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Michael Kovach | |
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Born | Michael James Kovach June 17, 1995[1][2] Youngstown, Ohio, United States[2] |
Other names | KoVox |
Occupation |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Website | http://kovox.net/ |
Michael James Kovach[a] (born June 17, 1995)[1][2] is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Angel Dust in the Hazbin Hotel pilot, Jax in The Amazing Digital Circus, N in Murder Drones, and Rocky Rickaby in the Lackadaisy pilot and web series.
Career
[edit]Kovach has lent his voice to a multitude of projects, most specifically, web animation, video games and anime.
Web Animation
[edit]In 2019, he voiced the character of Angel Dust in Hazbin Hotel and would do so until his departure from the role in December 2021.[3] He would go on to voice Serial Designation N from the Glitch Productions animated series Murder Drones,[4] Rocky Rickaby from the animated adaptation of Lackadaisy,[5] and most recently, Jax from The Amazing Digital Circus.[6]
Anime
[edit]His first role in anime would be as Bunny in Akudama Drive.[7] He would then be hired to voice a bunch of other anime, like Dragon Goes House-Hunting, The Prince of Tennis II,[8] Amaim Warrior at the Borderline,[9] Love Com,[10], and Reborn!.[11]
Interactive
[edit]In 2014, he lent his voice to various visual novels. In 2020, he announced that he was the voice of Fantoccio in Billie Bust Up.[12] In 2021, he voiced Skeight in the video game adaptation of Chris Niosi's web series TOME. In 2022, he voiced Tsukuyomi's Bioslicer skin in Smite and Graff, R.J., and Guard in BROK the InvestiGator.[13]
Personal life
[edit]He was obsessed with Mickey Mouse in middle school, and wanted to learn how to do his voice. Eventually he made friends in the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom that were also interested in voice acting, and they introduced him to a voice acting site, and made lots of friends that helped him learn and improve.[14] Kovach identifies as a heteroromantic asexual, and is currently in a relationship with cleanup animator Ashley Nichols, whom he met while working on Hazbin Hotel.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | Flying Phantom Ship | Corporate Henchman C | |
2023 | Lackadaisy | Rocky Rickaby |
Web Animation
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Danganwrestling | Monokuma, Goldust, Paul Heyman | |
2017 | Spiacy | Zag | [15] |
2 Ants 1 President | Supervisor 3, Android 02 | ||
2019 | Hazbin Hotel | Angel Dust | [3][13] |
2019-2023 | Death Battle | Asta, Goku, Goku Black, Shazam | |
2021 | Molly's Future Mishaps | Elysia | |
The Blightress | Direcalf | [16] | |
The Darly Boxman Show | Darly Boxman | [17] | |
2021-2023 | ZAminations | Funtime Freddy, Bon Bon | |
2021-present | Murder Drones | N, Reid, Braidon | [4] |
2021-2022 | SMG4 | Niles, SMG0 | [18] |
2023-present | Lackadaisy | Rocky Rickaby | [5] |
The Amazing Digital Circus | Jax | [6] | |
TBA | Circus of Wishes | Percy | [19] |
Skobeloff Forest | Bonesaw | [20] | |
Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy | Davin | [21] |
Anime
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Akudama Drive | Bunny | [7] |
2021 | Dragon Goes House-Hunting | Letty | |
2021-2022 | The Prince of Tennis | Kanata Irie | [8][13] |
2022 | Amaim Warrior at the Borderline | Nayuta | [9][13] |
Kingdom | Zhang Yin, Jin Ren | ||
2023 | Caressing My Hibernating Bear | Airi | |
2024 | Love Com | Additional voices | [10] |
Reborn! | Nosaru | [11] |
Video Games
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Smite | Bioslicer Tsukuyomi | [13] |
2019 | World War Z | Cutter | |
2021 | Cris Tales | Azufra | [13] |
TOME | Skeight | ||
Poppy Playtime | Rich, Scientist | ||
2022 | BROK the InvestiGator | Graff, R.J., Guard | [13] |
Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard | Raccoon | ||
2023 | Solitude: Subject Placement | Chairman Gladen | |
TBA | Billie Bust Up | Fantoccio | [12] |
Visual Novels
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Burn Your Fat with Me! For Girls! | Shinobu Kujyo | |
2016 | Seduce Me 2: The Demon War | ||
Highway Blossoms | Gramps | ||
2017 | Wander No More | Samurai 2 | |
Embers of Magic | Babby Harpy | ||
XOXO Droplets | Nurse Lynn | ||
2019 | Blush Blush | Eli, Ichiban | |
2020 | The Divine Speaker | Illran | |
2022 | Hush Hush | Eli | |
2023 | Komorebi | Taylor | |
TBA | Kiss/OFF | Xargazorg |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kovach, Michael (Jun 17, 2021). "I tried liking as many happy birthday posts / replies as possible but Twitter literally won't load the rest of them, or let me like them anymore??? LOL Needless to say thank you SO MUCH EVERYONE for all the birthday wishes and art. Much love!!". Twitter.
- ^ a b c "Michael KOVACH". www.animenewsnetwork.com.
- ^ a b Naushad, Abdul Azim (24 January 2024). "Hazbin Hotel Controversy Explained: Why Were Actors Replaced & Who Replaced Them?". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ a b "Murder Drones was an indie series that was worth the watch". The Central Trend. September 15, 2023.
- ^ a b "The Iron Circus animated LACKADAISY movie is here". Comics Beat. 30 March 2023.
- ^ a b "THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS is a jaw-dropping dark comedy". The Beat. October 25, 2023.
- ^ a b Friedman, Nicholas (December 2, 2020). "Squad Up! Akudama Drive English Dub Officially Announced, Cast Revealed". Funimation. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Crunchyroll Reveals The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Anime's English Dub Premiere, Cast". Anime News Network. July 20, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ a b "Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Premieres, Casts for Aoashi, AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline Anime". Anime News Network. 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ a b Pineda, Rafael (October 17, 2023). "Discotek Licenses Lovely Complex With New English Dub, Nanoha, Belladonna of Sadness, Chie the Brat, Rainbow, IGPX, More". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Discotek Licenses 1997 Berserk Anime, Urusei Yatsura OVAs, Mazinkaiser, More". January 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Kovach, Michael [@kovox] (November 5, 2020). "Please check out the Kickstarter for @BillieBustUp that JUST NOW launched - I voice the spectacular wooden puppet boi Fantoccio in this game!!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Michael Kovach (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 10, 2024. 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.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Kovach, Michael (December 4, 2019). "I was obsessed with Mickey Mouse in middle school, and wanted to learn how to do his voice. Eventually I made friends in the Sonic fandom that were also interested in voice acting, they introduced me to a VA site, and I made lots of VA friends that helped me learn and improve". Twitter.
- ^ "Spaicy meets Zag -「 S P a I C y 」". YouTube. 15 August 2017.
- ^ "The Blightress - Sva Thesis Film 2021". YouTube. 29 September 2021.
- ^ "The Darly Boxman Show". YouTube. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "SMG4 - Revelations Arc - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ Film, Animated [@CircusOfWishes] (July 27, 2023). "We're honored to share that the amazing @kovox has joined the cast of Circus of Wishes and is lending his incredible voice to Percy! So excited and can't wait for you to hear his performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ P., Olivia [@SkobeloffForest] (September 20, 2023). "Let's all welcome @kovox to the Skobeloff Squad! Michael will be the voice of Bonesaw!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Kovach, Michael [@kovox] (February 22, 2022). "You can hear me as Davin in the pilot for Lumi and the Great Big Galaxy! The Kickstarter is halfway toward its goal with 13 days left - let's get it funded!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
Notes
[edit]- ^ According to a stream, Kovach's middle name is James. He said how if he didn't have a middle name, he would have been Michael Kovach III.