Chris Koprowski

Voice Description

Born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota (birthplace of the late Don LaFontaine), I have a standard Midwest accent that is clear, warm, articulate, smooth, confident, believable, and engaging.

Warm, grounded, and authoritative for documentaries.
Clear and engaging for e-learning.
Assertive and deep for promos and trailers.
Relaxed, natural, and friendly for commercials.
Versatile for audiobooks, videogames, characters, and ESL.

I have a wide vocal range: from light, friendly, and natural....to deep, rich, serious, gutsy, powerful and authoritative.

SaVoa No. #09034

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SaVoa

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Tokyo, Japan

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Midwest "standard" American English.

I can voice a range of characters of different ages, from teens to seniors.

I can read/narrate basic Japanese, too.

My Voice Experience

After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Duluth with majors in philosophy and psychology, I travelled to Tokyo in 1994 and taught English for several years. In that time I also started narrating English textbooks and exams for local educational publishers. With professional VO training and years of experience, I quit teaching and now do voiceover and narration full-time for a variety of clients.

TV/RADIO/WEB:
Asahi Food and Healthcare
Bionics Group
Channel J
Fourteen Golf
Fuji TV
Green TV Japan
Honda Motor Company
NHK
Mitsubishi Group
Panasonic
Sumitomo Chemical

MUSEUM AUDIO GUIDES:
Hakone Open Air Museum
INAX Tile Museum
Mitsui Memorial Museum
Mori Art Museum
Saga Prefecture Space and Science Museum
Sony Morita Museum
Suntory Museum of Art
Towada Art Center

DOCUMENTARY:
East Japan Railway Cultural Foundation
Kinokuniya Shoten
NHK
NHK Enterprises
On the Road

CORPORATE:
Akiyama International
ANA
Asahi Glass Co.
Bosch
British American Tobacco Japan
Budovideos
Casio
Coca-Cola Japan
Denso Wave
DIC Corporation
Eizo Nanao Corporation
Elpida Memory
Epson Toyocom
Fujifilm
Fullcast Technology
Hitachi Industries
Hitachi Sumitomo
Hitachi Zosen
Honda
Imation
Japan Aircraft Pilot Association
JEITA
JETRO
JICA
KAO
Kadokawa
Keio University
Kirin Group
Kito
Kuraray
Kyoto University
Kyowa Industrial Co.
Makuhari Messe
Mazda
Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum
Mitsubishi Motors
Molex Japan
Mori Seiki
MuRata
Nano Fusion Technologies
Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA)
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
National Institute of Public Health
NICT
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Nippon PMAC Co., Ltd.
Nippon Steel Corporation
NTT
NTT DoCoMo
Oak Lawn Marketing
Ochanomizu University
Okamura Corporation
Omron
Orion Breweries
Panasonic
Pentel Co., Ltd.
Riken
Sato Corporation
Sony
Sony Corporation Minokamo TEC
Sony Ericsson
Sumitomo Corporation
Taisei Corp.
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd. (TPR)
TEPCO
TERRATEC
Tetra Pak
Tohoku Ricoh
Toshiba
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
TSYS Japan
Unicharm

FINANCIAL/ANNUAL REPORTS:
ANA
Cosmos Initia
daVinci Advisors
Esai
Japan Excellent, Inc.
Marubeni
Mitsui Busan
MitsubishiTokyoUFJ Bank
NYK Group
Shinsei Bank
Skyperfect JSAT Corporation
Tokyo Gas
Tokyo Tatemono

VIDEO & ARCADE GAME/ANIMATION:
Benesse Corporation
Hunex, Inc.
Konami
SEGA
Spike
Taito

My Training

Growing up in Duluth, MN I was active in theater (musicals, school plays, community theater) along with school and church chorus (and a barbershop quartet).

I've had the great fortune of training under top VO coaches:

Marc Cashman (Cashman Commercials)

Elaine Clarke (Voice One, SF)

Don Cosgrove (The Talent Center, St. Paul, MN)

Melody Jones

Peter Rofe (PDR Voice-over coaching, Manhattan, NYC)

Edge Studio: PHASE 4 "THE ESTABLISHED PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM"

Attended VOICE 2010 in Los Angeles (The World’s Only Conference for Voice Actors)

3rd Place Winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending January 3, 2012

2nd place winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending August 5, 2011

1st place winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending June 10, 2011

1st place winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending May 20, 2011

1st place winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending April 22, 2011

2nd place winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending December 17, 2010

2nd place winner — Edge Studio Weekly Script Recording Contest Ending December 10, 2010

My Studio Equipment

All recordings are done in a treated vocal booth (with Real Traps' Mini Traps)
Computer: Mac-mini
Mics: Neumann U87ai, TLM 103, MXL VO:1A
Other gear: Speck 5.0; Golden Age 73; Avid Mbox preamps
RME ADI-2 AD/DA converter
Yamaha MSP531 monitors
SONY dynamic stereo headphones

Software:
Pro Tools 9
Amadeus Pro
Waves plug-ins
iZotope RX2
*can take direction via Skype

Additional Skills

intermediate Japanese proficiency

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency

Online Payments Via PayPal

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