Illich Auyapah Guardiola (born July 5, 1972) is a Honduran former voice actor who provided voice roles for Japanese anime. He previously worked for

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, and

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, and as a stage actor and director in the Houston theatre community. Some of his major anime roles include Gin in ''

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'', Kanba Takakura in ''

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'', Arawn in ''

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'', Nimi in '' From the New World'', Suguru Omi in the ''Hiro no Kakera'' series, and Yusuke Yoshino from the ''Clannad'' series.

Personal life and legal issues

In April 2014, Guardiola was pulled over by Spring Branch Police and was found to have one of his 16-year-old students with him, who told investigators they were in a

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. Later that month, Guardiola and the teen traveled to

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and were married in the presence of the teen's mother. Guardiola was subsequently arrested on May 8, 2014, and charged with

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of a child. On September 5, 2014, the charges were dismissed, since both the teen in question and her parents insisted that the relationship was consensual, refusing to press charges or to cooperate with police investigators. Guardiola was in a previous relationship with

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in the 1990s.

Filmography

Anime

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guardiola, Illich 1972 births Living people American male stage actors American male voice actors Honduran emigrants to the United States