Chris Niosi

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Chris Niosi
Born Christopher Edwin Niosi
(1988-12-31) December 31, 1988 (age 35)
Northport, New York, U.S.
Other names Kirbopher
Alma mater School of Visual Arts
Occupation Animator, producer, voice actor
Years active 2004–present
Relatives Alison Fanelli (sister)

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

His voice-work includes Arataka Reigen in Mob Psycho 100,[2] Dezel in Tales of Zestiria, 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] 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.

Career

Animation

Niosi began making numerous animations for Newgrounds under the name "Kirbopher" in 2004, mostly making Nintendo-based parodies.[5] His first professional animation job was for Eduware providing character design, animation and voices.[6] He has also worked as an animator for the video games A Hat in Time, Skullgirls and Cryamore.[6]

Terrain of Magical Expertise

Niosi is the co-creator of the project Terrain of Magical Expertise, also known as TOME, alongside artist Mike Luckas.[6] 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.[7][8] TOME was first released on Newgrounds on November 11, 2011,[9] 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.[10] 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.

Voice acting

Niosi started his first professional voice-over job playing the role of Khoury and others in Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles after meeting voice director Tom Wayland.[11]

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.[12][13] In 2017, he was announced as the voice of Pegasus for the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon SuperS.[14]

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 be represented by Arlene Thornton & Associates.[15] In 2018, Niosi was cast as Therion and Mattias in Octopath Traveler.[16] 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,[17][18] but was recast following a breach of a non-disclosure agreement by Niosi prior to the game's release.[17][18]

Abuse controversies

In response to Tumblr and Twitter callout posts, on July 18, 2019, Niosi made a post on his Tumblr account revealing 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.[17][19] In response to one of these incidents where Niosi violated a non-disclosure agreement about his role as the male version of Byleth in the Fire Emblem series while bragging to his ex-partner Liz Losey, 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.[17][18][20] The following day, Aguilar was also stated to re-record Byleth's lines for Three Houses and would be replacing the original voiceovers in the following patch,[21] which went live on September 11, 2019.[22] Aguilar would continue to portray the character in the 2018 crossover fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.[23]

Personal life

Niosi has one brother and two sisters; one of them is former actress Alison Fanelli. Niosi was also diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.[24]

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2011[lower-alpha 1]–15 TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise Kirbopher / Zetto Also creator, animator and writer [25][26]
2017–19 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Nick Army, Pird, Ernesto, Neil, others [27]

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
2009 Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles Khoury
2011 Bakuman Yujiro Hattori Facebook
2015 Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea Lord Uroko
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Garma Zabi
2016 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Savarin Canele
Tales of Zestiria the X Dezel [28]
The Asterisk War Wernher
Sailor Moon SuperS Pegasus Press[29]
Mob Psycho 100 Arataka Reigen [30]
2017 Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Susumu Yunokawa
Kakegurui Kaede Manyuda [31]
2017–18 Fate/Apocrypha Karna / Lancer of Red [32]
2018 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Julius Juukulius [33]
Hunter x Hunter Shaiapouf [34]
Mr. Osomatsu Choromatsu [35]
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan Shirota [36]
2019 Dragon Ball Super Zircor [37]
Sword Art Online: Alicization Volo [38]
2019–present Isekai Quartet Julius Juukulius [39]
2019 Fairy Tail Rung [40]

Film dubbing

List of English dubbing performances in direct-to-video, feature and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2014 Patema Inverted Lagos
2017 Napping Princess Morio Sawatari
2018 Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters Haruo Sakaki
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
2019 Godzilla: The Planet Eater

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2010–13 Jisei series Mikolaj Gurski [41]
2011 The EDUGame Various Also animator Press,[6] website[42]
2012 Skullgirls N/A Animator Website[43][44][45]
Dust: An Elysian Tail Moonblood Soldiers
2014 Smite K-9 Anubis, Riftshaker Janus, Captain Quick Mercury
2017 A Hat in Time N/A Animator and voice director Website[46]
2018 Octopath Traveler Therion, Mattias [47]
Creed: Rise to Glory N/A Voice director [48]
MapleStory 2 Lennon, Rolling Thunder, Bobby, Jorge, Springer, Kakalp, MK 52, 50 Meso [49][50][51]
2019 Combat Core Zetto [52]
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG Alex Eggleston [53]
Death end re;Quest Arata Mizunashi [54]
Fire Emblem: Three Houses Byleth (male) Version 1.0.1 and earlier; replaced with Zach Aguilar from version 1.0.2 onward [17][18]
2020 Final Fantasy VII Remake Additional voices English version [55]

Notes

  1. ↑ Release date on YouTube

References

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