2006 A.D. Vision	last=Bertschy	first=Zac	date=August 5, 2006	publisher=Anime News Network}}
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch		ADR director unreleased English Dub
Fairy Tail	Duke Everlue
Sengoku Basara	Shigen Takeda
Black Butler	Soma Asman Kadar
Dragon Ball Z Kai	Frieza
Golgo 13	Dave McCartney
Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story	Elder
Tears to Tiara	Arthur, Pwyll
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	Corset
Clannad After Story	Sudou, Kinoshita, various characters
Another	Yosuke Sakakibara
Kokoro Connect	Inari's brother
Hanayamata	Additional voices	ADR director
Dragon Ball Super	Frieza
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| format=y}} || Air Gear || Okuhira, DJ Plugman, Team Potemkine (Special Trick) | format=y}} || AKB0048 || Father Motomiya, Sensei Sensei (Next Stage) | format=y}} || Akame ga Kill! || Daidara, Uncle Bill (Ep. 17) Bandit (Ep. 10) | format=y}} || Amnesia || Toma | format=y}} || Birdy the Mighty Decode || Bacillus | format=y}} || Black Butler || Prince Soma Asman Kadar | format=y}} || The Book of Bantorra || Minth Chesain | format=y}} || Broken Blade || General True | format=y}} || Btooom! || Yoshihisa Kira | format=y}} || Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century || Sergei Ovchinnikov | format=y}} || Claymore || Dauf | format=y}} || Coyote Ragtime Show || Hewlett | format=y}} || Darker than Black || Masashi Hitotsubashi | format=y}} || Desert Punk || Sawada | format=y}} || Devil May Cry: The Animated Series || Sid | format=y}} || Dream Eater Merry || John Doe | format=y}} || Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood || Lt. General Raven | format=y}} || Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid || Wraith | format=y}} || Ghost Hound || Takahito Komagusu | format=y}} || Ghost Hunt || Reimei Minami | format=y}} || Guin Saga || Ghuru Shin, Kah, Riya | format=y}} || Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick || Murato | format=y}} || Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood || Katamori Matsudaira, Kiyotaka Kuroda | format=y}} || Highschool of the Dead || Yoshioka Takagi | format=y}} || IS (Infinite Stratos) || Dan Gotanda | format=y}} || Initial D || Miki (Funimation dub) | format=y}} || Innocent Venus || Riki, Dr. Nabuto | format=y}} || Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven || Maraschino | format=y}} || Kaleido Star || Mr. Patrova | format=y}} || Kiba || Morris | format=y}} || Little Busters || Sho Saigusa (Ep. 17–18) | format=y}} || Log Horizon || Woodstock W | format=y}} || Maburaho || Yukihiko Nakamaru | format=y}} || Majikoi! – Oh! Samurai Girls || Jun Inoue | format=y}} || Maria Holic || Mr. Berlin (Ep. 10) | format=y}} || Medaka Box: Abnormal || Shigusa Takachiho | 2004 || Megazone 23 Part II || Cujo | format=y}} || Michel || Woogy | format=y}} || Needless || Ishiyama, Nivy | format=y}} || One Piece || Johnny (Funimation dub) | format=y}} || Ouran High School Host Club || Renge's Father | format=y}} || Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt || Corset | || Peacemaker Kurogane || Keisuke Yamanami | format=y}} || Phi Brain: Puzzle of God || Funga, Freecell (Season 2) | format=y}} || Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they? || Kraken, Graeae, Jack O'Lantern, Strom | format=y}} || Project Blue Earth SOS || Kintaro Oyama | format=y}} || Romeo × Juliet || Camillo | || Sakura Diaries || Koji Akimoto | format=y}} || *Sgt. Frog * – 3M (Ep. 11) | format=y}} || Super Dimensional Fortress Macross || Lynn Kaifun | format=y}} || Spice and Wolf || Assessor | format=y}} || Tamako Market || Chouji Yumoto | format=y}} || Tactics || Hasumi Ryokan, Koshikawa | format=y}} || The World God Only Knows || Mr. Kodama | format=y}} || Tokyo Majin || Ryuuzan Arai | format=y}} || Trinity Blood || Isaak Fernand von Kämpfer | format=y}} || Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle || Nanto | format=y}} || Tsuritama || Boss | format=y}} || Utawarerumono || Niwe | format=y}} || Xam'd Lost Memories || Kisel-ji | format=y}} || Xenosaga: The Animation || Jin Uzuki | || Yumeria || Sousyu | format=y}} || Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie || Garuga/Yasha (Funimation dub)

Films

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Year	Series	Role	Notes	Ref.	2011	2012	2015	2018	2021
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression	Welldone the Pussyhand
Gintama: The Movie	Kamui, Taizo Hasegawa, Tatsuma Sakamoto, Ner
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Shingen Takeda
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Frieza
Dragon Ball Super: Broly	Frieza	Final film role
The Dog Park: Prank Calls	Caller #1	Short; Final role
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Video games

::data[format=table title="List of voice performances in video games"]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.	2008	2010–2018
The Last Remnant	Wagram
Dragon Ball series	Frieza
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ADR staff credits

Voice director

• AKB0048
• Another
• The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
• Battle Girls: Time Paradox
• Beyond the Boundary
• Bodacious Space Pirates
• Chaika - The Coffin Princess
• Colorful
• Dramatical Murder
• Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
• Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
• From the New World
• Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East
• Hakuōki
• Hamatora
• Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto
• Kokoro Connect
• Leviathan The Last Defense
• Little Busters!
• Magical Warfare
• Magikano
• Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls
• Maria Holic
• Mysterious Girlfriend X
• Night Raid 1931
• Nobunaga the Fool
• Phi Brain: Puzzle of God
• Planzet
• Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
• Say "I love you".
• Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan
• Tamako Market
• The Book of Bantorra
• Tsuritama
• The Wallflower (Eps.14–25)
• The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc
• Xenosaga: The Animation

Script Writer

• Another
• Battle Girls: Time Paradox
• Colorful
• Dream Eater Merry
• Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
• Hakouki
• Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto
• Kokoro Connect
• Little Busters!
• Majikoi! – Oh! Samurai Girls
• Night Raid 1931
• Planzet
• Shining Hearts
• The Book of Bantorra --

Theater credits

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.	1989–1991	1990–1991	1991–1992	1999	1999	2000	2000	2001	2001	2002	2003	2004	2004	2005	2005	2005
Peter Pan	Slightly, John Darling (understudy)	Tour
Peter Pan	Slightly, John Darling (understudy)	Broadway - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Peter Pan	Slightly, John Darling (understudy)	Broadway - Minskoff Theatre
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas		Director and Choreographer
The All Night Strut		Director
Gypsy		Choreographer
And the World Goes 'Round		Director
Hair		Director and Choreographer
Man of La Mancha		Director and Choreographer
Cabaret		Director and Choreographer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum		Director and Choreographer
Romeo and Juliet		Fight Choreographer
The Pirates of Penzance		Director and Choreographer
Noises Off		Director
The Rocky Horror Show		Director, Choreographer and Fight Choreographer	url=http://www.playhouse90.com/productions.html	title=Playhouse 90: Fort Bend County, Texas	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231191439/http://www.playhouse90.com/productions.html	access-date=October 26, 2021	archive-date=December 31, 2005 }}
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown		Director and Choreographer
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References

References

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2. (October 20, 2021). "Frieza English Voice Actor Chris Ayres Has Died".
3. "Since I left Sentai I've not been able to watch much anime but being tagged in anything with Sentai actually gives me a hard time breathing because All I hear is their screaming and insults. I am so grateful fans respect my wishes not to be tagged but most Houston actors don't.".
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17. (November 15, 2004). "A Tree of Palme English Cast List". Mania.com.
18. "Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu – 1 – The Man from the South/A Hostage with No Compromises". ADV Films.
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28. "This guy is a freaking hero. Recorded on the Broly trailer with 15% lung capacity. Nothing but love for the ultimate Frieza, @Chrisayresva".
29. (2008). "[[The Last Remnant]]". [[Square Enix]].
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31. "Peter Pan – Broadway Musical – 1989-1991 Tour".
32. "Peter Pan – Broadway Musical – 1989-1991 Tour".
33. "Cast for Best Little Whorehouse".
34. "1999-2000 Season".
35. "2000-2001 Season".
36. "2000-2001 Season".
37. "Hair".
38. "Man of La Mancha".
39. (July 11, 2002). "Famed musical opens Friday at westside theater". Chron.
40. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum".
41. "R & J".
42. "Main Stage".
43. "Pirates of Penzance".
44. "2004-05 Season".
45. "Noises Off!".
46. "Playhouse 90: Fort Bend County, Texas".
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