Chris Ayres

Chris Ayres

Date of Birth: May 16, 1965
Date of Passing: October 18, 2021
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Obituary: The New York Post

Chris Ayres was was an American actor, director and scriptwriter.

Ayres worked in voice acting and ADR directing on a number of English dubs of Japanese anime shows at Funimation, OkraTron 5000, New Generation Pictures, and Seraphim Digital / Sentai Filmworks.

In anime, he was 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.

Ayres died October 18, 2021. He was 56.

Chris Ayres was was an American actor, director and scriptwriter.

Ayres worked in voice acting and ADR directing on a number of English dubs of Japanese anime shows at Funimation, OkraTron 5000, New Generation Pictures, and Seraphim Digital / Sentai Filmworks.

In anime, he was 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.

Ayres died October 18, 2021. He was 56.

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