SungWon Cho (/sʌŋˈwÉ'n/; born December 9, 1990), also known as
ProZD, is a Korean American actor, voice actor, sketch comedian, and
YouTuber. He is best known for his role as Detective Joe Furuya in
Anime Crimes Division and for his many voice acting roles, most
notably FL4K from Borderlands 3 and Johnny from OK K.O.! Let's Be
Heroes. He is represented by Creative Artists Agency and has
partnerships with gaming brands Sega, Wizards of the Coast, EA and
Square Enix.Cho was born in Minnesota and later moved to DeWitt,
Michigan. Cho's beginning in voice acting was sparked in high school
from working on his friend's radio plays, recording many of the voices
for different types of characters. After high school he went on to
attend Michigan State University where he frequently acted in live
performances and graduated in 2012 with a degree in Media Information
and Technology. In 2012, after graduating college, Cho described
himself as being "in a creative rut" and worked as an English as
second language tutor for Korean immigrant students.In October 2012
Cho began daily posting voice content to Tumblr building an audience
and eventually going viral with him singing Let It Go from Frozen as
Goofy. His first foray into professional voice acting occurred when
Deven Mack saw one of his YouTube videos and had him audition for
Apotheon, where he ended up securing the role of the main villain
Zeus. In late 2014 Cho started using Vine to post content and grew in
popularity, when later asked about his tenure on Vine he stated
"...overall it was just a way to put out my ideas in a very easy way.
It also helped me pare down my writing so there’s less filler." He
remained active on Vine until the 2016 announcement of their shutdown
and was also a finalist for the 9th Shorty Awards for Vine of the
Year. Cho shifted his focus to his YouTube channel, his audience
following from Vine and having his work often appear on the frontpage
of Reddit.In 2017 Cho starred in his first live action role as the
main character, Detective Joe Furaya, in Crunchyroll's Anime Crimes
Division, for which he was nominated for Best Acting in a Comedy for
the 8th Streamy Awards. In mid-2018 Creative Artists Agency reached
out and signed him coinciding with an already planned move to Los
Angeles to continue his career as a voice actor. Soon after he was
cast in the multi-ethnic Rooster Teeth series Gen:Lock and told
NewsWeek's Phillip Martinez, "Voice acting gives me a lot more freedom
because I'm not limited by my physical appearance. I can voice all
sorts all different sort of characters."
ProZD, is a Korean American actor, voice actor, sketch comedian, and
YouTuber. He is best known for his role as Detective Joe Furuya in
Anime Crimes Division and for his many voice acting roles, most
notably FL4K from Borderlands 3 and Johnny from OK K.O.! Let's Be
Heroes. He is represented by Creative Artists Agency and has
partnerships with gaming brands Sega, Wizards of the Coast, EA and
Square Enix.Cho was born in Minnesota and later moved to DeWitt,
Michigan. Cho's beginning in voice acting was sparked in high school
from working on his friend's radio plays, recording many of the voices
for different types of characters. After high school he went on to
attend Michigan State University where he frequently acted in live
performances and graduated in 2012 with a degree in Media Information
and Technology. In 2012, after graduating college, Cho described
himself as being "in a creative rut" and worked as an English as
second language tutor for Korean immigrant students.In October 2012
Cho began daily posting voice content to Tumblr building an audience
and eventually going viral with him singing Let It Go from Frozen as
Goofy. His first foray into professional voice acting occurred when
Deven Mack saw one of his YouTube videos and had him audition for
Apotheon, where he ended up securing the role of the main villain
Zeus. In late 2014 Cho started using Vine to post content and grew in
popularity, when later asked about his tenure on Vine he stated
"...overall it was just a way to put out my ideas in a very easy way.
It also helped me pare down my writing so there’s less filler." He
remained active on Vine until the 2016 announcement of their shutdown
and was also a finalist for the 9th Shorty Awards for Vine of the
Year. Cho shifted his focus to his YouTube channel, his audience
following from Vine and having his work often appear on the frontpage
of Reddit.In 2017 Cho starred in his first live action role as the
main character, Detective Joe Furaya, in Crunchyroll's Anime Crimes
Division, for which he was nominated for Best Acting in a Comedy for
the 8th Streamy Awards. In mid-2018 Creative Artists Agency reached
out and signed him coinciding with an already planned move to Los
Angeles to continue his career as a voice actor. Soon after he was
cast in the multi-ethnic Rooster Teeth series Gen:Lock and told
NewsWeek's Phillip Martinez, "Voice acting gives me a lot more freedom
because I'm not limited by my physical appearance. I can voice all
sorts all different sort of characters."
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