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Gregory Scott Ayres (December 7, 1968 in Richmond, Virginia, USA) is an American voice actor best-known for voicing anime characters such as Kaoru from ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Sunohara from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', Ganta from ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' and Nishinoya from ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''. Ayres started out as [[PromotedFanboy a fanboy of anime]] who was mentioned to ADV film directors.

With his [[DyeHard constantly color-changing hair]], this VA has attended many anime conventions as a guest, and countless others as a fan. However, in February 2009, Greg suffered a mild heart attack while attending [=IkkiCon=] in Austin, Texas, which some have attributed to his near non-stop schedule. Greg Ayres is recognized not only for his dub work in popular anime, but also for his multi-talented and charismatic personality at anime conventions. Occasionally his surname is listed as [[InconsistentSpelling Ayers instead of Ayres]], however this spelling is incorrect as his legal name is "Gregory Ayres".

At most conventions he typically holds a panel on [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil why fansubs hurt the anime industry]]. He is also known for being a DJ at dances and raves that conventions host.

Greg has enjoyed playing Kaworu Nagisa from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and has said that he is one of his favorite characters.

His older brother, the late Creator/ChrisAyres was also a voice actor/director.

Due to distinctive high-pitch voice (which is unusual for a man in his 50s), he is often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor cast as young boys]], often either {{Butt Monkey}}s, cute little boys, or {{Kid Hero}}es. In fact, his voice is high-pitched enough to voice young boys that can be as young as ''8-years-old''.

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!!Notable roles from Greg Ayres:
* ''VideoGame/{{A3}}'' - Sakuya Sakuma
* ''Manga/AirGear'' - Onigiri
* ''Anime/AkibasTrip'' - Naisu Muramura
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' - Ayato Naoi
* ''Literature/{{Another}}'' - Kouichi Sakakibara
* ''Manga/AoharuXMachinegun'' - Midori Nagamasa
* ''Manga/BGataHKei'' - Kosuda's God of Sex
* ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' - Kouta Tsuchiya
* ''Anime/BattleGirlsTimeParadox'' - Shiro
* ''Manga/{{BECK|1999}}'' - Yukio 'Koyuki' Tanaka
* ''Manga/BigWindup'' - Takaya Abe
* ''Manga/BlackCat'' - Shiki
* ''Manga/BlackClover'' - Neige
* ''Literature/BodaciousSpacePirates'' - San Daime
* ''Anime/{{Chihayafuru}}'': Yūsei Nishida (and his sister)
* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' - Chrono
* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' - Youhei Sunohara
* ''Literature/CoffinPrincessChaika'' - Ricardo Gavarni
* ''Manga/CorpsePrincess'' - Black Cat
* ''Literature/ChromeShelledRegios'' - Harley Sutton
* ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation'' and ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' - Monokuma
* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' - Kenta Kanzaki
* ''Anime/DeadmanWonderland'' - Ganta Igarashi
* ''Anime/DevilSurvivor2'' - Daichi Shijima
* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' - Azusa Mukami
* ''Manga/DNAngel'' - Satoshi Hiwatari
* ''Anime/DragonballZKai'' - Guldo
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' - Frost
* ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'' - Clear
* ''Manga/{{Drifters}}'' - Minamoto no Yoshitsune
* ''[[VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo ef ~ a tale of memories]]'' - Hiro Hirono
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' - Sho
* ''Anime/{{Free}}'' - Nagisa Hazuki
* ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'' - Satoru Asahina
* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''[=/=]''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'' - Bido
* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' - Shinji Kazama
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'' - Dr. Shikishima
* ''Anime/GhostStories'' - Leo Kakinoki
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' - Kamui
* ''Anime/{{Godannar}}'' - Shinobu Saruwatari
* ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' - Kenji Kido
* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' - Yu Nishinoya
* ''Manga/HakkendenEightDogsOfTheEast'' - Shino Inuzuka and Murasame
* ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto'' - Yoshinobu Kubota
* ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}}'' - Heisuke Toudou
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' - Tomoki Sakurai
* ''Literature/HeavensMemoPad'' - Major
* ''Anime/HeroicAge'' - Mehitak Pore
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers: The Beautiful World'' - Denmark ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Montgomery Sutton)
* ''Manga/InitialD'' - Kenta Nakamura
* ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' - Banri Watanuki
* ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' (2006 series) - Jun Kitagawa
* ''Manga/{{Karneval}}'' - Gareki
* ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'' - Tsuyoshi [[strike:Ohki]] Sasaki
* ''Literature/KokoroConnect'' - Taichi Yaegashi
* ''Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing'' - Dio Eraclea
* ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'' - Fiole Folkal
* ''[[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon Legend of the Mystical Ninja / Anime Ganbare Goemon]]'' - Sasuke, Hatarino
* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' - [[PlayingAgainstType Masato]] [[DumbMuscle Inohara]]
* ''Literature/LogHorizon'' - Touya
* ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' - Makoto Isshiki
* ''Manga/LoveStage''- Izumi Sena
* ''Manga/{{Magikano}}'' - Hajime Hario
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' - Koji Koda
* ''Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'' - Heimdall
* ''[[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Negima!]]'' and ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'' - Negi Springfield
* ''Manga/NanakaSixSeventeen'' - Yoshida
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' - [[Characters/NeonGenesisEvangelionKaworuNagisa Kaworu Nagisa]] (Director's Cut only)
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' - Kensuke Aida
* ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'' - Hideki
* ''Anime/NightRaid1931'' - Aoi Miyoshi
* ''Anime/NobunagaTheFool'' - UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi
* ''Literature/{{No 6}}'' - Sion
* ''Anime/OhEdoRocket'' - Seikichi Tamaya
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' - Cabaji the Acrobat, Sentomaru
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' - Kaoru Hitachiin
* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' - Jaw
* ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' - Sorata Kanda
* ''Anime/PhiBrainPuzzleOfGod'' - Rook Banjo Crossfield
* ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' - Mannen
* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' - Son Goku
* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' - Heihachi Hayashida
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara: Samurai Kings'' - Uesugi Kenshin
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' - Keisaku Sato (season 2 onwards)
* ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'' - Machspeed
* ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' - Tsujido
* ''Manga/{{Spiral}}'' - Kousuke Asazuki
* ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' - Sho Utsumi
* ''Anime/SuperGals'' - Yuya Asou
* ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' - Rathy
* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' - Tommyrod
* ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'' - Kogarasumaru
* ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' - Alessandro XVIII
* ''Literature/TheVexationsOfAShutInVampirePrincess'' - Mellaconcey
* ''Manga/TheWallflower'' - Yukinojoh Tohyama
* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' - Kaoru Yamazaki
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Xenosaga: The Animation]]'' - Gaignun Kukai, Jr.
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!!Tropes associated with Greg Ayres:
* CrossdressingVoices: Averted. His high-pitch allows him to voice young boys as young as 8-years-old. In fact, some of the young boy roles he gets are voiced by a woman in the Japanese dub.
** But played straight with [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/TearsToTiara Rathy]]. Although to be fair, director Matt Greenfield and even Ayres himself mistakes Rathy as a boy]].
** Played straight in ''Anime/{{Chihayafuru}}'', where he not only voices Yūsei Nishida , but also his older sister.
* DyeHard: Does this in every convention.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: This is somewhat {{Zig Zagg|ingTrope}}ed. He's been cast as characters with nearly every personality under the sun, but as mentioned, because of his unusual high-pitch voice for a man, he is often casted into young boys or baby-faced men. He's also been frequently cast as the bratty, egotistical, and at times ButtMonkey best friend of the main protagonist.
* PlayingAgainstType: Guldo from ''Anime/DragonballZKai'' is a villain. Masato Inohara from ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' is a [[DumbMuscle tall, muscular, idiotic]] ButtMonkey. Kazama from ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'' is a tall, charismatic and HotBlooded {{Bishonen}}.
** There's also Hajime Muroto from ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' while said character is a teenager, he is also a psychotic serial killer and a rapist.
** To an extent, there's also Chrono from ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''. While Chrono's regular appearance is of a sweet, mild-mannered young teen, his true form is a powerful demon who speaks in a much deeper register than Ayres is usually cast as playing.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor: As a gay person himself, he voiced the bisexual Izumi Sena from ''Manga/LoveStage''.
%%* PromotedFanboy
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