Connor Marc Colquhoun (/kəˈhuːn/ kə-HOON;[4] born 26 July 1996), known online as CDawgVA, is a Welsh Twitch streamer, YouTuber, voice actor, and podcaster based in Tokyo. He is affiliated with the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus.
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 Colquhoun in 2023 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Connor Marc Colquhoun 26 July 1996[1] Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales | |||||||||
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| Organization | GeeXPlus | |||||||||
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| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Followers | 1.22 million [2] | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3.15 million[3] | |||||||||
| Total views | 431 million[3] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 27 April 2024 | ||||||||||
Career
Colquhoun created his YouTube channel CDawgVA in February 2014.[5] 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.[6]
In November 2019, Colquhoun moved to Tokyo to begin working as an influencer for the Kadokawa-backed agency GeeXPlus.[7] The effort was to help promote/introduce anime and Japanese culture to the rest of the world through his content.[7] In February 2020, Colquhoun joined 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.[8][9] The first episode was released on 5 June 2020, all episodes are available on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes.[10]
In both 2020 and 2021, Colquhoun was a presenter at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.[11][12] In August 2020, Colquhoun participated in a livestreamed chess tournament called Tournament Arc, hosted by Chess.com for anime YouTubers.[13] In the finals, Colquhoun lost against fellow Trash Taste host Garnt Maneetapho.[14] In July 2021's sequel championship, Tournament Arc 2, Colquhoun finished in fourth place overall.[15]
On 11 December 2022, Colquhoun participated in a surprise chess-slap match with Ludwig Ahgren at the Mogul Chessboxing Championship, held at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, United States.[16][17] On 1 March 2023, Colquhoun announced that he would be exclusively streaming on Twitch after signing an agreement with the livestreaming service.[18] In 2023, Colquhoun participated and won PogChamps 5.[19]
Videos
Many of Colquhoun's videos feature him cosplaying and role-playing, with roles ranging from hosts, butlers, pole dancers, and visual kei musicians.[20][21] His YouTube channel gained popularity due to his anime-related content, with his favorite being JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.[22]
Charity work
In 2022, Colquhoun and Chris Broad participated in an eight-day, 750 km (470 mi) 'cyclethon' across Hokkaido to raise funds for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF). The cycle was streamed live on Twitch and raised over $310,000 USD.[23] The event was later nominated for, and won, the category of Best Philanthropic Stream Event at the 2023 Streamer Awards.[24] In 2023, Colquhoun and Broad followed-up with cyclethon 2.0 across Kyushu. The nine-day, 900 km (560 mi) bike ride from Fukuoka to Kitakyushu, via the perimeter of Kyushu island, raised over $555,000 USD for the IDF.[25][26] Later that year, Colquhoun was the auctioneer of a charity auction at the Biltmore Los Angeles. The auction featured unique items from various Twitch and YouTube streamers, raising over $329,000 USD.[27] In 2024, Colquhoun and Broad did cyclethon 3.0 from Yamaguchi to Tokyo. The fourteen-day, 1,000 km (620 mi) bike ride included guest cyclists Garnt Maneetapho, Felix Kjellberg, Peter Macy, and Natsuki Aso; raising over $1 million USD for the IDF.[28][29]
Filmography
- Anime
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 2021 | Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles | Reiss Vulfe | [30] | |
| 2022 | Tribe Nine | Monkey | 1 episode | [31] |
- Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 2015 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | African Soldier | Special thanks | [32] |
| 2020 | Popup Dungeon | Kraken Up, Mercenary, Rumor, Brevik, Zinfandel | [33] | |
| 2021 | Earth Defense Force: World Brothers | The Royal Guard | ||
| TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise | Asterologist | [34] | ||
| 2022 | Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 | Dacite | [35] | |
| 2023 | Omega Strikers | Rasmus | [36] | |
| 2023 | Honkai: Star Rail | Peak |
- Other voiced works
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 2012 | Dragon Ball Z Abridged | Gashew, Spice | ||
| 2015 | Hunter x Hunter Abridged | Satotz | ||
| Hyrule Warriors: The Movie | Volga | |||
| 2016 | Hellsing Ultimate Abridged | Headmaster/Freud | ||
| One Minute Melee | Kenpachi Zaraki, J.A.R.V.I.S. | |||
| Chronexia and the Eight Seals | Burly Guy | 1 episode | ||
| 2017 | Did You Know Anime? | Narrator/Himself | ||
| 2019 | The Weeklings | Pie Day | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | BornWild • Versus | Narrator, Lieutenant-General Gregson-Mitchell | [37] | |
| 2021 | Last of the Grads | Coast to Coast Killer (voice) | Uncredited | |
| 2022 | GODSLAP | Defister |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2023 | The Streamer Awards | Best Philanthropic Stream Event (500 Mile Cyclethon) | Won | [38] |
| Best Variety Streamer | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Best Streamed Event (The CDawgVA Charity Auction) | Nominated | [39] | |
| Best Variety Streamer | Nominated |
References
External links
Media related to CDawgVA at Wikimedia Commons- CDawgVA at IMDb
- CDawgVA at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
