Illich Guardiola

Illich Auyapah Guardiola (born July 5, 1972) is a former Honduran-born American voice actor who provided voice roles for Japanese anime. He has worked for ADV Films, FUNimation, and Seraphim Digital, and as a stage actor and director in the Houston theatre community. Some of his major anime roles include Kanba Takakura in Mawaru Penguindrum, Arawn in Tears to Tiara, Nimi in From the New World, Suguru Omi in the Hiro no Kakera series, and Yusuke Yoshino from the Clannad series.

Arrest
In April 2014, he was pulled over by Spring Branch Police and was found to have one of his 16-year-old students, Hope Harris, with him, who told investigator they were in a sexual relationship. Guardiola was subsequently arrested on May 8 and charged with sexual assault of a child. However, at the end of April, Guardiola and the teen traveled to Las Vegas and were married in the presence of the teen's mother. On September 5, 2014, the charges were dismissed.

Anime

 * Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982-1983) - Kamjin Kravshera
 * Aura Battler Dunbine (1983-1984) - Additional Voices
 * Saint Seiya (1986-1989) - Pegasus Seiya, Black Pegasus
 * Those Who Hunt Elves (1996-1997) - Villager (ep. 19), Wolf Hunter (ep. 19) , Frisker Chairman (ep. 20)
 * Cyber Team in Akihabara (1998) - Additional Voices
 * Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (1998-1999) - Killing Doll (eps. 9-10), Sentry (ep. 13) , Townspeople (ep. 14)
 * A.D. Police (1999) - Paul Sanders
 * Excel Saga (1999-2000) - Nanbara (ep. 5), Bandmember C (eps. 21, 26) , Kodachu (ep. 22) , Mutant (ep. 23) , Additional Voices
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Ghin (FUNimation Dub)
 * Ghost Stories (2000-2001) - Reiichirou Miyanoshita
 * Noir (2001) - Burke (ep. 4), Guerrilla (ep. 7) , Additional Voices
 * Full Metal Panic! (2002) - Zaied, Additional Voices
 * Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (2002) - Music Club Leader (ep. 11), Additional Voices
 * D.N.Angel (2003) - Krad
 * Kaleido Star (2003-2004) - Yuri Killian
 * Kino's Journey (2003) - Trader B (ep. 2), The Author (ep. 9)
 * Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (2003) - Ryusuke Yamino, Additional Voices
 * Gantz (2004) - Masaru Katō
 * Kurau: Phantom Memory (2004) - Wong Shun Yee
 * Madlax (2004) - Luciano (ep. 9)
 * Samurai Gun (2004) - Ichimatsu
 * Air Gear (2006) - Kaito Wanijima
 * Innocent Venus (2006) - Toraji Shiba
 * Kiba (2006-2007) - Ginga, Zymotan Soldier (ep. 10), Additional Voices
 * Clannad (2007-2008) - Yusuke Yoshino
 * Devil May Cry: The Animated Series (2007) - Brad (ep. 3)
 * Ghost Hound (2007-2008) - Masato Kaibara, Tashiro (ep. 1)
 * Guin Saga (2009) - Duke Bek (eps. 15-26), Junas
 * High School of the Dead (2010) - Kōichi Shido
 * Another (2012) - Katsumi Matsunaga

OVAs & Specials

 * Megazone 23 - Part I (1985) - Shinji Nakagawa (ADV Dub)
 * Megazone 23 - Part III (1989) - Yacob Halm (ADV Dub)

Anime Films

 * Appleseed: Ex Machina (2008) - Tereus
 * Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) - Gaia Legion Member

Trivia

 * Due to Guardiola's arrest and subsequent firing from Funimation and Sentai Filmworks, some of his roles were recast:
 * Ian Sinclair replaced him as Gojyo and Kenren in Saiyuki Reload Blast and as Keno in Hakkenden Touhou Hakken Ibun.
 * David Matranga replaced him as Gin in One Piece.