OUR TEAM
Hentai Matsuri Team
LUCIA
Hentai Matsuri Event Director
Lucia’s passion for planning, managing and executing events is reflected in her over 20 years of real-life experience throughout the industries of television, movies, corporate conferences and tradeshows, art, music, IT, government, and finance. She enjoys all aspects of an event, from building it from the ground up, to marketing on all media platforms, from running day-of ops, to debriefing for success rates and future learnings.
Experience: San Diego Comic Con (staff), Wonder Con (staff), Fangaea (director and staff), San Diego Anime Con (director and staff), Tiki Oasis
RICHIE
Hype Man – Consulting Management
Richie has a long, award winning, and storied history of event production ranging from nightlife, cultural, film and media, fandom, business, and economic development conferences and conventions. After the original Hentai Con disastrously ended, he vowed to return an 18+ anime convention to California.
The technology of Hentai Matsuri general, vtuber, and hentai video games will be provided by his new company Vtuber Research Club.
Experience: Strawberry Scented Burnout (experiential marketing coordinator, Bible Study Tsumicon Founder, Ecchi Expo (1st year sponsor), San Diego Anime Con, San Diego Asian Film Festival Special Events Staff, Anime Conji, SPJA
ROSA
Marketing (Resident Hand Holder)
Rosa is a seasoned creative in her professional career as an artist, seamstress, and designer. As an Hentai Matsuri contributor, she is a graphic designer, photographer, videographer, director, and editor for Hentai Matsuri’s social media platforms. Her ultimate goal is to produce high-caliber material that captures the essence and festive nature of this 18+ event.
Experience: Fangaea, San Diego Anime Con, Animeland
ARI
Cosplay Coordinator (Cat Herder)
Ari is an award-winning cosplayer and panelist with a passion for sharing cosplay content with the community. She has been contributing to the SoCal convention scene in various ways since 2012, including panel presentations, fashion shows, community gatherings, and more recently, cosplay contests–both as an organizer and judge.
Experience: San Diego Comic-Con (Staff), Anime Los Angeles (Panelist), San Diego Anime Con (Staff), Super Dimension Con (Staff), Hanadoki Con (Former Staff)
HUNTER
Event Mercenary
Experience: San Diego Anime Con, Fangaea, AniPop, Sake Fest, Skysoft Fest
BRIAN
Vtuber Manager
Brian is some guy that showed up to an anime convention one day and someone asked him to do something. To this day, people are still asking him to do stuff.
According to DM, Brian helped create this convention alongside Richie. But he’ll never tell you that himself.
Experience: HentaiCon, Ecchi Expo, TsumiCon, San Diego Anime Con
DJ DOOBIES
Kinky Karaoke Host
KAT
Tentacle Lounge Host
KEVIN
Event Floor Manager
Experience: San Diego Anime Con, Fangaea, AniPop, Comic Con (daily volunteer and staff volunteer), Wonder Con (same as Comic Con), Screamdiego, Hentai Matsui and TFCONLA.
Clandestine Chief of State
La Vérité
Grand Architect and Event-gineer
Je veux juste créer des événements amusants pour que les gens puissent créer des expériences mémorables avec d’anciens et de nouveaux amis.
Experience: stuff