Chris Niosi

Christopher Edwin Niosi (born December 31, 1988),[1] also known by his pseudonym Kirbopher, is an American voice actor, animator, and producer.

Chris Niosi
Born
Christopher Edwin Niosi

(1988-12-31) December 31, 1988
Northport, New York, U.S.
Other namesKirbopher
Alma materSchool of Visual Arts
Occupation(s)Animator, producer, voice actor
Years active2004–present

His voice-work includes Lord Uroko in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea, Arataka Reigen in Mob Psycho 100,[2] Dezel in Tales of Zestiria, Tiara in Queen's Blade Rebellion, Tetsuya Kinomoto in Dr. Stone, Khoury and others in the Pokémon series, Ernesto and others in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Pegasus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon,[3] Haruo Sakaki in Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater, and Therion and Mattias in Octopath Traveler.[4]

Early life

Niosi was born in Northport, New York and raised in Long Island. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[5]

Career

Animation

Niosi began making numerous animations for Newgrounds under the name "Kirbopher" in 2004, mostly making Nintendo-based parodies.[6] His first professional animation job was for Eduware providing character design, animation and voices.[7] He has also worked as an animator for the video games A Hat in Time, Skullgirls and Cryamore.[7]

Terrain of Magical Expertise

Niosi is the co-creator of the project Terrain of Magical Expertise, also known as TOME, alongside artist Mike Luckas.[7] The web series is known for its inclusion of several YouTube personalities and voice actors such as Yuri Lowenthal and Kyle Hebert. The series' concept was based on their experiences role-playing on internet forums. The series was eventually crowdfunded through GoFundMe to produce the remaining duration. The majority of the animation services were provided by Niosi himself, along with several guest animators and production assistants.[8][9] TOME was first released on Newgrounds on November 11, 2011,[10] and ran for fifteen episodes and nine shorts. The final episode released on July 7, 2015, while the final short released on November 11, 2016.

On September 30, 2017, a Kickstarter for a video game adaption was launched.[11] The game features a customizable avatar known as the White Hat Hacker joining the established characters. The campaign was fully funded on November 4, 2017, successfully funding $111,162.63. The game is produced by NEO-C Productions LLC., (a company in association with Niosi) with Niosi serving as the director, lead designer and character animator of the game, and was published by 1C Company, released on September 9, 2021, on Steam.[12][13]

Voice acting

Niosi started voice acting on Newgrounds, but would soon move up to get his first ever professional voice-over job playing the role of Khoury and others in Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles after meeting voice director Tom Wayland. Wayland was later removed from the Pokémon dub after a rape accusation.[14]

In 2014, he began voicing several anime characters, such as Yujiro Hattori in Bakuman, Taira in Queen's Blade Rebellion, and Dezel in Tales of Zestiria. In 2016, Niosi voiced Arataka Reigen from Mob Psycho 100.[15][16] In 2017, he was announced as the voice of Pegasus for the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon SuperS.[17]

In 2016, Niosi became a series regular in Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, which started airing on August 1, 2017; he voiced characters such as Nick Army, Neil, Pird, Ernesto. These roles eventually lead Niosi to join SAG-AFTRA during a union strike, and to be represented by Arlene Thornton & Associates.[18] In 2018, Niosi was cast as Therion and Mattias in Octopath Traveler.[19] In 2019, he was cast as the male version of player character Byleth in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and the mobile spin-off Fire Emblem Heroes,[20][21] but was recast following a breach of a non-disclosure agreement by Niosi prior to the game's release.[20][21]

Abuse controversies

In response to Tumblr and Twitter callout posts, on July 18, 2019, Niosi made a post on his Tumblr account confessing that he had been emotionally abusing colleagues, family and partners for over a decade. Niosi's post highlighted specific instances of abuse for which he issued public apologies.[20][22] In response to one of these incidents where Niosi violated a non-disclosure agreement by leaking his role as the male version of Byleth in the Fire Emblem series, Nintendo recast him with Zach Aguilar in Fire Emblem Heroes and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Niosi's credit was removed from Heroes as of July 25, 2019, and the distribution of the character was delayed.[20][21][23] The following day, Aguilar was also stated to have re-recorded Byleth's lines for Three Houses and would be replacing the original voiceovers in the following patch,[24] which went live on September 11, 2019.[25] Aguilar would continue to portray the character in the 2018 crossover fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, when Byleth was introduced as downloadable content.[26]

Personal life

Niosi has one brother and two sisters; one of them is former actress Alison Fanelli. Niosi was also diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.[27]

Filmography

Animation
List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2016Alpha and Omega 6: Dino DigsIanNetflix
2017–19OK K.O.! Let's Be HeroesNick Army, Pird, Ernesto, Neil, others[28]
2018Cinderella and the Secret PrinceAlex
2019Yoohoo to the RescueApoEpisode 48Netflix
2019Camp HaloheadShrunkYouTube
2022Barbie: It Takes TwoDashNetflix

Anime
List of English dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
2009Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic BattlesKhoury
2011BakumanYujiro HattoriFacebook
2015Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the SeaLord Uroko
Mobile Suit Gundam: The OriginGarma Zabi
2016Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded OrphansSavarin Canele
Tales of Zestiria the XDezel[29]
The Asterisk WarWernher
Sailor Moon SuperSPegasusPress[30]
World War BlueZelikPress[31]
2016–22Mob Psycho 100Arataka Reigen [32]
2017Terra FormarsAkari Hizamaru [33]
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto SagaSusumu Yunokawa
KakeguruiKaede Manyuda [34]
2017–18Fate/ApocryphaKarna / Lancer of Red[35]
2018Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another WorldJulius JuukuliusSeason 1[36]
Sword GaiToshio Tanabe
Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationKawaki, Magire KakureminoEpisode 1
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and MasotanShirota[37]
Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDRomero Pal[38]
Saint Seiya: The Lost CanvasAquarius Degel, Pakia[39]
2018–19Hunter x HunterShaiapouf
Hero MaskHarry CreightonNetflix
2019Dragon Ball SuperZircor[40]
Sword Art Online: AlicizationVolo[41]
Isekai QuartetJulius Juukulius[42]
Fairy TailRung[43]
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.Hiroshi SatouNetflix
2021Dr. StoneTetsuya Kinomoto[44]
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural InvestigationHirata Zansetsu[45]
King's Raid: Successors of the WillZiero[46]
2022In the Land of LeadaleSkargo[47]
Love of KillGeorge[48]
2023The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern WarTalion Drake[49]

Film dubbing
List of English dubbing performances in direct-to-video, feature and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2014Patema InvertedLagos
2017Napping PrincessMorio Sawatari
2018Godzilla: Planet of the MonstersHaruo Sakaki
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
2019Godzilla: The Planet Eater

Video games
List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2010–13Jisei seriesMikolaj Gurski[50]
2011The EDUGameVariousAlso animatorPress,[7] website[51]
2012Skullgirls—AnimatorWebsite[52][53][54]
Dust: An Elysian TailMoonblood Soldiers
PrimordiaOswald Factorbuilt, 187
ResonanceOzzy, Officer Johnson[29]
2014SmiteK-9 Anubis, Riftshaker Janus, Captain Quick Mercury, Glub Glub Geb
2015Disgaea 5Void Dark[29]
Sick BricksBucky Blastoff, Perfectimus Supreme, Manely Chesthair, Scuttle Bot, Young Deevy, Rusted Stumbler, Stealth Shade, Breaki Smashisan, Knight Rat, Protector Servo[55]
BlackholeNejfakeAlso voice director[56]
Tales of ZestiriaDezel[29]
2017A Hat in Time—Animator and voice directorWebsite[57]
Friday the 13th: The GameTommy Jarvis[58]
2018Octopath TravelerTherion[29][59]
Sprint Vector—Voice director
Creed: Rise to Glory—Voice director[60]
MapleStory 2Lennon, Rolling Thunder, Bobby, Jorge, Springer, Kakalp, MK 52, 50 Meso[61][62][63]
2019Combat CoreZetto[64]
Battlewake—Voice director
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG Alex Eggleston [65]
Death end re;Quest Arata Mizunashi [66]
Fire Emblem: Three Houses Byleth (male) Version 1.0.1 and earlier; replaced with Zach Aguilar from version 1.0.2 onward [20][21]
2020Final Fantasy VII RemakeAdditional voicesEnglish version[67]
The Walking Dead Onslaught—Voice director
2021 Terrain of Magical ExpertiseAdditional voicesAlso creator, animator, voice director
2022Monster Hunter RiseBlack Hell Hunter, Pingarh the Sailor, Calgo the ResearcherEnglish version[68]
River City Girls 2Ryuji & Ryuichi

Notes

    References
    1. Niosi, Christopher (December 31, 2016). "Kirb's Birthday/New Years Commission Stream!". Retrieved August 20, 2018 – via YouTube.
    2. "Mob Psycho 100's English Dub Stars Kyle McCarley, Chris Niosi – News". Anime News Network. December 9, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
    3. Dar, Taimur (November 28, 2017). "Anime NYC Interview: Fighting for Love and Justice – Talking with the "Sailor Moon" English Voice Cast". Comics Beat.
    4. "English Voice Actors and Cast – Octopath Traveler". Shacknews.
    5. "Blogger: User Profile: Chris "Kirbopher" Niosi". www.blogger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
    6. "Game of the Year: Newgrounds". Geek.com. May 16, 2017. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
    7. Oliver, Amy, ed. (December 2013). "Long Island born animation artist Chris Niosi". Aces. Long Island. p. 15 – via Calameo.
    8. Niosi, Chris [@kirbopher] (October 10, 2014). "#FF The TOME production crew! @JanAnimations @LivingTombstone @Heilos @foolishdude @blizooka @KajmasterKajet" (Tweet). Retrieved August 20, 2018 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    9. Niosi, Christopher (October 7, 2014). "TOME Episode 12: Secret of the Netkings by Chris Niosi". Retrieved August 20, 2018 – via YouTube.
    10. Niosi, Christopher (November 11, 2011). "TOME Episode 1: You've Gotta Virus by Chris Niosi".
    11. "'Terrain Of Magical Expertise' Kickstarter Funded In 48 Hours; Stretch Goals Revealed". International Business Times. October 4, 2017.
    12. ""1C Entertainment announces 2D Turn-Based RPG Terrain of Magical Expertise" - Games Press". www.gamespress.com.
    13. @TOMERPG (2 September 2021). "The "Terrain of Magical Expertise" RPG launches...on September 9th, 2021. This and more announcements in our newes…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    14. Niosi, Christopher (May 10, 2014). "My experience in Voiceover – Kirblog 5/10/14". Youtube. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
    15. "ComicsVerse talks to Kyle McCarley and Chris Niosi about Mob Psycho 100 at Anime NYC 2017". ComicsVerse. December 26, 2017.
    16. "Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Announced". ComicsVerse. March 19, 2018.
    17. "Otakon welcomes animation artist, creator, & voice actor CHRIS NIOSI – News & Announcements". Otakon Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
    18. "Welcome to Arlene Thornton Agency". Arlenethornton.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
    19. "English Voice Actors and Cast – Octopath Traveler". Shacknews. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
    20. Theriault, Donald (July 26, 2019). "Voice Actor Of Fire Emblem Three Houses Male Avatar Recast". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
    21. Khan, Imran (July 26, 2019). "Nintendo Replaces Fire Emblem Three Houses Protagonist Voice Actor Amid Sexual Assault Allegations". Game Informer.
    22. McFerren, Damian (July 26, 2019). "Fire Emblem Voice Actor Gets Credit Removed Following Admissions Of Abuse". Nintendo Life. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
    23. Shanley, Patrick (July 29, 2019). "Nintendo to Replace 'Fire Emblem' Star Following Abuse Allegations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
    24. "Voice Actor Of Fire Emblem Three Houses Male Avatar Recast - News". Nintendo World Report.
    25. "Fire Emblem: Three Houses Update Replaces Byleth's Male Voice Actor". Nintendo Life. September 11, 2019.
    26. Doolan, Liam (January 17, 2020). "Fire Emblem's Byleth Will Be Voiced By Zack Aguilar In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
    27. Little Kuriboh (December 7, 2015). "We're Still Here #34 – Chris Niosi – Storytelling/Being a Good Person". Retrieved September 24, 2018 – via YouTube.
    28. Cartoon Network Tumblrs:
    29. "Christopher Niosi (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 17, 2018. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
    30. "Announcement: Chris Niosi (@kirbopher) will voice Pegasus in the English dub of #SailorMoon SuperS! #SDCC2017 #MoonPanelpic.twitter.com/l9gv76JHVc". July 22, 2017.
    31. "Media Blasters Reveals English Dub Cast for World War Blue Anime". November 19, 2016.
    32. "Mob Psycho 100 English Dub Premiere + Cast Announcement". Funimation Blog. December 9, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
    33. "Viz Media Reveals English Dub Cast for Terraformars Anime". July 1, 2017.
    34. Niosi, Chris (February 1, 2018). "I'm happy to announce that I play DAaaark Magician in Attack Mode!! #Kakegurui". @Kirbopher. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
    35. Niosi, Chris [@Kirbopher] (November 7, 2017). "I'm Karna, Lancer of Red on the English dub of "Fate/Apocrypha". Episodes 1-12 are now on Netflix! Happy to be a small part of the legacy!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2020 – via Twitter.
    36. Niosi, Chris [@Kirbopher] (June 20, 2018). "Prepare for Trouble and Make it Double I'm this guy in Re:Zero go watch it I GUESS IF YOU WAAANT thanks for the fun @Casonworld <3" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2020 – via Twitter.
    37. "Hear Me in Food Fantasy, Octopath Traveler, Dragon Pilot & Osomatsu!". September 29, 2018 – via YouTube.
    38. "New Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny English Dub Reveals More Cast". October 16, 2017 – via YouTube.
    39. Niosi, Chris (September 5, 2018). "Just got the go-ahead to finally confirm: I voice "Aquarius Degel" and "Pakia" on the English dub of Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, now streaming on Netflix! Go check it out!!".
    40. Niosi, Chris (March 24, 2019). "Last night, a small dream of mine came true. I had the incredible honor of getting to cameo on Dragon Ball Super, voicing one of the fighters from Universe 10, "Zircor". Massively thankful I got to be a tiny part of one of my favorite childhood shows".
    41. Caitlin (April 2, 2019). "These two episodes who voices them from Sword Art Online Season 3". @Kitsunes96. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
    42. Niosi, Chris [@Kirbopher] (July 3, 2019). "'Eyyy, this douchebag makes an appearance in Isekai Quartet! Big props to @InmanJeremy for bringing back the casts of Re:Zero & Konosuba for this cute show. T'was a pleasure! (Now streaming on both @Crunchyroll & @FUNimation!) crunchyroll.com/isekai-quartet/episode-11-work-together-field-day-783533 funimation.com/shows/isekai-quartet/work-together-field-day/" (Tweet). Retrieved September 21, 2020 – via Twitter.
    43. Phillips, Kyle (July 8, 2019). "#FairyTail #SimulDub ep 313 is a special one! Irene tells her backstory, including where she got the name Belserion (a dragon by that name, voiced by #PhilParsons). We also meet Erza's father, General Rung, voiced by special guest @Kirbopher!". @KylePhillipsFUN. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
    44. Niosi, Chris [@Kirbopher] (June 4, 2021). ""I GOT DEADLIIIIINES!!" That's me as Tetsuya the Manga Artist in the season 2 finale of Dr. Stone, streaming now on @Funimation. Incredibly grateful to be a small part of the Kingdom of Science. Thanks so much, @CliffordChapin <3" (Tweet). Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
    45. "Working on some New Anime! - Kirblog 12/11/21". YouTube. December 11, 2021.
    46. "Working on some New Anime! - Kirblog 12/11/21". YouTube. December 11, 2021.
    47. Mateo, Alex (February 15, 2022). "Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Premieres, Casts for Orient, In the Land of Leadale, Love of Kill, More Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
    48. Niosi, Chris [@Kirbopher] (April 30, 2022). "Almost forgot this one! I voiced the nice ol' drunkard "George" and a couple other dudes (including THE DOG) in the recent couple epsidoes of Love of Kill! Fun times <3 @ryancoltlevy @erin_yvette @KaijiTang" (Tweet). Retrieved April 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
    49. Dempsey, Liam (January 18, 2023). "The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
    50. "Jisei: A supernatural murder mystery visual novel by sakevisual". Sakevisual.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
    51. The EduGame! - Chris Niosi, 2018
    52. Reverge Labs. Skullgirls. Marvelous. Scene: Closing credits, 1m2s, Animation Contractor.
    53. Niosi, Chris (2012). "Kirb's Rumblin' N Tumblin'". Retrieved August 20, 2018 – via Tumblr. Ms. Fortune's Dashing Heavy Punch. I'm remembering now that the Crouching Block was the first bit of animation I did for Ms. Fortune and this move was the last bit I worked on before moving to Painwheel. This WAS the first time I witnessed how um…bloody, her moves can be. When her first gameplay video came out, I was shocked!
    54. Niosi, Chris (2012). "Tumblr post". Retrieved August 20, 2018 – via Tumblr. Here it is, everyone's favorite (and mine)! The rough animation for Ms. Fortune's victory. Ms. Fortune's the toughest opponent in the game, but I can never be mad when I lose to her, because she always congratulates herself as displayed.
    55. Niosi, Chris (April 29, 2015). "I voice a TON of characters on @sickbricks! First time I've had toys of any characters I've voiced. Nice. ;]".
    56. "BEST QUALITY VOICE ACTING". February 27, 2015.
    57. Gears for Breakfast. A Hat In Time. Gears for Breakfast. Scene: Closing credits, 1m3s in.
    58. Niosi, Chris (April 4, 2018). "Wow, so uh...I completely forgot to announce this because I didn't know when it was officially released: I got to voice Tommy Jarvis in the Friday the 13th game DLC! Here's some of the clips!".
    59. Tucker, Kevin (July 13, 2018). "English Voice Actors and Cast – Octopath Traveler". Shacknews.
    60. Niosi, Chris (September 25, 2018). "I had the esteemed pleasure of getting to voice direct this game...and yes, I did indeed get to work with th man himself, MBJ. Huge honor".
    61. Niosi, Chris (October 23, 2018). "Hey I forgot to mention, I voice a bunch of characters in Maplestory 2! @PlayMaple2 – You can hear me as "Lennon", "Rolling Thunder" and about 7 other dudes! If you're playing, lemme know if you find any clips of me voice!pic.twitter.com/1abOAThYmM".
    62. Niosi, Chris (October 26, 2018). "Found a few more of the MapleStory 2 characters I voiced! I'm dungeon bosses "Springer", "Kakalp" and "MK 52"! Defeat 'em all, if you dare!! @PlayMaple2pic.twitter.com/FDxNWkReoF".
    63. Niosi, Chris (October 26, 2018). "...yup, I'm definitely this guy too. Here's a clip of me being the whitest street rapper ever "50 Meso" in MapleStory 2. Chikachiakaaa~".
    64. "Play as Zetto & Kizuna from TOME in "Combat Core" now on Nintendo Switch!". January 10, 2019 – via YouTube.
    65. Niosi, Chris (January 17, 2019). ""YIIK: A Postmodern RPG" is now available for Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4 and Steam! I had the great pleasure of voicing the lead character, Alex Eggleston. I'm super proud of my work on it- please pick up this incredibly creative and visionary game!!".
    66. Niosi, Chris (February 19, 2019). ""You can hear me as Arata Mizunashi on "Death end re;Quest" on PS4. Yes, I voice another game dev trying to save his friend from getting killed in a virtual reality MMORPG he helped create. Stop me if you've heard that one before".
    67. Square Enix Business Division 1 (April 10, 2020). Final Fantasy VII Remake (PlayStation 4). Square Enix. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    68. Niosi, Chris (June 30, 2022). ""OUT NOW, you can hear me as the voice of the Black Hell Hunter, Pingarh the Sailor and other characters in the MONSTER HUNTER RISE: "SUNBREAK" DLC!! Tons of fun. Thank you @ValerieArem @pcbproductions & @CapcomUSA_ for the great time recording on this <3".
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