With his 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 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 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 Neon Genesis Evangelion and has said that he is one of his favorite characters.
His older brother, the late Chris Ayres was also a voice actor/director.
Due to distinctive high-pitch voice (which is unusual for a man in his 50s), he is often cast as young boys, often either Butt Monkeys, cute little boys, or Kid Heroes. In fact, his voice is high-pitched enough to voice young boys that can be as young as 8-years-old.
Notable roles from Greg Ayres:
- A3 - Sakuya Sakuma
- Air Gear - Onigiri
- Akiba's Trip - Naisu Muramura
- Angel Beats! - Ayato Naoi
- Another - Kouichi Sakakibara
- Aoharu × Machinegun - Midori Nagamasa
- B Gata H Kei - Kosuda's God of Sex
- Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts - Kouta Tsuchiya
- Battle Girls: Time Paradox - Shiro
- BECK - Yukio 'Koyuki' Tanaka
- Big Windup! - Takaya Abe
- Black Cat - Shiki
- Black Clover - Neige
- Bodacious Space Pirates - San Daime
- Chihayafuru: Yūsei Nishida (and his sister)
- Chrono Crusade - Chrono
- CLANNAD - Youhei Sunohara
- Coffin Princess Chaika - Ricardo Gavarni
- Corpse Princess - Black Cat
- Chrome Shelled Regios - Harley Sutton
- Danganronpa: The Animation and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Monokuma
- The Dangers in My Heart - Kenta Kanzaki
- Deadman Wonderland - Ganta Igarashi
- Devil Survivor 2 - Daichi Shijima
- Diabolik Lovers - Azusa Mukami
- D.N.Angel - Satoshi Hiwatari
- Dragonball Z Kai - Guldo
- Dragon Ball Super - Frost
- DRAMAtical Murder - Clear
- Drifters - Minamoto no Yoshitsune
- ef ~ a tale of memories - Hiro Hirono
- Fairy Tail - Sho
- Free! - Nagisa Hazuki
- From the New World - Satoru Asahina
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Bido
- Full Metal Panic! - Shinji Kazama
- Getter Robo - Dr. Shikishima
- Ghost Stories - Leo Kakinoki
- Gintama - Kamui
- Godannar - Shinobu Saruwatari
- Guilty Crown - Kenji Kido
- Haikyuu!! - Yu Nishinoya
- Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East - Shino Inuzuka and Murasame
- Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto - Yoshinobu Kubota
- Hakuouki - Heisuke Toudou
- Heaven's Lost Property - Tomoki Sakurai
- Heaven's Memo Pad - Major
- Heroic Age - Mehitak Pore
- Hetalia: Axis Powers: The Beautiful World - Denmark (replacing Montgomery Sutton)
- Initial D - Kenta Nakamura
- Inu × Boku SS - Banri Watanuki
- Kanon (2006 series) - Jun Kitagawa
- Karneval - Gareki
- Kodocha - Tsuyoshi
OhkiSasaki - Kokoro Connect - Taichi Yaegashi
- Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing - Dio Eraclea
- The Legend of the Legendary Heroes - Fiole Folkal
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja / Anime Ganbare Goemon - Sasuke, Hatarino
- Little Busters! - Masato Inohara
- Log Horizon - Touya
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! - Makoto Isshiki
- Love Stage!!- Izumi Sena
- Magikano - Hajime Hario
- My Hero Academia - Koji Koda
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok - Heimdall
- Negima! and Negima!? (second season) - Negi Springfield
- Nanaka 6/17 - Yoshida
- Neon Genesis Evangelion - Kaworu Nagisa (Director's Cut only)
- Rebuild of Evangelion - Kensuke Aida
- Nerima Daikon Brothers - Hideki
- Night Raid 1931 - Aoi Miyoshi
- Nobunaga the Fool - Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- No. 6 - Sion
- Oh! Edo Rocket - Seikichi Tamaya
- One Piece - Cabaji the Acrobat, Sentomaru
- Ouran High School Host Club - Kaoru Hitachiin
- Parasyte - Jaw
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou - Sorata Kanda
- Phi-Brain: Puzzle of God - Rook Banjo Crossfield
- Prétear - Mannen
- Saiyuki - Son Goku
- Samurai 7 - Heihachi Hayashida
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings - Uesugi Kenshin
- Shakugan no Shana - Keisaku Sato (season 2 onwards)
- Space Patrol Luluco - Machspeed
- Speed Grapher - Tsujido
- Spiral - Kousuke Asazuki
- SSSS.GRIDMAN - Sho Utsumi
- Super Gals - Yuya Asou
- Tears to Tiara - Rathy
- Toriko - Tommyrod
- Touken Ranbu - Hanamaru - Kogarasumaru
- Trinity Blood - Alessandro XVIII
- The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess - Mellaconcey
- The Wallflower - Yukinojoh Tohyama
- Welcome to the NHK - Kaoru Yamazaki
- Xenosaga: The Animation - Gaignun Kukai, Jr.
Tropes associated with Greg Ayres:
- Crossdressing Voices: 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 Rathy. Although to be fair, director Matt Greenfield and even Ayres himself mistakes Rathy as a boy.
- Played straight in Chihayafuru, where he not only voices Yūsei Nishida , but also his older sister.
- Dye Hard: Does this in every convention.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: This is somewhat Zig Zagged. 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 Butt-Monkey best friend of the main protagonist.
- Playing Against Type: Guldo from Dragonball Z Kai is a villain. Masato Inohara from Little Busters! is a tall, muscular, idiotic Butt-Monkey. Kazama from Majikoi! Love Me Seriously! is a tall, charismatic and Hot-Blooded Bishōnen.
- There's also Hajime Muroto from 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 Chrono Crusade. 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.
- Queer Character, Queer Actor: As a gay person himself, he voiced the bisexual Izumi Sena from Love Stage!!.
