Connor Marc Colquhoun (born 26 July 1996), known online as CDawgVA, is a Welsh YouTuber and voice actor based in Tokyo. He is affiliated with the Kadokawa-backed agency

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Career

Colquhoun created his YouTube channel CDawgVA in February 2014. Colquhoun started voice acting in parallel to his YouTube career, doing mainly amateur work with a few paying gigs. When Colquhoun lived in

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, he worked professionally doing

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s and

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. In November 2019, Colquhoun moved to

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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. 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. The first episode was released on 5 June 2020, all episodes are available on YouTube,

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, and iTunes. In both 2020 and 2021, Colquhoun was a presenter at the

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. In August 2020, Colquhoun participated in a livestreamed

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called ''Tournament Arc,'' hosted by Chess.com for anime YouTubers. In the finals, Colquhoun lost against fellow ''Trash Taste'' host Garnt Maneetapho. In July 2021's sequel championship, ''Tournament Arc 2'', Colquhoun finished in fourth place overall. On 29 August 2022, Colquhoun and Chris Broad participated in a 'cyclethon' across

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to raise funds for the Immune Deficiency Foundation. The cycle was streamed live on Twitch and was completed on 5 September 2022, raising over $310,000. On 11 December 2022, Colquhoun participated in a surprise

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match with

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at the Mogul Chessboxing Championship, held at the

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, United States.

Videos

Many of Colquhoun's videos feature him

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ing and role-playing, with roles ranging from hosts, butlers, pole dancers, and

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s. His YouTube channel gained popularity due to his anime-related content, with his favorite being ''

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''.

Filmography

;Anime ;Video games ;Other voiced works

References

External links

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