CDawgVA
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| Born | Connor Marc Colquhoun 26 July 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Welsh | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Vlog | |||||||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.34 million | |||||||||||||||||
| Total views | 238 million | |||||||||||||||||
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Connor Marc Colquhoun (born 26 July 1996), known online as CDawgVA, is a Welsh, Tokyo-based YouTuber and voice actor. He is affiliated with the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus.
Career[]
YouTube[]
Many of Colquhoun's videos feature him cosplaying, role-playing, with roles ranging from hosts, butlers, pole dancers, and visual kei musicians.[1][2] His Youtube channel gained popularity because of his attention to anime, with his favorite being JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.[3]
In November 2019, Colquhoun moved to northwestern Tokyo, Japan to begin working as an influencer for the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus. The effort was to help promote/introduce anime and Japanese culture to the rest of the world through his content.[4] In February 2020, Colquhoun joined alongside with Joey Bizinger (The Anime Man) and Garnt Maneetapho (Gigguk) in creating and hosting a weekly podcast called Trash Taste, where they discuss anime, manga, otaku culture, and their experiences while living in Japan.[5][6] The first episode came out on 5 June 2020 and it, and all episodes since, are available on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes.[7] The series, along with other collaborations with YouTubers based in Japan, have greatly expanded Colquhoun's subscriber count; reaching one million subscribers in six years on 9 February 2020, it doubled to two million on 23 March 2021.[8] In October 2020, Colquhoun created his second channel, ConnorDawg, which features mostly streaming highlights and gaming content from his Twitch channel. In June 2021, Colquhoun and Chris Broad (Abroad in Japan) began a new YouTube series called Chris & Connor's Wacky Weekend; the show alternates monthly between CDawgVA and Abroad in Japan.[9]
Video editing is done by Toomas Lismus (Mudan) and Evan Guerrero (Evanit0).[10][11]
Voice acting[]
Colquhoun started voice acting in parallel to his YouTube career, doing mainly amateur work with a few paying gigs. When Colquhoun lived in London, he worked professionally doing corporate narrations and commercials.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Source |
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| 2012 | Dragon Ball Z Abridged | Gashew, Spice | [13] |
| 2015 | Hunter x Hunter Abridged | Satotz | [14] |
| 2015 | Hyrule Warriors: The Movie | Volga | [15] |
| 2016 | Hellsing Ultimate Abridged | Headmaster/Freud | [16] |
| 2016 | One Minute Melee | Kenpachi Zaraki, J.A.R.V.I.S. | [17][18] |
| 2016 | Chronexia and the Eight Seals | Burly Guy | [19] |
| 2017 | Did You Know Anime? | Narrator/Himself | [20] |
| 2019 | The Weeklings | Pie Day | [21] |
| 2019 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | African Soldier | [22] |
| 2020 | Popup Dungeon | Kraken Up, Mercenary, Rumor, Brevik, Zinfandel | [23] |
| 2020 | Dragon and Weed: Origins | Narrator, Lieutenant-General Gregson-Mitchell | [24] |
| 2021 | Earth Defense Force: World Brothers | The Royal Guard | [25] |
| 2021 | TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise | Asterologist | [26] |
Appearances in other media[]
Aside from YouTube, Colquhoun also livestreams on Twitch and has appeared in the series Netflix Anime.[27][28] In both 2020 and 2021, Colquhoun was presenter at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.[29][30]
In August 2020 Colquhoun participated in a tournament hosted by Chess.com for anime Youtubers.[31] The tournament, called the Tournament Arc, was streamed on Twitch. Colquhoun made his way to the finals where he, the self-described antagonist of the arc, lost against fellow Trash Taste host Garnt Maneetapho.[32] In July 2021, Colquhoun is one of eight participants in "Tournament Arc 2," hosted again by Chess.com.[33]
References[]
- ^ "CDawgVA: YouTube's Best Worst Cosplayer". Cosplay Central. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ NBT (19 February 2021). "Interview with CDawgVA: Becoming a visual kei star with help of ACME". JRock News. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "RECS: Top 30 Anime of All Time According to CDawgVA". Crunchyroll. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Kelts, Roland (3 February 2020). "GeeXPlus brings anime YouTubers to Japan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Live 'Podcast' Event: Trash Taste: Japan-based YouTubers" (Press release). Tokyo, Japan: Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ 日本外国特派員協会 オフィシャルサイトFCCJchannel (17 June 2021). Live 'Podcast' Event: Trash Taste: Japan-based YouTubers. YouTube. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ St. Michel, Patrick (9 February 2021). "New trends in 'J-vlogging' allow for a more diverse range of views on Japan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "CDawgVA YouTube Channel Analystics and Report - NoxInfluencer". Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Broad, Chris [@AbroadInJapan] (23 June 2021). "It's a disgrace that one of the most cinematically impressive scenes I've ever shot contains Connor. Our new monthly series alternates between channels, starting tonight on @CDawgVA & next up on Abroad in Japan in July!